Easy Reference Guide for Timber Industry Award Rates

Our Industrial Relations experts at Timber Trade Industrial Association have prepared a table to better help you understand the different levels relevant for the frame and truss sector in the Timber Industry Award. It is not comparable to reading through Schedule B of...

FTMA Framed Faces – Nev Smith

The first FTMA Australia member from Queensland was Nev Smith at Dynamic Timbers in Innisfail and after meeting Nev I realised his business was aptly named as Nev is one Dynamic Character, a true laid back Queenslander. He wasn’t born in QLD though, as he grew up a...

No Stopping Pete!

Thank you to everyone who inquired about my health while I was in hospital. It’s very humbling to know so many people I have worked with were concerned. It’s been a very long 3+ months after going into planned open heart surgery on August 15 to replace a...

Strongbuild Placed into Voluntary Administration

Prefabrication and lightweight timber builder Strongbuild was placed into voluntary administration at 9am on Thursday 15th November, after Frasers Australia reportedly pulled out of a contract just two weeks from commencement leaving a massive $6 million gap in...