Construction panel

A construction panel comprised of a wire mesh framework, an insulating core fixedly disposed within said wire mesh framework, and at least 2.0 cross-tie separators per square foot of said construction panel, wherein:

• (a) said wire-mesh framework is a closed, four-sided structure comprised of a front side, a back side, a left side, a right side, a first alignment guide, and a second alignment guide, wherein:
• 1. each of said front side and said back side is longer than each of said left side and said right side,
• 2. said left side and said right side are equal in length,
• 3. said first alignment guide is connected to and forms a first, integral, one-piece, L-shaped structure with said front side and said right side.
• 4. said second alignment guide is connected to and forms a second, integral, one-piece, L-shaped structure with said back side and said left side,
• 5. said first L-shaped structure and said second L-shaped structure are connected to each other to form said closed, four-sided structure comprised of said first alignment guide and said second alignment guide,
• 6. said first alignment guide extends past the point where said front side is contiguous with and is connected to said right side, and
• 7. said second alignment guide extends past the point where said back side is contiguous with and is connected to said left side;
• and
• (b) said insulating core is fixedly disposed within said wire mesh framework by a multiplicity of prongs, wherein:
• 1. each of said prongs is comprised of a first vertical wire, a second vertical wire, and a mulitplicity of transversely-extending tines, each one of which tines is connected to both of said first vertical wire and said second vertical wire,
• 2. each of said first vertical wires of said prongs is attached to the front or back side of said wire mesh framework,
• 3. each of said second vertical wires of said prongs is contiguous with one face of said insulating core, and
• 4. each of said transversely-extending tines is attached to that side of the wire mesh framework which is opposite to that side of the framework to which the first vertical wire of the prong on which the tine is located is attached.