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Construction as Production: UTS Short Course
Learn to build more efficiently One of the first of its kind in Australia, Construction as production is a new professional development subject to help you understand production...
FTMA Tech Talk – Ed.15
NON-CONFORMING & NON-COMPLYING BUILDING PRODUCTS The media has been repeatedly reporting deficient building practices and non-compliant building materials in the past few years, both here and...
To End-Treat or Not-to-End-Treat, That’s the Question!
Sometimes it can be confusing for builders when it comes to doing the right thing. Opinions and rules may vary across this wide brown land and it is really hard to make one set of rules to cover all...
You Need to Ask the Right Questions to Ensure You are Compliant?
There is no doubt that the construction industry is under more scrutiny than ever before due to the increasing pressure on certifiers who have seen ridiculously high increases in their insurance. ...
Why Choose Timber?
The Ultimate Renewable Campaign by WoodSolutions has been nothing short than brilliant. To drive along the Eastern Freeway and see a Billboard with the message “Houses Grow On Trees” is a refreshing...
Get Your Bogan On!
Over the past few years we have seen the resurgence of the mullets and the flannies which often go hand in hand with the great Aussie Bogan. AKD Softwoods proudly boast that amongst all their great...
The Ultimate Renewable™ – Timberlink Supports Industry Campaign
And we want you to join us promoting wood An exciting mass media campaign has been launched by Forest & Wood Products Australia (FWPA) to promote the benefits of wood and timber products....
Sorry to Burst the Bubble!
Congratulations! You’ve just purchased a new, state of the art machine to add technology and automation to your factory processes! Concerns about safety, how to improve your efficiency and have a...
New & Improved Structaflor
As announced in the March edition of the FTMA Newsletter, Borg opened our new Particleboard press in Oberon NSW in February 2019. The commissioning process of such a large piece of equipment has...
AKD Softwoods Mill Tour
The FTMA Australia Board and representatives from the three nail plate companies were recently to tour the AKD Softwood Colac Sawmill providing a chance of education along the supply chain. We...
Geelong Networking Dinner
Sixty members and sponsors joined the FTMA Board at the Novotel Geelong for the Geelong Networking Dinner and it was a fabulous night of fun, great food and informative presentations. These events...
FTMA Tech Talk – Ed.14
NOT ALL LVL’S ARE THE SAME Builders often request Multinail engineers to design LVL beams. When asked “What type of LVL?” the most common response is “You know… LVL”. In this situation, we...
Unions Right of Entry – An Employer’s Rights & Responsibilities
Over the past few weeks, I’ve had a few enquiries from members regarding their rights and responsibilities when it comes to Unions wanting to access the worksite.It is important that all employees...
Rules Surrounding Delivery to Top Plate
Ever since I started with FTMA Australia there has been debate over the regulations regarding delivery to top plate and even though traditionally it was only a Victorian issue, it has become an...
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