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Originally Posted by svandamme
Exactly, i don't understand why there is so much reliance on wood construction in the US.
Industrial steel construction is so much more easy and faster to build, more options in design, much stronger and durable.
Probably cheaper as well.
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I'm guessing two reasons. We have a lot of wood, and it's easy to work and handle. I watched a guy with a big excavator tear down a stick built building once. I thought it was just going to break apart, but he actually chewed off sections as big as his bucket, while the rest of the structure remained intact and unyielding.
If you build with sticks and plywood, and use enough nails, pound for pound, it will be as strong as steel. When I designed my shop, I deliberately made it so that every component could be handled and placed by two people with no special equipment.