Construction system for building housing and other shelters

Abstract

A system and method for constructing housing employs a plurality of base platform sizes and then imposes restrictions on the number and sizes of rooms possible for each platform to develop a uniform building standardization wherein each subcontractor and manufacturer can achieve lower costs by standardization of materials.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A construction system for building multiple personalized shelters and homes comprising: 
 (a) a plurality of templates consisting of a predetermined plurality of base platforms of fixed dimensions;    (b) a computer programmed to include the templates and all acceptable room numbers and sizes for each template; and    (c) display means for displaying a floor plan for each base platform for showing each possible layout of rooms per base platform.    
     
     
         2 . A system for standardizing the construction of housing comprising: 
 (a) means for storing a set of templates of a predetermined plurality of base platforms of fixed dimensions;    (b) means for generating a set of standardized room sizes;    (c) input means for selecting the desired base platform, room sizes and room number;    (d) processor means for determining the number of rooms and sizes possible for the selected base platform; and    (e) display means for displaying the rooms and sizes for the base platform.    
     
     
         3 . A method for constructing multiple personalized homes comprising the steps of: 
 (a) predeterming a plurality of base platforms of fixed dimensions to serve as templates;    (b) selecting a base platform template;    (c) selecting the number of rooms into which the base platform template is to carry;    (d) determining the size of each room desired with each dimension being evenly divisible by two; and    (e) constructing said individual personalized home based on the sizes as determined.    
     
     
         4 . A method for constructing multiple personalized homes comprising the steps of: 
 (a) predetermining a plurality of base platforms of fixed dimensions to serve as templates;    (b) selecting a base platform template;    (c) selecting the number of rooms into which the base platform template is to carry;    (d) calculating possible room sizes for the base template and filtering out room sizes which result in non-standardized sizes;    (e) selecting room sizes from the filtered list; and    (e) constructing said home based on the sizes as determined.    
     
     
         5 . A system for building multiple personalized shelters utilizing base platforms of fixed dimensions which permits building with interchangeable parts and sub-assemblies.  
     
     
         6 . A method for building multiple personalized houses at a lower cost comprising the steps of: 
 (a) selecting a building platform from a pre-defined set of home platforms;    (b) preparing floors and ceilings using trusses to eliminate the need for interior load bearing walls;    (c) utilizing a standardized set of dimensions to develop the floor plans of room walls, hallways, doors and windows; and    (d) assembling the houses using interchangeable parts defined by the predefined set of home platforms and standardized set of dimensions.    
     
     
         7 . A method for lowering home building costs comprising the steps of: 
 (a) setting up an organizing group that defines and sets protocols and standards of fixed dimensions for standardized platforms for the housing industry;    (b) utilizing said protocols and standards to produce standards for interchangeable parts that will be used on such standardized platforms;    (c) preparing a homebuilding plan based on the standardized platforms and interchangeable parts;    (d) bringing the interchangeable parts to the building site;    (e) bringing assemblers to the building site to assemble the home based on the standardized platform; and    (f) assembling the home.    
     
     
         8 . A home building process to simplify and reduce costs of construction comprising the steps of: 
 (a) setting up a system of fixed platforms;    (b) utilizing truss systems to avoid load bearing interior walls;    (c) developing interchangeable standardized components based on said fixed platforms; and    (d) utilizing assemblers at the home site to assemble the interchangeable standardized components to said fixed platforms.    
     
     
         9 . A home building process to simplify and reduce costs of construction comprising the steps of: 
 (a) establishing a system of fixed platforms from which builders and home buyers select their home foundation;    (b) utilizing truss systems to avoid load-bearing interior walls;    (c) standardizing components for the fixed platforms to produce interchangeable parts needing less customization for installation;    (d) utilizing assemblers to install said standardized components instead of skilled tradesmen; and    (e) assembling the house using the fixed platforms selected and interchangeable components with assemblers.