by FTMA News | Jun 21, 2020 | Industry News
The Federal Government’s Homebuilder stimulus, which was announced a couple of weeks ago, is designed to compliment the first homeowner grants and schemes already available in each state and territory. So we did some investigating for you to look at what...
by FTMA News | Jun 21, 2020 | COVID-19
At the start of the COVID-19 Pandemic, FTMA Australia in conjunction with MiTek, Multinail & Pryda organised hand sanitiser for fabricators. At the time when we ordered there was no alcoholic based hand sanitiser anywhere to be found so we found a product which...
by FTMA News | Jun 21, 2020 | FTMA Framed Faces
To honour, recognise and celebrate Doug Maxwell’s retirement from the Frame and Truss Industry we commissioned the following piece, without Doug’s knowledge. Some of Doug’s closest friends, peers and colleagues contributed to the piece and we thank each of them for...
by FTMA News | Jun 8, 2020 | Tech Talk
DRIED vs. GREEN TIMBER From day to day, most people have some contact with dried or green timber in specifying and designing timber structures. When designing with dried timber, we must use dry timber during manufacturing timber structural components. The consequence...
by FTMA News | Jun 8, 2020 | FTMA Housing Update, Industry News
Briefing: April housing approvals push the cliff further into 2020 Prepared by IndustryEdge, June 2020 FTMA Australia engaged the services of Tim Woods of Industry Edge to provide a housing updates for FTMA and its members. This second housing update focuses on the...
