NEW OSB SAMPLE SERVICE FROM JOSB DONE

JOSB Done, the industry-wide campaign to promote the uses and benefits of Oriented Strand Board (OSB), has launched a new sample order service via the website, www.josbdone.com, to get OSB into the hands of builders and specifiers

BACK TO COLLEGE FOR JOSB DONE

Campaign to promote Oriented Strand Board holds a training day at Mid-Cheshire College to demonstrate its varied applications to the builders of the future. 

Industry campaign JOSB Done has

LATEST GLOBAL RESEARCH PREDICTS STRONG GROWTH FOR ORIENTED STRAND BOARD

Global consumption of Oriented Strand Board (OSB) is set to increase by 11% per year over the next five years, compared to a 5% annual increase in the consumption of plywood, according to the latest wood panel industry research.

CAN’T CE THE WOOD FOR THE TREES

The EU Construction Products Regulation (CPR) will replace the Construction Products Directive (CPD) and will be directly implemented into UK law by July 2013. When the switch is made, the industry will benefit from a more transparent system for the movement and

EDUCATION, APPLICATION, SPECIFICATION

Industry-wide campaign, JOSB Done enters sixth year championing the uses and benefits of Oriented Strand Board

With half a decade of successful campaigning in the bag, the

OSB ON THE JOB: CASE STUDY 5 - LOWFIELD TIMBER FRAMES

Within the current economic climate, it is clear that cost is going to remain a driving factor when it comes to the specification of materials within construction projects. However, with the industry moving towards greener alternatives, timber is coming into its own,

‘ILLEGAL TIMBER PRODUCTION HAS FALLEN, LET’S KEEP IT GOING’ SAYS JOSB DONE

Illegal timber production has declined by 22% in the past eight years and leaders behind the JOSB Done campaign have welcomed the news as a green light for merchants and specifiers to push forward with the sale and use of sustainably sourced timber.  

OSB ON THE JOB: CASE STUDY 3 -BESPACE URBAN DESIGN

Specialists in bespoke, contemporary garden cube design, Birmingham-based Bespace Urban Design is set to have its strongest year yet. Thanks to

OSB ON THE JOB: CASE STUDY 1 - RJ JOINERY

With over 33 years of experience working with timber, Roy James certainly knows his panels. Setting up his own joinery business in November 2005, RJ Joinery  now employs three full-time and one part-time member

OSB ON THE JOB: CASE STUDY 4 -CASTLE TIMBER MERCHANTS

According to David Mitton, Contracts Manager at London based merchants, Castle Timber, things have to change. Having been at the company for ten years, and working within the building industry all his life, he

OSB ON THE JOB: CASE STUDY 2 -YORKSHIRE TIMBER MERCHANTS

After 14 years of working together, Martin Kipping, Paul Emmett and Dave Robinson decided it was time to set up their own timber merchants and two years on, the company has achieved an impressive turnover of £3million. Currently employing 17 people,

JOSB DONE CAMPAIGN WEBSITE GETS A FRESH NEW LOOK

The JOSB Done campaign has championed the benefits and uses of Oriented Strand Board (OSB) for five years now and its one-stop-shop website has just been given an exciting new look. The new www.josbdone.

JOSB Done Takes on a New Decade of OSB USE

For the past four years, JOSB Done has promoted the use of OSB as a cost-effective, environmentally sound and extremely tough alternative to

Choosing to use OSB

The marketplace for timber within all manner of construction work has grown in recent years, and despite there being a downturn as far as property is concerned, the attitude of the building industry as a whole has shifted towards the preferential use of environmentally

Industry research uncovers a difference of opinion when it comes to specifying timber panels

Priorities differ according to profession yet the environment has become an increasingly important factor, according to the survey by the JOSB Done campaign

Industry-wide campaign to promote the uses and benefits of Oriented Strand Board, JOSB Done, has discovered

Wood Advice

Knowledge of customer requirements is an integral part of any successful business, but many merchants could be missing out on sales opportunities when it comes to specifying timber panels, as PBM reports.

The marketplace for timber within all manner of