An elongated building element (14) having a pair of longitudinally extending generally parallel co-extensive side walls (15) joined by transverse webs (16). The walls (15) and webs (16) enclose a longitudinally extending space (30) within which there is located a tube (31). The tube (31) is connected to the walls (15) and webs (16) by flanges (33). The tube (31) provides a space (33) with the spaces (30, 33) being intended to be filled with concrete. The building element (14) is intended to be attached to light elements (14) to form a wall.

An elongated building element (14) having a pair of longitudinally extending generally parallel co-extensive side walls (15) joined by transverse webs (16). The walls (15) and webs (16) enclose a longitudinally extending space (30) within which there is located a tube (31). The tube (31) is connected to the walls (15) and webs (16) by flanges (33). The tube (31) provides a space (33) with the spaces (30, 33) being intended to be filled with concrete. The building element (14) is intended to be attached to light elements (14) to form a wall.

A building module for use in construction of a building comprising a deck oriented in a horizontal plane and a plurality of hollow structural members extending downwardly from around a periphery of the deck. A method of constructing a building comprising placing a plurality of modules according to a floor plan to form a story of the building, pouring flowable medium that sets to a become a solid structural material into the hollow structural members of the plurality of modules to form structural columns, pouring flowable medium that sets to a become a solid structural material onto the decks of the plurality of modules for form structural slabs, and allowing the structural columns and structural slabs to set to complete the story of the building.

Methods and apparatus facilitate the construction of a building using prefabricated building units, each having a horizontal upper exterior surface and a plurality of vertical wall surfaces, wherein at least some of the prefabricated building units have at least one hollow column formwork structure. The prefabricated building units are lowered onto a pre-existing base at a construction site. A first story of the building is created by arranging a plurality of the prefabricated building units adjacent to each other on the base. Structural bearing material is applied to fill the hollow column formwork structures to create structural columns connected to the structural deck. Structural bearing material is applied to the horizontal upper exterior surfaces of the adjacent prefabricated building units to create a single structural deck over the prefabricated building units.

The present invention discloses an integrated steel concrete building and its construction method. The building comprises a plurality of prefabricated room modules of steel, each including at least one column having a structure of hollow steel tube, which has an inner chamber inserted with penetrating rebars and poured with concrete. The penetrating rebars extend upwardly out of the column of the prefabricated room module into an inner chamber of a column of a prefabricated room module of an upper floor.

A concrete and steel insulated building is constructed by forming excavated holes and inserting into each hole a 3-dimensional reinforcing bar cage having a length so as to define reinforcement for a pile and to stand upwardly of the hole to a height above the hole to provide reinforcement for a column having a height of the building wall. The pile is formed by casting concrete into each hole around the cage and setting the material so as to define an upper surface of the pile at or above the ground. With the pile set, a formwork is defined by a series of stacked openable form components standing upwardly and a further body of concrete is cast into the formwork to form the column which is integrated with the pile by the cage. A roof and insulated walls are applied on the building supported by the columns.

A building construction method uses wall frames having a moveable top track. The track is fixed in a raised position so as to be load-bearing during construction, allowing construction work to progress quickly. When supporting concrete columns have cured, the fixing can be released allowing the track to move into a lowered position and for the building load to transfer to the columns.

A building structure assembly for use with constructing buildings (e.g., dwellings, offices, and so on) is described. In some embodiments, the building structure assembly includes a fillable container structure formed of a drop stitch fabric or material, and a removable shoring structure configured to position the container structure in a desired configuration when filled by building material, such as cement or concrete. In some cases, the container structure can include reinforcement components, which move into suitable positions when the container structure is filled with the building material.

The present invention relates to a combination structure of permanent forms and a prefabricated steel assembly for a steel concrete composite member, the combination structure including: the prefabricated steel assembly having a plurality of shape steel members and a plurality of support bars; and each permanent form having a flat plate, ‘L’-shaped protrusions, a bent corner, and a ‘L’-shaped outer protrusion.

Techniques for and examples of wall structures formed of extrudable building material (i.e., extrudable material) include a first shell having a first group of stacked elongated beads of extruded material that forms a first wythe, the first shell forming a first surface of the load-bearing wall structure, a second shell spaced apart from the first shell, the second shell having a second group of stacked elongated beads of extruded material that forms at least two second wythes, the at least two second wythes forming a second surface of the load-bearing wall structure, and at least one structural support that has a first portion embedded in the first shell and a second portion embedded in the second shell.