Modular building structure

In a building having at least one horizontal floor, a ceiling above said floor, a generally vertical wall extending between said floor and said ceiling in order to define a perimeter of said building and a roof above said ceiling, the improvement comprising:

• said vertical wall being defined by a plurality of generally planar wall modules aligned in tandem such that each one of said planar wall modules is joined at a lateral edge with an adjacent one of said wall modules, each of said modules including a first planar surface member, a second planar surface member, insulation in an interior cavity defined between said first and second surface members and a first vertical conduit member positioned in said cavity between the lateral edges of said module and extending vertically through said module, wherein said conduit defines a through-passage in said insulation, and wherein at least one of said lateral edges of said modules has a configuration that defines a conduit receiving space with an adjacent one of said wall modules whereby a vertical second conduit member may be positioned between adjacent ones of said wall modules;
• wherein each one of said wall modules includes means defining a horizontal conduit between said inner and outer surface members and extending horizontally through said module;
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• wherein each one of said wall modules is produced by an in-situ process in which reactants are introduced to said interior cavity in order to form said insulation.

A building made from modules that are completely finished prior to delivery to a construction site for assembly at the site to a waterproof structure that is finished inside and out without the use of skilled-trades laborers and with substantially no scrap, said building having at least one horizontal floor, a ceiling above said floor, a generally vertical wall extending between said floor and said ceiling in order to define a perimeter of said building and a roof above said ceiling, comprising:

• at least one of a floor, a ceiling and a roof being defined by a plurality of generally horizontal modules, each one of said horizontal modules having at least one of an upper and lower surface member having at least one pair of spaced apart generally parallel edges defining a portion of the perimeter of said module, each one of said horizontal modules further having at least two generally horizontal beams, one of said beams extending substantially the entire length of one of said edges and positioned with respect to said one of said edges to support said one of said edges and the other of said edges of another one of said horizontal modules positioned adjacent to said one of said horizontal modules, wherein said horizontal modules are substantially self-supporting along their length without additional supports;
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• wherein said at least one of an upper and lower surface member is finished with a surface treatment.

A building made from modules that are completely finished prior to delivery to a construction site for assembly at the site to waterproof structure that is finished inside and out without the use of skilled-trades laborers and with substantially no scrap, said building having at least one horizontal floor, a ceiling above said floor, a generally vertical wall extending between said floor and said ceiling in order to define a perimeter of said building and a roof above said ceiling, comprising:

• a vertical wall being defined by an elongated base and a plurality of generally planar wall modules supported on said base, each of said wall modules having an inner surface member finished with interior surface treatment, an outer surface member finished with exterior surface treatment and at least one vertical load bearing conduit stud extending from a bottom portion of said wall module to a top portion of said wall module between said inner and outer surface members in order to transmit the weight of a load above said module to said base and define a vertical passage through that wall module;
• wherein said base and each of said wall modules include mating self-aligning surface portions in order to provide alignment of adjacent wall modules;
• a downwardly extending upper plate that is supported by said wall modules and wherein said upper plate and each of said wall modules include mating self-aligning surface portions in order to provide alignment of adjacent wall modules;
• a floor, a ceiling and a roof being each defined by a plurality of generally horizontal modules, each one of said horizontal modules having at least one of an upper and lower surface member having one pair of spaced apart generally parallel edges defining a portion of the perimeter of said module, each one of said horizontal modules further having at least two generally horizontal beams, one of said beams extending substantially the entire length of one of said edges and positioned with respect to said one of said edges to support said one of said edges and the other of said edges of another one of said horizontal modules positioned adjacent to said one of said horizontal modules, wherein said horizontal modules are substantially self-supporting along their length without additional supports;
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• wherein said at least one of an upper and lower surface member is finished with a surface treatment.