The Frame Australia Conference is over for another year. Once again a great conference attended by around 300 international and Australian delegates, Frame Australia marked a milestone in industry events as it addressed “Sustainable Housing” as the primary theme. Wrap-up and pictorial begins on page 18.
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Tilling Timber is a major player in the timber importing/wholesaling sector, plus a key player in the engineered wood products’ sector. Managing director Glenn Tilling gave an address to the Melbourne Hoo-Hoo Club in June on a number of aspects of EWP trading and its future. His interesting observations appear on page 24.
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Who would not want to have the name Timber Floors Pty Ltd as their trading name? John Bruker of Sydney secured this for his timber flooring business and after more than 50 years in the game he should know what “Timber Floors” are all about. His story begins on page 31.
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Editor Helen Hatty joined a group of fabricators to tour the Dahlsens frame and truss plant in Warragul (Vic), hosted by Pryda. Aside from seeing first hand some of the Pryda equipment in use at the plant, networking with fabricators and an informative display by Pryda staff were all part of the tour. Story appears on page 36.
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Greg King's regular Publisher's Notebook features John Simon of Hudson Building Supplies. John is highly respected throughout the timber industry in Australia and is one who regularly gives something back to an industry that has been his primary ‘employer’ for more than 20 years. His opinions are always highly valued – see page 12 for Greg’s Publisher’s Notebook with John Simon.
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A rolling wave in a roof? No problems for MiTek fabricator Accurate Roof Trusses. So how do you design and fabricate a wave – article and pictorial appears on page 38.
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What actually is "whole-house" software? Turn to page 51 for a precise definition.