by FTMA News | Nov 23, 2021 | Industry News
In February 2009 when I commenced with FTMA Australia we had only been a national association for 2 years, we represented 13% of the national frame and truss sector and with the exception of Trish Waters who assists with our bookkeeping, I was the only employee. After...
by FTMA News | Oct 28, 2021 | Tech Talk
Highlighted Changes of New AS 4055 and AS/NZS 1170.2 There are two major Australian standards for wind loads and wind actions for the building industry to follow. They are AS 4055 – Wind load for housing, and AS/NZS 1170.2 – Structural design actions Part...
by FTMA News | Oct 27, 2021 | Industry News
With the LVL shortfalls currently within our industry we at ‘The Truss Joint P/L’ have successfully developed a ripper of an alternative for those raked ceilings. We have named it the ‘FG Rafter’ because that’s what the chippies and builders say they are!! Yep, you...
by FTMA News | Oct 27, 2021 | Industry News
Pryda recently took the leap of faith with a virtual customer conference. Run over 2 days with 23 sessions, we chose to run an event at a time when the industry is under the pump and having the bandwidth was going to be challenging. Why did we choose to go ahead?...
by FTMA News | Oct 27, 2021 | Industry News
Introducing new products is always exciting in the land of Timber Wholesale, however bringing new services to the table to better help our customers is just as rewarding. During what has been a challenging year for us all we turned our attention to our new Customer...
