by FTMA News | Feb 18, 2019 | The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
Yesterday I celebrated 10 years with FTMA Australia and I’m still loving it. The first week of January 2009, on my first day back at work for Timber Communities Australia I was dealt a devastating blow that after nearly 13 years of service, I was retrenched. This was...
by FTMA News | May 22, 2018 | The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
As the broader interest continues to grow by developers, builders and design professionals in the mid-rise timber building construction, the frame and truss sector continues its activities to ‘build capacity to supply’ into this new market opportunity. Central to...
by FTMA News | May 22, 2018 | The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
New €50 million Euro Global Headquarters and Manufacturing Facility Takes Combilift to Next Level Celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, Forklift manufacturer and material handling solutions provider Combilift has officially opened its new global headquarters and...
by FTMA News | Apr 24, 2018 | The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
Once again delivery has become a big topic and during the month I have fielded calls from SA, Victoria and NSW in relation to delivery of our products. The photos show the very ugly practice of delivering with a crane – under powerlines. Yes the powerlines are not...
by FTMA News | Apr 24, 2018 | The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
In February, at the Multinail Australia Conference, I had the pleasure of meeting Mark Steele from Ontario Truss & Wall in Ontario Canada. Mark approached me following my presentation as he was blown away with FTMA and expressed a desire to have something similar...
by FTMA News | Mar 27, 2018 | The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
Below is an image that I am sure most fabricators could relate to as this is an issue that continues to raise its bad and ugly head. Note that the top chord has had about 2/3 cut out and that the pesky plate on the next truss has been removed to avoid blunting the...
