System and method for minimizing holes on slab floor when forming tilt concrete walls

Abstract

An apparatus and method for bracing a form laid out for the construction of a tilt-up wall includes a sleeve which is configured to allow the passing of a structural frame member through its interior. The sleeve has a tab depending from its bottom side, which is configured to be inserted within a control joint of a slab floor on which the tilt-up wall form is laid out. The top side of the sleeve is secured to the structural frame member and one end of the structural frame member is secured to a side of an outside perimeter of the form. For bracing common bulkheads, a plurality of flanged caps are used and secured to an inside surface of the common bulkhead forms. Re-bar members are inserted in the cap and extend outwardly for securement to the re-bat mat between the bulkhead forms.

1 . Apparatus for use in bracing a form laid out for the construction of a tilt-up wall to be poured within such form, the apparatus comprising: 
 a sleeve having a hollow interior, the sleeve hollow interior being configured to allow the passing of a structural frame member through its interior;    a tab depending from a bottom side of the sleeve, the tab being configured to be inserted within a control joint of a slab floor on which the tilt-up wall form is laid out; and    a top side of the sleeve having means for securing the sleeve to the structural frame member,    wherein one end of the structural frame member passing through the sleeve is secured to a side of an outside perimeter of the form where desired and the structural frame member is secured at an intermediate location to the sleeve.    
   
   
       2 . The apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the means for securing the sleeve to the structural frame member is one or more apertures through which nails can be temporarily secured into the intermediate location of the structural frame member.  
   
   
       3 . The apparatus according to  claim 1 , further comprising: 
 means for use in bracing common bulkhead forms;    said means for use in bracing common bulkhead forms comprising: 
 a flanged cap;  
 the flanged cap having means for securing the cap to an inside surface of one of the common bulkhead forms; and  
 the flanged cap having means for receiving and securing an end of a re-bar member of a desired length.  
   
   
   
       4 . The apparatus according to  claim 3 , wherein the means for securing the flanged cap to the inside surface of one of the common bulkhead forms is one or more apertures located in a flanged portion of the cap through which nails can be driven into the one of the common bulkhead forms.  
   
   
       5 . The apparatus according to  claim 3 , wherein the flanged cap is secured to the inside surface of one of the common bulkhead forms where desired and the re-bar member extending away from said inside surface is tied to a re-bar mat between the common bulkhead forms.  
   
   
       6 . A method of bracing a form laid out for the construction of a tilt-up wall to be poured within such form, the method comprising: 
 providing a plurality of sleeves, each sleeve having a hollow interior, the sleeve hollow interior being configured to allow the passing of a structural frame member through its interior, each sleeve having a tab depending from a bottom side of the sleeve, the tab being configured to be inserted within a control joint of a slab floor on which the tilt-up wall form is laid out, and a top side of the sleeve having means for securing the sleeve to the structural frame member; and    locating control joints in the slab floor where bracing is desired and for each location, placing the tab into the control joint, securing one end of each structural frame member passing through the sleeve to a side of an outside perimeter of the form where desired and securing the structural frame member at an intermediate location to the sleeve.    
   
   
       7 . The method according to  claim 6 , wherein the means for securing the sleeve to the structural frame member is one or more apertures through which nails can be temporarily secured into the intermediate location of the structural frame member.  
   
   
       8 . The method according to  claim 6 , further comprising: 
 providing means for use in bracing common bulkhead forms, said means for use in bracing common bulkhead forms comprising a flanged cap, the flanged cap having means for securing the flanged cap to an inside surface of one of the common bulkhead forms, and the flanged cap having means for receiving and securing an end of a re-bar member of a desired length.    
   
   
       9 . The method according to  claim 8 , further comprising: 
 securing a desired number of flanged caps to the inside surface of the common bulkhead forms at each location that generally aligns with the outside perimeter tilt-up wall form bracing.    
   
   
       10 . The method according to  claim 8 , wherein the means for securing the flanged cap to the inside surface of one of the common bulkhead forms is one or more apertures located in a flanged portion of the flanged cap through which nails can be driven into the one of the common bulkhead forms.  
   
   
       11 . The method according to  claim 9 , further comprising: 
 for each secured cap, inserting in each cap the re-bar member of desired length and securing said re-bar member extending away from the cap to a re-bar mat between the common bulkhead forms.