by FTMA News | Apr 13, 2019 | Industry News
The International Mass Timber Conference held in Portland Oregon during March was the largest-ever gathering in the world of cross-laminated timber and other mass wood experts. The event attracted 1,600 attendees from 30 countries covering the spectrum of forestry,...
by FTMA News | Apr 3, 2019 | 2019 National Conference
This is the 5th Conference I have organised for FTMA and at every one, I have wanted to talk about machinery, whether it be sawing or automation through the truss machinery and I was pleased that instead of having the companies themselves talk about their products we...
by FTMA News | Apr 3, 2019 | 2019 National Conference
The 2019 FTMA Australia National Conference was the first time we have ever engaged a Key Note Speaker and thanks to the generous sponsorship of MiTek we were so pleased we did. Curtis McGrath and Australian Paraolympian was the key note speaker and he was nothing...
by FTMA News | Apr 3, 2019 | 2019 National Conference
Safety and industrial relations are key topics for any business and the Dear Brian session was designed to tackle a few questions raise by fabricators by Timber Trade Industrial Associations, Brian Beecroft. As Brian pointed out (a few times), I didn’t allow his...
by FTMA News | Apr 3, 2019 | 2019 National Conference
Over the years we have had many presentations on Mid-Rise and this year we decided to have fabricators talk about the realities of the projects being done. Now, I have been told by many people that three storey buildings are not Mid-Rise and I know that but the fact...
