Multi-level parking garage for wrap style building
AssigneeTQC Precast LLC
InventorsWilliam Bramlett, Jimmy Fagala
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Abstract
A multi-level parking garage constructed to be in close proximity to an adjacent building includes two or more levels above ground. Each of the two or more levels has a floor and a ceiling. The multi-level parking garage includes a load-bearing support structure for supporting the two or more levels and a plurality of fire-rated, non-load bearing exterior wall panels. Each of the exterior wall panels are independently and removably mounted to the support structure around at least a portion of a periphery of each of the two or more levels such that the plurality of exterior wall panels extend from the floor of each of the two or more levels to the ceiling of each of the two or more levels.
Claims20
A multi-level parking garage in close proximity to an adjacent building, comprising:
- a multi-level parking garage;
- an adjacent budding adjacent to and at a distance away from the multi-level parking garage ranging from 1 inch to about 24 inches;
- wherein the mufti-level parking garage comprises:
- two or more levels above ground, each of the two or more levels having a floor and a ceiling;
- a load-bearing support structure for supporting the two or more levels;
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- a plurality of fire-rated, non-load bearing exterior wall panels, each independently and removably mounted to the support structure around at least a portion of a periphery of each of the two or more levels, such that the plurality of exterior wall panels extend from the floor of each of the two or more levels to the ceiling of each of the two or more levels;
- the plurality of fire-rated, non-load bearing exterior wall panels providing fire protection between the multi-level parking garage and the adjacent building.
A method of constructing a multi-level parking garage in close proximity to an adjacent building, the method comprising the steps of:
- constructing a multi-level parking garage;
- constructing an adjacent building adjacent to and at a distance away from the multi-level parking garage ranging from 1 inch to about 24 inches;
- wherein constructing the multi-level parking garage comprises:
- building a load-bearing support structure for supporting two or more levels of the mufti-level parking garage, wherein the two or more levels each have a floor and a ceiling;
- independently and removably mounting a plurality of fire-rated, non-load bearing exterior wall panels to the support structure around at least a portion of a periphery of each of the two or more levels, such that the plurality of exterior wall panels extend from the floor of each of the two or more levels to the ceiling of each of the two or more levels;
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- providing fire protection between the multi-level parking garage and the adjacent building with the plurality of fire-rated, non-load bearing exterior wall panels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.