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Re:Cross-Laminated Timber by aidenn0 on Monday October 07, 2019 @02:25PM (#21184271)
I can see CLT replacing steel, and possibly CMUs, but concrete in general?

- It can't be poured into arbitrary shapes.

- Much lower acoustic isolation

Re:Cross-Laminated Timber by SamBam on Monday October 07, 2019 @02:46PM (#21184509)
I would expect that the vast majority of concrete used in construction isn't poured into "arbitrary shapes," but flat walls. Even if only 50% of concrete is pored as flat walls, that would still be a huge market for this.
Re:Cross-Laminated Timber by bch on Monday October 07, 2019 @02:58PM (#21184629)
Re: acoustic isolation - having recently dealt w acoustics/concrete (laying a floor in a concrete apartment), I found out there’s not necessarily “concrete in general” so acoustic (and other) properties can vary from concrete to concrete.