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WHY ARE BAMBOO IMPORTANT IN BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
Bamboo are a very vital material when it comes to the building industry. It play a unique role in the effort to alleviate housing and infrastructure problems especially in developing countries. It is a material that helps guarantee better performances (in terms of resistance, traction and compression).
So why is it important, many people have ask this question so many times. It is important because it durable, sustainable, and environmentally friendly. It is as strong as steel in tension while stronger than concrete in terms of compression.
In most developing countries like Nigeria, bamboo are mostly use by local engineering because it is environmentally friendly and helps them achieve their goals at the right time and on schedule.
Bamboo is also a flexible materials that can be curve or flatten by the application of heat and pressure. It is also naturally water-resistant.
REASON FOR USING BAMBOOS
1.Bamboo is a good building materials which easily to cut.
2. Bamboo can also used the place of steel because its tensile stress is more than 6 time of Steel reinforcement.
3. Bamboo is suitable building materials for all structure in construction works.
4. Bamboo has a smooth surface that is natural and do not need a paint or should be polish
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