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When constructing a drywall partition so that it can bear the weight of a handrail, sink, or cabinet a dryliner has to decide between using plywood or Oriented Strand Board (OSB). We’ve matched them up to find the winner once and for all. Let’s kick off, shall we?

It’s official: 22 Bishopsgate is not only the tallest building in London - after The Shard- but also the first “shell and core” office building in the UK to apply for the International WELL Building Institute’s WELL Building Standard ®.

The largest international suppliers that supply the UK timber trade are either at the point of expiry or already running at a deficit.

For developers, publicly displaying ‘green’ credentials is fast becoming a must to win new business, while work on both new buildings and renovations now come with preoccupations over the sustainability of a project, the products used, and the health and wellbeing of the eventual occupants.

The construction and maintenance of buildings relies on the extraction and utilisation of the earth’s limited natural resources. If we don’t adopt more sustainable forestry and building practices worldwide, there will be problems.

The use of formaldehyde-based resins in construction materials has become standard practice because of various benefits such as low cost, and in wood-based products, dimensional stability.