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A quiet conversation

Here we find ourselves on the banks of the Mooloolah River on the stunning Sunshine Coast, for this month’s A Quiet Conversation. With me is Ross and Yvonne Raynor and their three-year old grand-daughter Lani. It’s late April, which means it’s still warm on the coast.

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Bracing wall distribution

The Australian Standard (AS) 1684 “˜Residential Timber Framed Construction’ document states that, “Wall bracing shall be approximately evenly distributed throughout the building” and, furthermore “Shall be placed in the external walls and at the corners of the building as much as possible” (refer to clause 8.3.6.6).

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FTMA Newsletter

Recently, the Bureau of Statistics predicted that by 2056 Melbourne’s population will overtake Sydney’s to become the largest populated city in Australia.

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Truss Talk

My dad spent a large part of the 60s to 80s in pubs or on racecourses. He was something of a “˜wild boy’, who my mother has only ever been able to partially tame.

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