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...
by FTMA News | May 25, 2021 | Tech Talk
Efficient Truss Design and Building Geometry As articulated by the American Architect Buckminster Fuller, “The best way to predict the future is to design it.” Building design is a blend of cost and aesthetics. In other words, the goal is to make a building look as...
by FTMA News | Apr 20, 2021 | Tech Talk
In a Timber Shortage, Know Your Strengths If the current global pandemic isn’t enough for Truss & Frame fabricators to deal with, they are also faced with the uncertainty of timber supply. During this period, truss and frame fabricators are facing some huge...
by FTMA News | Mar 16, 2021 | Tech Talk
UNDERSTANDING THE CERTIFIER PERSPECTIVE I have a friend of 15 years who had a long career in carpentry, building inspection and building education. He always enjoyed trying to shock me with stories from site, taking special pride in all the names he had been called....
