Georgia-Pacific Building Products has a legacy of creating strong, durable, sustainable building materials from exterior sheathing products to drywall in walls and ceilings to industry leading roof products and supporting products from lumber to subfloors to fire doors. We help members of the building community build quality commercial and residential construction projects all over the world. GP Building Products is the largest producer of structural wood panels (plywood and OSB) in North America and is a leading producer of gypsum building products, lumber and composite panels.
We support commercial and residential architects, designers, building material dealers, contractors and builders with tools, education and supporting resources that help the building community advance their knowledge, hone their craft, and make the best product decisions for their projects.
Course Library
Building envelopes need to create the four barriers needed as part of any building enclosure, namely water-resistive barriers (WRBs), air barriers (ABs), thermal barriers, and vapor retarders. Commonly,...
The purpose of this course is, first, to take a look at the evolution of water-resistive and air barriers—we’ll refer to them as WRB-ABs for short—in commercial building envelopes. And second, to...
The objective of this course is to gain a better understanding of the value rigid cover boards deliver to commercial roof assemblies, how they perform in adverse conditions, and the characteristics of...
Prefabricated construction is advancing in vertical segments from hospital to government, hospitality to office, and beyond. Prefabrication firms are expanding, and new design-build business models, including...
Extreme weather events can stress wall assemblies, causing water to enter the building envelope. Fasteners attached to sheathing are a point of vulnerability requiring specific attention in order to avoid...
Cover board can be a strategically important addition to roofing systems to help protect against the most common threats to flat or low-sloped roofs. The risk of damage from wind, water intrusion, fire,...
This course will help to enlighten the participant to the advantages and sustainability value contribution of fiberglass-faced gypsum boards products in a project’s design and constructability. This...
Multifamily construction is more competitive than ever. Even as mixed-use projects are filling in desirable tracts in urban cores, developers are locating projects in the suburbs and “exurbs,” as well...
This level-200 course will build upon basic cover board education and teach you how to identify and articulate the most common risk factors (adverse conditions) for commercial roof damage. Further, you'll...
In multi-story, multi-family housing it is the separation wall (firewall) which prevents fires from spreading to adjacent units. This course examines the advantages of using glass mat shaftliner panels...
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