Method for assembling a building using concrete columns

A method for constructing a building comprising:

• forming a plurality of excavated holes at spaced locations across an area of ground onto which the building is to be placed;
• inserting into each hole a 3-dimensional reinforcing bar cage formed of connected individual bars with the cage having a length so as to extend into the hole and so as to stand upwardly of the hole to a height above the hole;
• casting into each hole a settable material to form a pile around the cage and setting the material so as to define an upper surface of the pile at or above the ground and so as to support the cage standing upward from the ground;
• with the material set, providing around the upstanding cage a formwork standing upwardly from the upper surface to a position at or adjacent a top of the cage;
• casting into the formwork and onto the upper surface a settable material to form a column containing the cage and standing upwardly from the upper surface of the pile;
• providing a roof on the building supported by the columns;
• and providing a wall of the building by attaching supporting members to the columns and attaching reinforcing boards so as to span between the columns and attaching insulation sheet materials to the supporting members;
• wherein the supporting members are attached to the columns on an exterior surface of the columns so that the insulation sheet materials cover the exterior surface.

A method for constructing a building comprising:

• forming a plurality of excavated holes at spaced locations across an area of ground onto which the building is to be placed;
• inserting into each hole a 3-dimensional reinforcing bar cage formed of connected individual bars with the cage having a length so as to extend into the hole and so as to stand upwardly of the hole to a height above the hole;
• casting into each hole a settable material to form a pile around the cage and setting the material so as to define an upper surface of the pile at or above the ground and so as to support the cage standing upward from the ground;
• with the material set, providing around the upstanding cage a formwork standing upwardly from the upper surface to a position at or adjacent a top of the cage;
• wherein the formwork is supplied as a plurality of tubular form components which are stacked with one tubular form component on top of a previous tubular form component to create an elongate tubular form surrounding the cage;
• casting into the formwork and onto the upper surface a settable material to form a column containing the cage and standing upwardly from the upper surface of the pile;
• providing a roof on the building supported by the columns;
• and providing a wall of the building by attaching supporting members to the columns and attaching reinforcing boards so as to span between the columns and attaching insulation sheet materials to the supporting members.