E04B5/043

CONCRETE VOIDED FLOOR PANEL

A voided floor panel is provided. The voided floor panel includes a pre-cast dome, strands, reinforcing bars, and a slab. The pre-cast dome includes a flange portion, stem portions, and joint portions. The strands are pre-tensioned. The reinforcing bars are inserted through rebar block-outs of the pre-cast dome. The joint portions, the strands, and the reinforcing bars are cast within the slab. The strands improve a resistance of the slab to flexure. The joint portions improve a vertical shear resistance between the slab and the pre-cast dome. The joint portions may include corrugated dovetails for further improving a horizontal shear resistance between the slab and the pre-cast dome.

PRE-CAST CONCRETE FLOORING SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USE
20210189722 · 2021-06-24 ·

Various implementations include a corrugated concrete floor system that includes a plurality of elongated pre-cast concrete floor support units disposed in a horizontal arrangement relative to each other for each floor of a building. The concrete floor support units are disposed between floors of a multi-story building. The units define a plurality of supply air plenums and return air plenums that are arranged alternately in the sandwich space between each floor. The supply air plenums are in fluid communication with the building level above them, and the return air plenums are in fluid communication with the building level below them. By having the supply-air plenum and the return-air plenum share the volume occupied by concrete floor support units, the height of the sandwich space is reduced.

Solid Cement Construction Panel
20210115668 · 2021-04-22 ·

A solid cement construction panel includes an interior core filling sandwiched between two exterior faces to form a composite panel. The interior core filling is constructed to have a high strength cement, EPS (expanded polystyrene) foam, fly ash, sand particles and water, wherein the interior core filling has properties of heat preservation and soundproof. Each of the exterior faces is made of fiber reinforced material having properties of light weight, heat insulation, fireproof, and waterproof and moisture-proof.

PREFABRICATED FLOOR ELEMENT, STRUCTURE COMPRISING PREFABRICATED FLOOR ELEMENTS AND INSTALLATION FOR OBTAINING THE PREFABRICATED FLOOR ELEMENT
20210040739 · 2021-02-11 ·

Prefabricated floor element (1) having an elongated shape wherein a longitudinal direction (X), a transversal direction (Y), a height direction (Z), two end faces (11) which delimitate the element (1) in the longitudinal direction (X), two lateral faces (12) which delimitate the element (1) in the transversal direction (Y), a lower face (13) and an upper planar face (14) that delimitate the element (1) in the height direction (Z) are defined, which comprises transversal continuous upper grooves (15) on the upper planar face (14) or lateral grooves (26) on the lateral faces (24), the lateral grooves (26) extending from the lower tab (TS) to the upper planar face (24). The invention also relates to a structure comprising such prefabricated floor element (1) and further comprising a linear supporting element (LS) which supports one end of the prefabricated floor element (1) such that in the linear supporting element (LS) a supporting surface (51) is defined and a moment resisting system (MS) arranged on the linear supporting element (LS) and facing an end face (11) of the prefabricated floor element (1) and an upper concrete layer (LC) poured on top of the element (1) or in the shear key (SK) defined between two adjacent floor elements. The invention also relates to an installation for manufacturing the floor elements (1, 2).

INTEGRALLY ASSEMBLED HIDDEN BEAM HOLLOW TWO-WAY FLOOR SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING THE SAME
20210040740 · 2021-02-11 ·

An integrally assembled hidden beam hollow two-way floor system includes precast slabs (1), honeycomb steel beams (3), and cast-in-place concrete (4). A plurality of compartments (12) arranged in a matrix is integrally provided on one surface of each of the precast slabs (1), and connecting grooves (14) are provided at a periphery of another surface of the precast slab (1) is provided with connecting grooves (14). Prepared bolt holes (13) penetrating through the precast slab (1) are provided in the connecting grooves (14). The honeycomb steel beam (3) serves as a primary beam or a secondary beam of a steel structure of the floor system. A surface of the precast slab (1) provided with no compartments is lapped and fixed between the secondary beams or between the primary beam and the secondary beam, and adjacent precast slabs (1) are connected and fixed by a U-shaped hoop (2) passing through the prepared bolt hole (13) to form a seam. The cast-in-place concrete (4) includes a surface layer cast onto the compartments (12) and a cast-in-place concrete ribs (41) cast between the compartments (12) of adjacent precast slabs (1) and between the compartment (12) and the primary beam and the secondary beam, the surface layer and the cast-in-place concrete ribs (41) being integrated. An assembly method for the integrally assembled hidden beam hollow two-way floor system is further provided. A method for assembling an integrally assembled hidden beam hollow two-way floor system is provided. The floor system and method for assembling the same achieve similar force performances in two directions, reliable connection between the floor slab and peripheral members, elimination of a risk of cracking of slab seams, and improved assembly efficiency.

