Buildings should be built using lighter building materials such as mass timber so they don’t cause islands like Manhattan, swamps, or beach areas to sink or have structural problems due to the weight of buildings. These soil conditions are located throughout the country on the coasts.
The same mass timber material also holds up to earthquakes well as proven by the University of California San Diego and the University of Nevada Reno, two of the most seismically active areas of the country.
Mass timber also has natural healing properties that allow workers and residents to be healthier simply by working and living in them.