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Making buildings with wood

Wood is a traditional building material, but current environmental concerns are encouraging 1 to use wood in modern construction projects. Using wood, however, has its challenges. For example, as 2 in the atmosphere enters wood, it increases in size. In addition, wood is prone to pests and the risk of fire is greater. However, wood can be turned into a better construction material if it is treated and combined with other materials. In one process, 3 of solid wood are glued together to create building blocks. These blocks are lighter than concrete and steel but equal them in strength. Experts say that wooden buildings are an improvement on those made of concrete and steel in terms of the 4 with which they can be constructed and how much noise is generated by the process.

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