West Fraser

Rain, snow, ice? No problem for West Fraser’s CaberDek flooring leading the pack for housebuilders

CaberDek is one of West Fraser’s flagship quality flooring products designed to ensure that, whatever weather befalls UK construction sites, work can continue cleanly and safely; this is especially important with today’s tighter than ever timelines. It is made from…

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CaberFloor P5 performance is panel of choice for Cotswolds carpenter

Paul Doherty, of Doherty Carpentry, operates across much of the Cotswolds on new-build and refurbishment work, often using CaberFloor P5  For many areas of his work, specialist carpenter Paul chooses to purchase West Fraser products such as SterlingOSB Zero, CaberDek and CaberFloor…

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Edwin Jones Academy by Paul Cashin Architects & Keith Evans Architects wins RIBAJ/West Fraser Department 4 Education competition

Paul Cashin Architects & Keith Evans Architects’ transformation of a department store in Southampton into a secondary school with community learning spaces has won this year’s West Fraser SterlingOSB Zero/RIBAJ competition. As an architect, what do you like about SterlingOSB…

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OSB Zero PrimedPlus wood panels – for creative retail, hospitality and leisure applications

Factory primed in either a neutral white or grey, SterlingOSB Zero PrimedPlus is a new development from timber panel specialist West Fraser: offering the market a versatile OSB3 board ideally suited to fitting out shops, hotels and leisure facilities while…

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Treharne Homes making full use of SterlingOSB Zero’s benefits

A Welsh timber frame specialist has been utilising SterlingOSB Zero, or the forerunners beforehand, for over 20 years to deliver bespoke building solutions including high-performance homes for councils and other affordable housing providers. Treharne Homes is based near Llanelli in…

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West Fraser announces third quarter 2023 results

Third Quarter Highlights Sales of $1.705 billion and earnings of $159 million, or $1.81 per diluted share Adjusted EBITDA1 of $325 million, representing 19% of sales Lumber segment Adjusted EBITDA1 of $44 million, including $62 million of export duty recovery North America Engineered Wood Products (“NA EWP”) segment Adjusted EBITDA1 of $289 million…

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Quick to build, affordable office has the ‘wow’ factor with earthy SterlingOSB Zero

“Visitors often walk into the office and say ‘wow’, simply because OSB is a material they are not used to seeing in this context.” In need of a bigger space to work from, TMV architects harnessed its own team’s design…

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Hebridean housebuilder specifying SterlingOSB Zero on sustainability grounds

Situated seven degrees west of the Greenwich Meridian, and exposed to some of the harshest weather conditions anywhere in the British Isles, the Hebrides present a challenging location for building projects, prompting a recently-established building company to adopt offsite construction…

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Engineered in the UK to shape a sustainable tomorrow

With the market being flooded with cheap imports, an increasing number of architects are opting to bolster the UK economy by specifying domestically-produced products and brands. West Fraser has been a respected and trusted provider of OSB, particleboard, and MDF…

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West Fraser encourages future carpenters

West Fraser is sponsoring the carpentry department at PETROC college in North Devon. The department, which provides courses for those aged 16 right up to mature students, will be supported with donations of SterlingOSB Zero and CaberMDF. The panels will…

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