The Australian Deck & Handrail Association Inc was formed in May 2022 with the sole purpose of the betterment of the Decking and Handrail industry. This is being achieved through Innovation, Education and Motivation.

Innovate–Introducing new ideas and products to members.

Educate–Keeping members up to date with trends and methods.

Motivate–Supporting and encouraging members.

The Australian Deck & Handrail Association, “ADHRA” has been designed to bring like minded people, companies, and organisations together. Our aim is to gather the best in the industry, encouraging everyone to share knowledge and ideas to create a stronger deck construction and handrail industry.

We acknowledge NADRA (The North American Deck & Handrail Association) for the inspiration to create our own Australian platform.

Below are our 6 founding board members.

Phil HuttPresident
Apprenticed to a joinery firm back in 1989 as a carpenter, Phil took only 5 years to obtain his builders license. He spent some time in the residential home market before realising his passion was in decking, starting a dedicated business in 1998. Phil is proud to have put over 20 apprentices through the trade, giving them the gift of knowledge to make a life for themselves in this challenging and rewarding industry.
Troy CleyneVice President
Troy has been in the timber industry over 25 years in wholesale and retail management positions.
He started working in sales for a timber wholesale company supplying timber to hardware stores. Today he is currently the Australian Market Manager for Timbertech. Timbertech is one of the largest composite decking manufacturers in the world and he is thrilled to be a part of their team building the brand in Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong.
Mark BehneckeSecretary
Mark has been involved in the Victorian Deck and Handrail industry for over 20 years, founding numerous businesses and products along the way including;
Decking Out Melbourne
Illuminated Balustrade Australia
Spartan Railing, USA
Mark Behnecke Deck Consultants
He is the inventor of the Spartan Spigot and the Deckking decking spacer.
Mark is proud to be a part of the founding board of ADHRA and feels it caps off 22 years of hard work.
Rod SchiefelbeinMembership
Rod brings with him a wealth of knowledge of the timber industry. Queensland born and raised, Rod has spent the last 35 plus years working for reputable wholesalers such as Hyne Timber, Asian Pacific, Simmonds Lumber, and The Tilling Group. He is very proud of his current position as Australian & New Zealand Market Manager for the US based company Trex, “The worlds #1 decking brand”.
Darren BrownMarketing
Darren hails from Sydney and has over 20 years of building and construction industry experience. Since 2014 he has concentrated exclusively on Deck and Handrail design and construction. Darren currently spends all day on the tools (except when recording videos for his popular Instagram page) as the owner/operator of his business The Aussie Decking Chippie Company.
Daniel TrewinTreasurer
Daniel has been involved in the timber industry for over 25 years and is the Managing Director of Demak Timber in Melbourne’s East. He is passionate about quality materials and is easily excited by “new” products.
Daniel is excited to be a part of the founding board, and looking forward to the Deck of the Year awards.