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US 12,674,312 B2Granted
Method for constructing parking structures
AssigneeNewton Group Ltd.
InventorsPaul M. Aumuller, Edwin Newton
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Abstract
The method is for constructing parking structures, each parking structure having a site and being of the type including a plurality of parking decks, each deck being defined by a plurality of steel beams supporting a plurality of cementitious panels. The method is of the type wherein each panel is manufactured by pouring concrete into a form remote from the site. The improvement comprises: transporting a plurality of forms to premises proximal to the site; and constructing the panels.
Claims10
An improved method for constructing parking structures,
- each parking structure having a site and being of the type including a plurality of parking decks, each deck being defined by a plurality of steel beams supporting a plurality of cementitious panels,
- the method being of the type wherein each panel is manufactured by pouring concrete into a form at a premises proximal to the site, the improvement comprising:
- transporting a plurality of the forms to the premises;
- receiving, at the premises, concrete that has been mixed remote from the premises;
- and
- constructing the panels, wherein constructing the panels comprises, for each panel:
- pouring the concrete into a respective one of the forms at the premises, the concrete hardening in the respective form to provide a green panel;
- removing the green panel from the respective form, comprising tilting the respective form and the green panel by a tilt table to a vertical position;
- and
- placing the green panel, removed from the respective form, in a vertical position in a comb that supports multiple green panels and curing the green panel in the comb at the premises to provide a cured panel.
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