A floor plan is fit to a foundation and points are defined at relevant locations on the floor plan. The points are defined based on the location of the point and the features associated with the point. Walls are laid out at full scale on a construction site based on the floor plan. The walls are located by defined points and with a point marker base, prism assembly, and electronic surveying equipment. The prism assembly is mounted to the point marker base, and the point marker base provides a reference point from which an offset distance to the defined point is determined. A rotatable measuring instrument is secured to the point marker base and measures the offset distance. Wall lines are located based on the defined point and annotations.

A movable topography marking system with a movable marking system for marking in actual size at least some construction information on a construction surface, said marking system comprising at least a spraying device adapted to spray at least one painted band; an engraving laser adapted for burning said at least one painted band for marking on said at least one painted band construction information; and at least one positionning topographic prism.

Disclosed herein are embodiments of a floor panel seating assembly. The floor panel seating assembly can include adjustable, removable brackets or guides for guiding cross-members and joists of floor panels into their desired positions on a support structure. Also disclosed herein are embodiments of a method of seating a floor panel. The method can include providing one or more adjustable, removable bracket or guide, adjusting the guide(s) to accommodate the width of a wall of the support structure and/or the sizes of the cross-members or joists of the floor panel, mounting the guide(s) to the support structure, and lowering a floor panel into position on the support structure using the guide(s).

A levelling structure for levelling a structure having supports for secondary support on fixed footings. A coupling mechanism extends between an access point on the structure and the footings. Adjustment of the coupling member from the structure alters the elevation of the structure and supports together towards or away from the footings. By providing the adjustment from the structure itself, the requirement for elevational adjustment beneath the structure is avoided as well as adjustment against the opposition of the load.

A robotic system having a movable gantry robot (10) for conducting construction operations. The gantry may have an expandable bridge (20) and articulated gantry support legs (34) as well as a support track system (60) holding a gantry robot (800) which may hold one or more implements and peripheral devices (806). The device can be moved by propulsion mechanisms, a controller, and one or more geo-positioned control devices to provide position information for the robotic gantry as it moves back and forth along a plurality of work sites (700). The robotic gantry is connected to a power supply system (236). The controller is automated, self-navigating, and activates, deactivates, and/or changes the operation of the propulsion mechanisms, and deploys, retracts, activates, deactivates, and/or changes the operation of one or more of the construction implements. The height of the frame may be adjusted by extending and rotating risers and booms to accommodate different building heights or sub-level heights at a worksite. A conveyor system is optimized for removing dirt from or delivering material to the robotic arm. This invention can be applied to automating construction jobs including surveying, land preparation, excavation, foundation, masonry, framing, and additive fabrication.

A stud manipulation tool is provided. The device includes a planar base having a pair of sidewalls extending orthogonally from opposing sides of the planar base, defining a channel therebetween. An aperture is disposed through one of the pair of sidewalls. A clamp is engaged with the aperture such that the clamp can frictionally engage an object disposed within the channel. An elongated rod extends from an exterior surface of the planar base opposite the channel. In some embodiments, pair of sidewalls extend from the planar base at an acute angle, such that a linear distance between an upper end of each sidewall is less than a width of the planar base.

A horizontal support apparatus and method are provided for use with any structure having a horizontal span, including but not limited to doors, garages, and windows. The horizontal support apparatus may include two support columns, a lintel that is configured to be attached to the support columns, and that includes a vertical flange and a horizontal flange. The apparatus may include two lift bolts coupled to two end portions of the horizontal flange. The two lift bolts may be configured to respectively raise the two end portions of the horizontal flange. The apparatus may include two rotatable lift nuts that, when rotated, raise the lift bolts to engage and raise the two ends of the horizontal flange.

A horizontal support apparatus and method are provided for use with any structure having a horizontal span, including but not limited to doors, garages, and windows. The horizontal support apparatus may include two support columns, a lintel that is configured to be attached to the support columns, and that includes a vertical flange and a horizontal flange. The apparatus may include two lift bolts coupled to two end portions of the horizontal flange. The two lift bolts may be configured to respectively raise the two end portions of the horizontal flange. The apparatus may include two rotatable lift nuts that, when rotated, raise the lift bolts to engage and raise the two ends of the horizontal flange.

The present invention relates to a supporting, holding and clamping tool system and a method associated with the system. With respect to the system, it is a pair of devices and attachments designed to attach to a wall to support construction sheathing while securing it to the wall, which may also be used for a versatile clamping device.

This system can be used by one person to facilitate installing heavy sheets of sheet rock, Siding, plywood or other materials to be installed on the vertical wall or surface.

The devices may also be attached a 24 board or other dimensional board to turn lumber into a versatile clamp, or attached to a work bench to use a portion of a workbench to clamp, hold, or support materials.

The core components of the invention are: a mounting base plate, screw body, adjustment screw, clamping head, saddle clamp, drywall attachment and removable pins which, generally speaking, are configured as follows: The mounting base plate is attached to the wall, lumber, workbench or other materials with common wood screws or drywall screws, the screw body is the part which is drilled and threaded to receive the adjustment screw which is attached to the clamping head via a swivel.

With respect to the system it should be further noted that The system includes accessories such as a saddle clamp which allows attaching to a 24 lumber with out marring or making screw holes, an accessory part that can attach to the clamp head which prevents sheathing from slipping off the clamp head, and two types of removable handles. With the handles removed there is a hex nut machined in the tail of the adjustment screw and philips slots milled in to the tail of the adjustment screw allowing for use with a nut driver or a screw driver.

With respect to the associated method, In order to carry out the method the following core steps are followed: For sheathing support attach 2 of the devices to vertical studs, set the sheathing on the clamping heads, use the adjustment screw to level or fine position the materials.

The system may be attached to a board (lumber) 2 devices at any distance facing each other desired to accommodate the materials to be clamped. Or the devices may be mounted facing away from each other to spread or hold materials a specific distance apart from each other.

The devices may be mounted on a work bench either with screws, or the removable pins may be installed in the underside of the mounting plate in threaded holes spaced 1 inch on center which corresponding to a series of holes which may be drilled in the work bench or lumber or other surface at 1 intervals in a straight line and may be quickly positioned simpl

A robotic system having a movable gantry robot (10) for conducting construction operations. The gantry may have an expandable bridge (20) and articulated gantry support legs (34) as well as a support track system (60) holding a gantry robot (800) which may hold one or more implements and peripheral devices (806). The device can be moved by propulsion mechanisms, a controller, and one or more geo-positioned control devices to provide position information for the robotic gantry as it moves back and forth along a plurality of work sites (700). The robotic gantry is connected to a power supply system (236). The controller is automated, self-navigating, and activates, deactivates, and/or changes the operation of the propulsion mechanisms, and deploys, retracts, activates, deactivates, and/or changes the operation of one or more of the construction implements. The height of the frame may be adjusted by extending and rotating risers and booms to accommodate different building heights or sub-level heights at a worksite. A conveyor system is optimized for removing dirt from or delivering material to the robotic arm. This invention can be applied to automating construction jobs including surveying, land preparation, excavation, foundation, masonry, framing, and additive fabrication.