Author: TTN Admin

Let’s look at the TimberTrader News covers for 2012. There was Mike Daglish, the knock-about timber bloke who had turned his hand to a number of roles (Vic); Kevin Skauge, the CEO of the Australian Institute of Building Surveyers (NSW); brothers Peter and Phillip Alexander, of Peuker & Alexander (Vic); father and son John and Gary Walker, Belmont Timber (NSW); brothers Skene and Michael “Fin” Finlayson, Finlaysons Timber & Hardware (Qld); father and son Bill and Mark Twitchen, of Trueform Frames & Trusses (NSW); husband and wife Ken and Anne Otto, Otto & Co (SA); brothers John and Noel Paine, Danahers T&H (Vic); another couple in Caroline and David Aikins, Flooring Concepts (Vic); Jim Oliver, Woodlite Joinery (SA); Bruce Allen, Wren Timbers (Qld); and Rohan Treasure, of Beaconsfield Home T&H (Vic).

Looking back over the three editions that made up our portfolio for 1985 I have come to the realisation that 30 years is really not that long ago. In fact, I expect many reading these pages today will exclaim, “I remember that” and “I remember that, too”, numerous times as we take a trip down memory lane.

One of my biggest dilemmas arose in March 1995 when I accepted a full page advert from McKern Manufacturing, the producer of “Builder’s Steel Framing Studs”. According to the company, the studs allowed for a composite timber-steel product that was around 50/50 timber and steel.

What was so big about this year? This was the year we launched our “˜mini-mag’ known as AutoBuild News. It has appeared in TimberTrader News every month since September 1996. And guess who also started with that edition? Yes, the incredibly readable Paul Davis with his Truss Talk column.