As a builder and flooring installer, I’ve learned the benefits of oriented strand board (OSB) and have often used it as a cost-effective alternative to plywood for sheathing and subfloors.

[Joel] designed the robot for the OSB industry. No, that’s not a new operating system, it’s short for Oriented Strand Board. An engineered lumber, OSB is made of strands (or chips) of wood.

An Arizona company proposed a plan to thin forests and use the wood for oriented strand board, a key construction material. The Forest Service chose a different company that failed to meet its ...