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OwnerJohn Clement Prestoninventor
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Abstract
A method of erecting a multi-storey structure is disclosed. During construction, at least a portion of a perimeter facade of the structure is disposed to extend at least two storeys height beyond an upper work area of the structure and forms at least part of a safety barrier for that work area and wherein in erecting the multi-story structure, at least one further floor of the structure is erected over the upper work area. The further floor forming a respective subsequent upper work area of the structure, and wherein at least a portion of the facade is disposed to extend at least one storey height beyond the uppermost of the subsequent work areas.
Claims9
A method of erecting a multi-storey structure having a facade disposed around at least a portion of a perimeter of the multi-storey structure, wherein during construction, installing at least a portion of the facade to extend at least two storeys height beyond an upper work area of the structure, the facade forming at least part of a safety barrier for the upper work area and for the construction of at least one further floor of the structure over the upper work area, the facade comprising a plurality of self-supporting modules that are secured in side by side and one on top of the other arrangement to extend the at least two storeys height beyond the upper work area;
- and erecting the at least one further floor of the structure is erected over the upper work area, with the or each further floor forming a respective subsequent upper work area of the structure, and wherein at least a portion of the facade comprising the self-supporting modules extending at least one storey height beyond the subsequent work area and forms at least part of a safety barrier for the subsequent work area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.