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.
Edit: It seems I am shadow banned. I am going to take this as a deep insult.
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.
It strikes me that there might not be a replacement for concrete in other forms of building though - what about dams, bridges, etc?
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2017.08.181
Yeah, wood, too.