Method for constructing a concrete floor in a multistorey building
AssigneeHickory Design Pty Ltd
InventorGeorge Argyrou
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Abstract
The invention provides a method of forming a concrete floor of a multistorey building, the method including: installing a first building module having a first precast concrete floor slab adjacently spaced from a second building module having a second precast concrete floor slab, at least the first precast concrete floor slab supporting an upstanding support member for supporting an upper floor; forming a channel between the spaced first and second precast concrete floor slabs by providing supporting formwork between the floor slabs for supporting poured concrete; and pouring concrete into the channel to form a concrete connection between the first and second precast slabs, thereby forming a concrete floor of a building.
Claims14
A building module used for constructing a modular multi-storey building, the building module being fabricated at an off-site location to an installation location, the building module comprising a precast concrete floor and a permanent outer wall fixed at a side edge of the floor so that the outer wall is suspended by the concrete floor to extend vertically upward and defines part of a façade of the building;
- the outer wall being suspended by the floor to extend laterally and upwardly from the side edge of the floor by a connection partially embedded along the side edge such that the connection bears the load of the outer wall at the side edge during transportation from the off-site location to the installation location;
- wherein when the building module is installed at the installation location, the outer wall forms an external safety barrier.
A method of constructing a multistorey building, the method including:
- pre-fabricating a first building module off-site, the first building module having a precast concrete floor and a permanent outer wall fixed at a side edge of the floor so that the outer wall is suspended by the concrete floor to extend vertically upward and defines part of a facade of the building;
- the outer wall being suspended by the floor to extend laterally and upwardly from the side edge of the floor by a connection partially embedded along the side edge such that the connection bears the load of the outer wall at the side edge during transportation from the off-site location to the installation location;
- transporting the first building module assembled with the outer wall to the installation location;
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- placing the first building module by crane on top of an already installed second building module so that the outer wall of the first building module aligns above an outer wall of the second building module, whereby the outer walls of the first and second building modules form external safety barriers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.