[terminalhealth]

Are there good alternative building materials? Perhaps wood?

Edit: It seems I am shadow banned. I am going to take this as a deep insult.

[xwdv]

No, it’s worse. You are not shadow banned, people just don’t care about what you have to say.

[okcando]

Harsh.

[xwdv]

I agree, this is a harsh place.

[Scoundreller]

Wood works. There are some new methods to glue sheets together to make long structural beams and much taller buildings than before.

Cross-Laminated timber or CLT.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-laminated_timber

12 and 18 storey structures have been built.

As far as fires go, yes, they will burn eventually, but they won’t weaken as quickly as steel. You get more time to evacuate.

[esotericn]

Awesome. Outside of a few strange political situations like HK/Singapore we probably don't actually need to build structures higher than 12-18 stories as well - most examples I can think of are vanity projects.

It strikes me that there might not be a replacement for concrete in other forms of building though - what about dams, bridges, etc?

[Scoundreller]

They’ve built bridges (or at least a bridge) with this kind of wood.

[lwelyk]

I can see your comments, I don't think you're shadowbanned.

[hanuman]

Hemp, yo!

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2017.08.181

Yeah, wood, too.

https://www.wired.com/2017/05/wood-skyscrapers/