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Ransomware Part 1: What and How it works?

by TimberTrader News Editor | Jul 21, 2016 | No. 360 // July 2016 | 0

You may have heard stories about Ransomware, as even government agencies have had their files encrypted and a ransom demanded to decrypt them. But what is it you may ask?

Bracing our roofs for life

by TTN Admin | Jan 21, 2016 | No. 350 // September 2015 | 0

As I write this, the east coast of Australia is bracing for an onslaught of extremely cold weather (luckily, in North Queensland where I live, the weather never gets that cold).

Bracing wall distribution

by TTN Admin | Jan 21, 2016 | No. 349 // August 2015 | 0

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).

The humble, internal wall bracket

by TTN Admin | Jan 21, 2016 | No. 346 // May 2015 | 0

The humble, internal wall bracket

An overloaded floor accident waiting to happen

by TTN Admin | Nov 9, 2015 | No. 347 // June 2015 | 0

I was recently asked to inspect a PosiStrut floor that had been damaged after being loaded by a stockpile of plasterboard sheets. As soon as I heard this, I immediately advised the truss fabricator that the builder would need to be notified and that the affected area required a prop, as well as the removal of the stockpile to relieve the load.

Haste makes waste: training apprentices

by TTN Admin | Oct 11, 2015 | No. 352 // November 2015 | 0

Do apprentices always receive the training and supervision they deserve? By mistaking haste for efficiency, identifying when an apprentice has received the appropriate level of training is something that can easily slip through the gaps unless a conscious effort is made. This could result in a shambolic situation that comes back to bite you.

The dreaded ‘R’ word

by TTN Admin | Oct 6, 2015 | Building, Truss & Frame | 0

Rectifications! Truss installation courses and numerous GN Guidelines (e.g. Editions No. 109 and No. 196) constantly push the message to leave trusses alone. In spite of this, we continue to receive requests for truss modifications, or worse, to fix those which have been hacked.