Method for manufacturing prefabricated concrete products
20200254647 · 2020-08-13 · ·

A method for manufacturing a prefabricated concrete product is disclosed, in which method, a concrete slab with a recess at its upper surface is cast with slipform casting on a casting bed, and after the slipform casting of the slab the recess of the fresh cast slab is equipped with ducts, piping and/or wiring components, after which the recess is covered with concrete mass, and the concrete product is left to cure. The invention also relates to such a prefabricated concrete product.

Concrete building elements and assemblies thereof, and related methods
10640970 · 2020-05-05 ·

An assembly of concrete structural elements includes a first and a second concrete lower column, and a first and a second column capitals are supported on respective upper ends of the respective first and second lower columns. At least one inverted beam is extended between the first and second column capitals. At least one lower flat surface of the inverted beam is positioned on respective edges of the first and second column capitals.

BUILDING STRUCTURE
20200056393 · 2020-02-20 ·

The invention relates to a lightweight concrete building structure using pre-stressed lightweight structural beams 46 with a lightweight floor panel (48) spanning between beams (46). In a particular arrangement, the parking system using building structure (10) may be about less than half the weight than traditional parking building structures. In accordance with one arrangement of the particular embodiment of the invention, the building structure comprises floor structures having one or more structural beams, and one of more lightweight panels for attachment to the structural beam, wherein the floor structure is defined by joining together the one or more lightweight structural beams and the one of more lightweight panels. This particular arrangement is particularly useful because it permits defining a floor structure capable of sustaining relative large loads (such as a multitude of vehicles) using lightweight floor panels.

PRECAST POROUS CONCRETE WITH CAST-IN CONDUITS
20200032511 · 2020-01-30 · ·

The present invention is directed to a porous concrete system comprised of a porous concrete slab and one or more cast-in conduits, with at least one conduit including an adapter capable of connecting to a hose. In addition, the present invention is also directed to a porous concrete system comprising a plurality of porous concrete slabs, wherein each porous concrete slab contains one or more conduits embedded therein and at least one conduit in each porous concrete slab has an adapter that is connectable to a hose and wherein the porous concrete slabs are arranged in a manner where the conduits in one porous concrete slab are adjacent to the conduits in the neighboring porous concrete slab.

Building system for a multi-story building and method
10407893 · 2019-09-10 · ·

A building system for buildings comprising at least two stories, provided with: a plurality of first portals (3, 3) adapted to be arranged along at least two mutually parallel vertical planes and to be fixed to a base (2); first connecting beams (15) for connecting a first portal (3) and the next first portal (3) arranged along a same vertical plane of said at least two vertical planes; first floor panels (17) adapted to transversely connect together both the first portals (3, 3) arranged along the at least two vertical planes, and the first connecting beams (15) arranged along the at least two vertical planes; a plurality of second portals (40, 40) adapted to be arranged along said at least two vertical planes, each on top of a respective first portal (3, 3); wherein each first portal (3, 3) and each second portal (40, 40) are monolithic and substantially consist of at least two pillars (4) parallel to each other and of a beam (5, 5), arranged transversely on top of the pillars (4), each pillar (4) being provided with a plurality of first connecting bars (9), which are arranged inside each pillar (4), parallel to the longitudinal axis thereof, and extend outwards above the beam (5, 5), and wherein a plurality of anchoring plates (11) is included, each anchoring plate being provided with through holes and constrained to the lower end (7) of a respective pillar, whereby the first connecting bars of the first portals are adapted to be inserted and clamped by clamping means (13) into the through holes of the anchoring plate of the respective second portals.