Wood based composite decking panel

A wood based laminated panel with a plurality of layers arranged in a cross-section between a top surface and a bottom surface, in order down from the top surface to the bottom surface, comprising:

• a surface layer having at least two high density wood veneer plies with grain orientation parallel to one side of the panel;
• a load distribution layer having at least one high density wood veneer with the grain cross oriented to the one side of the panel;
• a core layer having from about 8 to 14 wood veneer plies with the grain oriented parallel to the one side of the panel with centre plies of the core layer being high density wood plies and the outer plies being low wood density plies;
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• a resin impregnated reinforcement layer, wherein the plurality of layers arranged in a cross-section have a non-synmmetric configuration from the top surface to the bottom surface with the load distribution layer positioned adjacent the top surface.