The disclosed systems for automated building construction may include upright supports, a support platform coupled to and vertically movable relative to the upright supports, and a bridge platform coupled to and horizontally movable along the support platform. A track may be mounted on the bridge platform, and a robotic arm may be coupled to and movable along the track. The robotic arm may be configured to retrieve structural insulated panels and to position the structural insulated panels to construct at least a portion of a building. Various other related systems and methods are also disclosed.

A girt alignment apparatus and a method of using the apparatus to shore wind girts of a building to level and support the wind girts to install panels and/or panelized sections to form a wall. The apparatus has an elongated support pipe, a base assembly at a lower end of the support pipe that supports the support pipe in an upright position, a lever assembly connected to the support pipe to move the support pipe upward and downward and one or more girt support assemblies attached to and extending outward from the support pipe to engage the wind girt. In use, the apparatus is placed next to a span having wind girts with the lever assembly in a retracted position. The lever assembly is moved to an extended position to move the support pipe and girt support assemblies upward to engage, level and support the wind girts.

A method of constructing a building includes attaching a first portion of a roof structure to the yokes of a vertical slip form system. A derrick crane is positioned on top of the first portion of the roof structure. A vertical support core of the building is then formed with the vertical slip form system. The first portion of the roof structure and the derrick crane are raised with the vertical slip form system. The vertical slip form system is removed from the formed vertical support core of the building, and the first portion of the roof structure is then moved into a final position and attached to the vertical support core. The remainder of the roof structure and subsequent floor plates may then be constructed at ground elevation, raised into place, and attached to the vertical support core in a top-down, descending order.

A lifting system for a concrete component comprises a void former incorporated into the component during casting and which provides within the component a void which receives a locking pin of a lifting anchor assembly which is locked within the void by rotation of a locking pin. The lifting anchor assembly has a visual indicator to indicate when the pin is in its locked condition within the void, and a pivotal lifting shackle of the assembly is prevented from movement into a position in which lifting can take place until the pin is in its locked condition. Preferably a base of the void former is configured to retain components of a jacking system by which a concrete slab used for road repair can be jacked into a level configuration with the remainder of the roadway when it has been positioned by use of the lifting system.

The present disclosure relates to the building industry and in particular to a block for use in automated building construction. In one aspect, the block comprises a generally cuboid body having a top and a base, a length extending between a pair of opposed ends, and a width extending between a pair of opposed sides; the body including a plurality of hollow cores extending from said top to said base, and arranged in a row between said opposed ends; wherein each core has a rectilinear cross-sectional shape; and wherein the thickness of the block between each pair of adjacent cores is at least double the thickness of the block on all other sides of each core, so that the block is divisible into a plurality of substantially identical block portions, each portion including four walls of substantially uniform wall thickness about its core.

A method of constructing a building includes constructing a vertical support core of the building, and attaching a climbing rail to an exterior of the vertical support core. The climbing rail includes holes spaced vertically. A first floor plate is constructed around a periphery of the vertical support core, at a ground elevation, and includes at least one connecting rail having vertically spaced holes. A climbing jack is attached to the climbing rail, and moved vertically upward on the climbing rail to raise the first floor plate to a first floor final elevation. The first floor plate is permanently attached to the climbing rail at the first floor final elevation by inserting a pin through aligned holes in the connecting rail and the climbing rail.

A floor plate for a building having a vertical support core is described, and includes first and second girders arranged in parallel and slidably disposed on opposed sides of the vertical support core. Each of the first and second girders includes a vertically-oriented web portion and a flange portion. The floor plate also includes a plurality of framing members, wherein each of the framing members includes a medial beam attached to first and second cantilevered beams. The medial beams are disposed between the first and second girders. The first and second cantilevered beams are threaded through apertures of the first and second girders and joined to the respective medial beam, and define first and second cambers. The first and second cambers are selected to achieve a flat horizontal surface on an upper surface of the floor plate when the floor plate is fixedly attached to the vertical support core.

A building that includes a lower structural pad disposed on a foundation is described, and includes columns disposed on the lower structural pad, including a first of the columns being separated from a second of the columns by a first span. The building includes a plurality of horizontally-oriented reinforced transfer beams, wherein each of the reinforced transfer beams spans between the first of the columns and the second of the columns. The building includes a vertical support core including a first vertically-oriented structural spine and a second vertically-oriented structural spine that are disposed on the reinforced transfer beams and separated by a second span. The second span associated with the first and second vertically-oriented structural spine is less than the first span associated with the first and second of the columns. Each of the reinforced transfer beams includes a steel beam and a carbon-fiber reinforcement element.

The present invention provides an automated system and method for construction and assembly of walls, floors and ceilings. Said system comprises at least one robotic arm, at least one material gripper tool, at least one sliding, rising and rotating system, and tongue-and-groove interconnection elements.

An entertainment structure includes an offset core, a floor tying assembly and a plurality of floor plate assemblies. The plurality of floor plate assemblies each include a first edge and a second edge. The first edge of each of the plurality of floor plate assemblies is configured to be coupled to the offset core and the second edge of each of the plurality of floor plate assemblies is configured to be coupled to the floor tying assembly.