Product Review

Case Systems Switches to Straw-Based Particleboard

The story behind this switch is quite interesting.

Roger Maynard, AIA, of the Maynard/David Partnership, Inc., a Denver design firm specializing in laboratory buildings, can claim credit for this dramatic transition. In May 2002, he was retained by Environmental Resource Associates (ERA), also of Denver, to design a new, 24,000 ft2 (2,230 m2) building to house their headquarters, laboratory, and production facility for manufacturing chemical contaminant standards that are used nationwide for calibrating environmental testing equipment.

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Published November 1, 2003

(2003, November 1). Case Systems Switches to Straw-Based Particleboard. Retrieved from https://www.buildinggreen.com/product-review/case-systems-switches-straw-based-particleboard