Suspended ceiling system and method

A method for forming a ceiling suspended from a support member of a structure, the method comprising:

• receiving a plurality of panel assemblies, each panel assembly comprising:
• a non-metallic planar panel, each panel comprising a first planar surface and a second planar surface defining one or more edges;
• a runner;
• and
• one or more wires attached to the runner and to approximately a center point of the first planar surface;
• attaching a rail to the support member, the rail comprising a slotted main body partially defining a channel;
• disposing a runner of a first panel assembly of the plurality of panel assemblies and a runner of a second panel assembly of the plurality of panel assemblies within the channel, thereby independently suspending the panel of the first panel assembly and the panel of the second panel assembly at approximately their respective center points by their respective wires from the rail;
• sliding the runner of the first panel assembly within the channel towards the runner of the second panel assembly and thereby translating the panel of the first panel assembly towards the panel of the second panel assembly to position a first edge of the one or more edges of the panel of the first panel assembly adjacent a first edge of the one or more edges of the panel of the second panel assembly;
• and
• when so positioned adjacent, attaching, by a connection, the first edge of the one or more edges of the panel of the first panel assembly to the first edge of the one or more edges of the panel of the second panel, such that the second planar surface of the panel of the first planar assembly and the second planar surface of the panel of the second planar assembly at least partially define an interior surface of the ceiling and the second planar surface of the panel of the first panel assembly is coplanar with the second planar surface of the panel of the second planar assembly.