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Construction Systems Based on Wood

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Efficient and Sustainable Wood-based Constructions

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Wood is one of nature’s basic renewable materials. Knowledge of its basic properties is the first prerequisite for its proper use in various industries and in various areas of human life. Wood is the most versatile and widely used material (industry, construction, agriculture, everyday life). Due to its natural character, natural grain and favourable physical properties, it is an increasingly sought-after environmental element. As wood is easy to work with cutting tools, it has become a means of expressing artistic ideas and human aesthetic sensibility (historical monuments made of wood, statues, altars, wooden buildings, churches, parts of castles). Wood as the main load-bearing material for the construction of buildings based on wood is also becoming increasingly popular thanks to the properties mentioned above. The benefits of wood mentioned above also produce the numerous advantages of modern constructions based on wood, including the fact that this is a so-called dry construction process, so the construction of prefabricated buildings is possible even in the winter months. The exclusion of wet processes also excludes failures and defects caused by the effects of technological moisture. When construction is complete, the construction based on wood can be used immediately, which means the investment starts to appreciate immediately.

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Švajlenka, J., Kozlovská, M. (2022). Construction Systems Based on Wood. In: Efficient and Sustainable Wood-based Constructions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87575-6_3

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