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Abstract
Engineered wood products have been one of the new trends in the construction industry as they have high mechanical strength, good use of raw materials, and they promote sustainable construction. The products used are used to fill many of the shortcomings of solid sawn timber, which include instability of the material in terms of variability and dimensions, by recrystallising the tree constituents using highly regulated manufacturing processes. As a result, the review is a synthesis of engineered wood products, which focuses on the manufacturing process, the mechanical and physical characteristics of wood products, and their structural use. The research paper explores the main types of engineered wood products, which include glued-laminated timber, laminated veneer lumber, cross-laminated timber, plywood, and oriented strand board with references to the structural behaviour and adaptation in the modern construction systems. The main design issues such as performance in connection, fire resistance, seismic behaviour, and long-term endurance are addressed in the frames of the available research results. In addition, the review also determines existing problems and lays out research opportunities in the future concerning moisture sensitivity, environmental performance, and hybrid structural systems. Generally, the review indicates that the engineered wood products are a viable and viable substitute to conventional construction materials. It is believed that the value added by these materials in future in building resilient, low-carbon building systems will be further added due to the continued technological development, performance-based design approaches, and the development of sustainable resource utilisation tools in the future.