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Kashdan-Brown Architects Reaches For The Sky With SterlingOSB Zero
As the annual SterlingOSB Zero/RIBAJ competition celebrated its 10th anniversary, the 2025 competition entitled Powers of Ten , challenged architects to explore the principles of scale. Entrants were unrestricted by building standards and were free to play with the concept of scale and design a structure from competition sponsor West Fraser's SterlingOSB Zero . This year's competition winner, Kashdan-Brown Architects, imagined a 1:10 scale model reconstruction of the 140-m


Engineered Wood: The Environmental And Economic Benefits
David Connacher, Marketing Manager of West Fraser, discusses the benefits of engineered wood panels It is well accepted that the use of timber panel products began a century back when plywood was first manufactured in quantity . Aeons beforehand, the E gyptians also came to understand the benefit of gluing sections of timber together, enhancing the natural strength of wood fibres by alternating the direction of the grain. Today, as mankind struggles with huge population gr


West Fraser Helps Housebuilders Meet Net Zero Targets
West Fraser has always been committed to being at the environmental forefront within its industry. The company promotes the benefits of sustainable forestry , w ith young, fast-growing trees being the lungs of Earth, breathing in carbon dioxide and releasing oxygen during the day to help generate a healthy world in which we can all thrive . The company’s well - managed stocks also provide the raw material for the company’s panel products. As well as planting more trees


SterlingOSB Zero Is A Picnic For Architects
As the annual SterlingOSB Zero/RIBAJ competition celebrated its 10th anniversary, the 2025 competition entitled Powers of Ten, challenged architects to explore the principles of scale. Entrants were unrestricted by building standards and were free to play with the concept of scale and design a structure from competition sponsor West Fraser 's SterlingOSB Zero . Pictured is West Fraser's marketing manager, David Connacher, and Steve McCloy This year's commended winners, St


Pinewood Structures Using SterlingOSB Zero Across Its Offsite Systems
A specialist timber engineering company, active throughout East Anglia and the Home Counties, is making extensive use of West Fraser ’s SterlingOSB Zero in the production of its diverse offering of high performance, sustainable offsite solutions. Based in the village of Gamlingay on the Cambridgeshire-Bedfordshire border, Pinewood Structures was established in 1981 and has grown steadily to become one of the UK’s foremost suppliers of timber-based systems across a variety o


New Factsheet Heralds West Fraser Carbon Negative Landmark
West Fraser has published a new factsheet, proudly announcing the achievement that its UK operations are now officially counted as...


Working Together With West Fraser’s CaberFix Range
By combining the three products in West Fraser’s CaberFix floor fixing range, projects are guaranteed to be the very best in terms of...


How West Fraser’s Carbon Negative Wood Panels Support Sustainable Construction
West Fraser is inspired by a vision of a future where forests, products and innovation work together to address climate change As with...


West Fraser Panels Match Environmental Goals Of PassivHaus Specialist
A Gloucestershire-based supplier of highly sustainable, PassivHaus standard timber frame buildings has been making extensive use of high...


Timber Frame Erectors Raising The Pace With CaberDek
The two business partners behind an ambitious new timber frame erection service view Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) and advanced...


West Fraser's CaberMDF In The House
From furniture to architectural mouldings, and radiator covers to panelling, MDF can be seen, or unseen, in many places around the...


Why Should Builders Choose SterlingOSB Zero Over Plywood?
West Fraser's SterlingOSB Zero , is often seen in restaurants, exhibitions and retail outlets where the theme is "natural", "eco", and...


CaberDek Earns Top Marks From Home Counties Carpentry Specialist
A specialist carpentry sub-contractor covering housing sites across a large swathe of the Home Counties has come to value CaberDek ...


Reduce Sound Transference With CaberAcoustic
What is the best sound-reducing floorboard range on the market? CaberAcoustic from West Fraser is a highly versatile, effective and...


West Fraser's SterlingOSB Zero Is Key In Modular Green Build On Isle Of Skye
An architect, whose work involves residential new-builds and extensions across the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, has chosen to use...


Updated SterlingOSB Zero CPD From West Fraser
West Fraser has produced a new CPD presentation which highlights the features and benefits of the ever-popular SterlingOSB Zero panel and...


Building With West Fraser On Mudeford Redevelopment
Popular with sailors and surfers, Mudeford lies on a spit of land between Christchurch Harbour and the open sea, where residential...


CaberDek Weatherproof Flooring With Protective Film
CaberDek , from West Fraser , is well-suited for the unpredictable climate in the UK. It combines their leading particleboard flooring...
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