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Oriented Strand Board (OSB)

The southwest is not home only to catastrophic wildlife fires; it is also home to approximately a quarter of the entire U.S. household growth. From 1990 to 2000 Nevada ranked first in rate of population growth in the U.S. with 66.27%; Arizona, second with 39.98%; and Utah, fourth with 29.62%. Projections indicate that the southwest will continue to be a fast-growth area with, among the top five fastest-growing states between 2000 and 2030: Nevada, with 114% growth; Arizona, with 109%; and Utah, with 56%, while California is expected to gain more than 12 million people between 2000 and 2030, over twice the 5.6 million that Arizona is expected to gain during the same period.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

The very high rate of sustained growth in the southwest creates a huge demand for wood-based construction material - primarily OSB - that needs to be shipped at high costs from the private forests of the southeastern U.S. or the public forests of Canada.

OSB is made from a process in which trees are cut into strands the size of bookmarks. The strands are then coated with an adhesive mixture and pressed together to make large, uniform, exceptionally strong boards of varying sizes and thickness.

Since its introduction in the 80’s, oriented strand board (OSB) has competed directly with plywood, and over the past 25 years OSB has emerged as the superior product in most applications. It is approved by all major building codes, and its production is now almost double that of plywood.

OSB is now the material of choice in commercial and residential construction and remodeling for walls, roofs, floors, joists, rimboards, etc.

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