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AssigneeFastbrick IP Pty Ltd
InventorsMichael John Pivac, Daniel McKrill, Harald Apfelthaler, Maarten Frank Kornaat
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The present disclosure relates to building methods for use in automated construction including a method for use in construction of a building, the method including: (a) laying a plurality of courses of blocks onto a foundation to define: i) walls of a first storey of the building; and, ii) a plurality of hollow formwork columns; (b) inserting reinforcing structure into the hollow formwork columns; and (c) pouring concrete into the hollow formwork columns around the reinforcing structure so as to form concrete columns for supporting a slab of a second storey, wherein the blocks forming the plurality of hollow formwork columns remain part of the building structure as permanent formwork.
A method for use in construction of a building, the method including:
The method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein for each hollow formwork column, any open perp gaps are sealed prior to pouring the concrete.
The method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein for each hollow formwork column, the opening at the base of the column is closed prior to pouring of the concrete.
The method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein at least some of the walls of at least the first storey of the building are reinforced.
The method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the building is constructed using a robotic block laying machine that lays blocks in accordance with a block sequence defined by a machine datafile that permits blocks of either the first or second storey to be placed in either a course by course or multiple course sequence.
A method of constructing a building at a site using a robotic block laying machine, the method including constructing walls with the machine by placing blocks in a plurality of courses according to a build strategy, wherein the build strategy includes constructing multiple courses simultaneously or constructing wall substructures sequentially in accordance with a block sequence based at least in part on build constraints associated with at least one of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.