Apparatus and Method for Forming an Elevated Deck

An insert for providing structural support to an elevated deck and support beam of a structure, said insert comprising:

• a. a support structure extending a width of the support beam and defining a conduit therethrough;
• b. a support post extending from said support structure;
• and
• c. an attachment strip connected to an end of said support post opposite said support structure and positioned at a base of the support beam for securing at least one of boards and panels to said support beam.

A method for forming an elevated deck and support beams of a structure including the activities of:

• a. placing shoring beams between a first pair of opposing side walls along a length of a structure;
• b. positioning a plurality of beam holders at predetermined intervals aligned along the length of a second pair of opposing walls of the structure;
• c. positioning a reservoir presented by a plurality of profiles including a first end wall and a second end wall connected via a middle section forming the reservoir within respective ones of the plurality of beam holders, the first end wall of each profile being received by a stepped section of the second end wall of an adjacent profile to form a level surface therebetween;
• d. further positioning a plurality of form profiles adjacent on another along the width of the structure and aligned with a further shoring beams creating a further row of form profiles;
• e. aligning the reservoirs of adjacent profiles to provide respective reservoirs extending the width of the structure;
• f. pouring concrete within each of the reservoirs and atop the profiles creating a level deck;
• g. removing each of the shoring beams;
• and
• h. disengaging the profiles from the beams and deck.

A method of forming an elevated deck and beam support structure above a surface and extending between at least two spaced, opposing upright walls of a structure, said method comprising the steps of:

• providing a plurality of shoring members extending upwardly from said surface;
• providing a plurality of elongated profiles each having generally divergent side walls and a panel member connecting the side walls to each other;
• orienting said plurality of profiles to be supported by said shoring members whereby at least one of said plurality of profiles is substantially parallel to another of said profiles and substantially in a common horizontal plane;
• flowing cementations material into at least one beam-defining reservoir defined by the side walls of one or more of said plurality of profiles and atop said panel members to form a generally unitary deck and beam support structure located in elevated relationship to said surface;
• allowing said cementatious material to cure to a self-sustaining condition;
• and
• removing said shoring members and said plurality of profiles from an underside of said deck and beam support structure.