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

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

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

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

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

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Politicians in both Westminster and Edinburgh are fond of talking about creating a ‘Circular Economy’, and the First Minister of the...