Gone are the days when people didn’t have to think twice before making environmentally rash decisions, especially in the building industry. We are moving ahead towards a very shaky future and that demands a revisit of our construction practices.
Although steel and concrete make it possible to create robust, sturdy buildings, the environmental impact they have is massive and simply cannot be ignored.
Wood, on the other hand, not only has that element of familiarity that dates back to the beginning of time, it’s also much lighter by volume than both concrete and steel. Its durability cannot be ignored either. When treated properly and gone through a series of strengthening and binding processes, it gains extreme resistance to shock, fire, and other elements with a compressive strength similar to that of concrete.
Not only that, choosing wood as a building material offers flexibility in architectural design and lowers your carbon footprint, which is a major concern for all today.
