by FTMA News | Nov 25, 2021 | Tech Talk
Coping with Timber Shortages The Australian timber industry is currently coping with a severe short supply of structural timber. While local producers are making every effort to bridge the supply chain, there is a major influx of natural sawn and other engineered...
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 | Sep 25, 2021 | Tech Talk
Common Site Issues Construction schedules can often be challenging and any impacts to the flow of installation can be costly and lead to frustration. However, a number of the issues we see are repetitive and can be easily avoided on site with a little attention to...
by FTMA News | Aug 25, 2021 | Tech Talk
Keeping an eye on cumulative/global deflections when designing roof trusses On a recent site inspection to investigate reduced roof truss clearances over various internal walls, I came away thinking that if a bit more attention had of been paid to the potential for...
by FTMA News | Jul 28, 2021 | Tech Talk
Highlighted changes in the new AS1684 The moment you have all been waiting for is finally here. The release of the greatly anticipated new revision of AS1684:2021. This new version now supersedes the last version (AS1684:2010) which you all would have on your desk and...
by FTMA News | Jun 29, 2021 | Tech Talk
Putting Timber Connections to the Test Testing is one of several tools for verifying compliance with the NCC, and it’s certainly the most hands-on (and the most fun). What follows is a peek behind the curtain at the process and how it produces results that can be...
