I think the construction design on this product is excellent. I found it very logical to put together and easier ( and less time consuming ) than reviews I had read. Only issue was having two people to attach the top panel to the base. For this type of value proposition, it is fairly sturdy and comes with the quality as advertised. One complaint is that he box was pretty damaged and the styrofoam was pretty broken up on the main desk package which caused a nightmare to clean up and also caused some minor damage to the laminate on a couple of pieces.  Elmer's glue pretty much fixed this so that is is barely noticeable.  I would recomend this piece.