US 2006/0179745 A1 · Method of building a building

Abstract

A method of producing a finished building from a skeletal building structure made up of a plurality of vertically spaced floor slabs, each having an upper surface, is disclosed. A wall supporting structure is secured to the floor slabs, and exterior wall panels are secured to the wall supporting structure to define a plurality of enclosed regions bounded by an upper slab, a lower slab and a surrounding wall comprising a plurality of the exterior wall panels. Each enclosed region has an interior that is isolated from wind and precipitation relative to the environment surrounding the skeletal building structure. From positions on the upper surfaces of the floor slabs and within the enclosed regions, interior wall components are installed on at least one of an interior side of the external wall and the wall supporting structure.

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Dependent claims

A method of producing a finished building, the method comprising the steps, in order, of:

(a) providing a skeletal building structure, the skeletal building structure comprising a plurality of vertically spaced floor slabs, each vertically spaced floor slab having an upper surface;
(b) securing a wall supporting structure to the floor slabs;
(c) securing exterior wall panels to the wall supporting structure to define a plurality of enclosed regions, each enclosed region bounded by an upper slab, a lower slab and a surrounding wall comprising a plurality of the exterior wall panels, each enclosed region having an interior that is isolated from wind and precipitation relative to an environment surrounding the skeletal building structure;
(d) from positions on the upper surfaces of the floor slabs and within the enclosed regions, installing interior wall components on at least one of an interior side of the external wall and the wall supporting structure.

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A method of installing walls on a skeletal building structure where the skeletal building structure comprises a plurality of vertically spaced floor slabs, the method comprising the steps of:

(a) securing main joist supports to each of the floor slabs, the main joist supports arranged in vertically aligned columns, each vertically aligned column comprising at least two vertically adjacent main joist supports;
(b) securing main joists to the main joist supports, each main joist extending substantially vertically between at least two vertically adjacent main joist supports;
(c) securing secondary joist supports to at least one pair of vertically adjacent floor slabs, each pair of vertically adjacent floor slabs comprising a first floor slab and a second floor slab located above the first floor slab, the secondary joist supports being arranged in vertically paired sets such that each vertically paired set of secondary joist supports comprises a lower secondary joist support disposed on a first floor slab in a pair of floor slabs and an upper secondary joist support disposed on a second floor slab in the pair of floor slabs, the upper secondary joist support disposed above and in vertical alignment with the lower secondary joist support, the paired sets of secondary joist supports being positioned according to a desired shape of a wall;
(d) installing secondary joists and railings, the secondary joists being secured to the secondary joist supports, the secondary joists extending substantially vertically between the paired sets of secondary joist supports, the railings being supported by the secondary joists, the railings extending substantially vertically;
(e) securing exterior wall panels to the railings and to the main joists to define an exterior wall;
and
(f) installing interior wall components.

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A method of installing walls on a skeletal building structure wherein the skeletal building structure comprises a plurality of vertically spaced floor slabs each having an upper surface, the method comprising the steps of:

(a) from at least one position on an upper surface of at least one floor slab in at least one pair of vertically adjacent floor slabs, securing main joist supports to each floor slab in the at least one pair of vertically adjacent floor slabs to form columns of vertically adjacent main joist supports;
(b) from at least one position on an upper surface of at least one floor slab in the at least one pair of vertically adjacent floor slabs, securing main joists to the main joist supports, each main joist extending substantially vertically between at least two vertically adjacent main joist supports;
(c) from at least one position on an upper surface of at least one floor slab in the at least one pair of vertically adjacent floor slabs, securing vertically adjacent, oppositely-faced pairs of secondary joist supports to each floor slab in the at least one pair of vertically adjacent floor slabs, so that each pair of secondary joist supports comprises a lower secondary joist support disposed on a first floor slab in a pair of floor slabs and an upper secondary joist support disposed on a second floor slab in the pair of floor slabs, the second floor slab being located above the first floor slab;
(d) from at least one position on an upper surface of at least one floor slab in the at least one pair of vertically adjacent floor slabs, installing secondary joists and railings, the secondary joists being secured between vertically adjacent pairs of secondary joist supports, the railings being supported by the secondary joists and extending substantially vertically;
(e) from at least one position on an upper surface of at least one floor slab in the at least one pair of vertically adjacent floor slabs, securing exterior wall panels to the railings and to the main joists to define an exterior wall;
and
(f) from at least one position on an upper surface of at least one floor slab in the at least one pair of vertically adjacent floor slabs, installing interior wall components.

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