bamboo "vegetal steel"

okay i know it getting pushed by Velez as a replacement for timber and steel.

but with loads of a tonne at least, due to 20kg lights, yes i checked, theres nothing smaller than 15kgs, and fly system, i had to use steel for some beams to take the pressure off.
still used bamboo beams everywhere else though.

i worked out about 20 lights a bar and 12 bars along a beam. and what with the failure point of bamboo beams being underside of the beam, i didnt think it was safe to use a relatively unknown system to carry high loads over childrens heads.

but for those interested...
http://www.aol.com.au/lifestyle/story/Vegetal-steel-bamboo-as-eco-friendly-building-material/113171/index.html

http://www.rainforestinfo.org.au/good_wood/bamboo.htm

http://www.bamboodirect.com.au/

http://www.greenhomebuilding.com/bamboo.htm

http://www.bamboocompetition.com/