A method for erecting a wall panel without wasting valuable floor area for wall panel bracing and erecting the wall panel from within the boundary of the land parcel on which the wall panel is being erected is disclosed. A support structure that is configured to both maintain a prestressed concrete wall panel in a generally vertical position and to provide storage space can be anchored to a floor slab. The wall panel can be lifted from within the land parcel and positioned between the support structure and the boundary of the land parcel. The wall panel can then be anchored to the support structure.

In one aspect, a smart corner is provided that can be prefabricated. The smart corner comprises a rear side including a first hole, a first side including a second hole, a second side including a third hole, and a top. A wall frame is also provided. The wall frame includes a top plate, a bottom plate, studs, and four smart corners. A framing system is also provided comprising at least two wall frames. The at least two wall frames connect via the smart corners.

A floor panel is provided including a floor chassis, an acoustic-mat layer and a gypsum concrete layer. The floor panel may be prefabricated and quickly installed on the job site thereby cutting construction time and costs.

Disclosed herein is a moment-resisting frame for connecting beams and columns of a structure. The moment-resisting frame may include a beam comprising a top horizontal flange, a bottom horizontal flange, and a vertical web fitted securely between the top horizontal flange and the bottom horizontal flange. The moment-resisting frame may also include a column comprising a lateral vertical flange. The lateral vertical flange may include a top flange threaded hole, a bottom flange threaded hole, a first lateral flange threaded hole, and a second lateral flange threaded hole. The moment-resisting frame may further include a plurality of rows of coplanar plates that retrofitted around an outermost periphery of the beam.

A lattice structure comprising a series of connecting rings or half-rings on which a series of orienting elements are secured. The orienting elements being equipped with holes and a slot in which the connecting rings or half-rings are disposed, as well as comprising profiles that are solidly connected using joining elements that extend through holes in the profiles.

A super high-rise building (1) comprising a main support structure (10) of reinforced concrete, and a base (20; 20; 20) having at least four corners (13). The main support structure (10) is formed of at least two walls (11), each extending all the way between diametrically opposed external wall corners (13) of said base (20). Said two walls (11, 11) intersect each other, and at least an intermediate portion (14) of the respective wall (11) extends to an uppermost portion of said super high-rise building (1).

A construction system for structural frameworks of buildings is described, comprising a first and a second structural elements mutually connected by connecting elements, the first and second structural elements being vertically assembled to make a pillar of the framework, a third and a fourth structural elements mutually connected by connecting elements to make a beam of the framework, the third and fourth structural elements being assembled transversally to the first and second structural elements, the third and/or fourth structural elements being associated as joint to the first and/or to the second structural element, the third and fourth structural elements being further connected to the first and the second structural elements by connecting elements, to make the framework, the first, second, third and fourth structural elements being composed of a panel having height and width greater than the thickness.

A modular building structure with relative integrated plants, as obtained by assembling a plurality of module frames to obtain a complex frame, allows associating ducts of one or more plants to the module frame. The module frames have a parallelepiped-like shape and are identified by beams joining in respective angles, including a plurality of connecting knots joining module frames adjacent to the angles; the adjacent beams of side-by-side module frames are spaced apart by the knots and the panels and are connected to the beams of the module frame thereto, so as to create an air gap. The integrated plants have a plurality of ducts arranged in the air gaps and in the through channels, which include, at edges or angles of the module frame, quick connections for connecting the ducts related to a module frame to those of another module frame placed side-by-side thereto.

The present invention provides a method for framing a building structure prefabricated with electrical wiring, plumbing, and HVAC system, the method comprising: designing interior functions of each floor within the building structure; determining the positions of the electrical column, the plumbing column, the HVAC column, the electrical beams, the plumbing beams, and the HVAC beams in the building structure based on the interior design of the previous step, and these positions also comply with a location selection principle; installing the electrical column, the plumbing column, the HVAC column, the electrical beams, the plumbing beams and the HVAC beams; and connecting the electrical wires on the electrical columns and the electrical beams, the water pipes on the plumbing column and the plumbing beams, and the ventilation spaces in the HVAC column and the HVAC beams. Through above-mentioned method, the present invention is intended to realize rapid house building process with safety.

A modular framework having a plurality of elongate structural members interconnected by brackets is provided. Each of the brackets includes at least one tubular socket to receive a structural member, and an array of holes is provided on a face of the socket to permit connection of an attachment to the bracket to support ancillary components.