Monolithic Buildings and Construction Technology

Abstract

The present invention relates to new useful improvements in monolithic building construction that will reduce significantly the cost of it and will simplify the entire process and provide an outstanding quality. The innovation of the present invention is the idea to use a conventional material (drywall, backboard, brick, precast decorative stone, ceramic tile, etc), which usually is being applied to already build monolithic concrete structure, to assemble a form in which the concrete will be poured to raise the structure itself.

1 . A method of constructing a building where the outer shell and inner shell of the building is constructed before the bearing structural components: foundation, columns, walls, beams, of the building is erected, where outer and inner shells of the building is a permanent form assembly comprising of two or more parallel surfaces connected to each other by a components which has a purpose to maintain an open channel with a defined size between them, where the concrete is being poured 
   
   
       2 . A permanent form assembly of  claim 1  could be assembled at the construction site, or somewhere else and then delivered to the site where in any case is no need to use a crane or hoisting equipments. 
   
   
       3 . A plurality of a permanent form assembly comprising of two or more parallel surfaces of  claim 1  forming a supporting foundation, defining a perimeter of a building. 
   
   
       4 . A plurality of a permanent form assembly comprising of two parallel surfaces of  claim 1  forming a first enclosure of said building. 
   
   
       5 . A plurality of a permanent form assembly comprising of two or more parallel surfaces of  claim 1  forming a next enclosure which placed on top of the first enclosure; and so on forming a multistory building. 
   
   
       6 . A plurality of a permanent form assembly comprising of two or more parallel surfaces of  claim 1  should contain vertical reinforcing bars to provide connections with a supporting foundation  claim 3 , first enclosure  claim 4  and next enclosure  claim 5 . 
   
   
       7 . A plurality of a permanent form assembly comprising of two or more parallel surfaces of  claim 1  should contain horizontal reinforcing bars structures to provide connections within permanent form assembly and to the next form assembly and to all the perimeters of a building. 
   
   
       8 . Two or more parallel surfaces of permanent form assembly of  claim 1  comprising: of drywall covered with waterproof substance, backboard, brick, precast decorative stone, or other waterproof shells; the size and the shape of the said surfaces could vary. 
   
   
       9 . A component, which has a purpose to maintain an open channel with a defined size between outer and inner, shells of  claim 1  comprising: of parallel nonstructural or light gauge metal studs, wooden studs, polystyrene studs or other permanent components that will maintain the space between two or more parallel surfaces. 
   
   
       10 . Metal studs, wooden studs, polystyrene studs of  claim 9  should have openings for poured concrete to be able to travel within permanent form assembly and to the next permanent form assembly to provide bounding to a plurality of a permanent form assembly after poured concrete is cured; the distance between to parallel studs should be between 12 to 18 inches. 
   
   
       11 . Metal studs, wooden studs, polystyrene studs of  claim 9  should have openings to provide space for reinforcing bars to pass through the permanent form assembly and to the next permanent form assembly to provide bounding to a plurality of a permanent form assembly after poured concrete is cured. 
   
   
       12 . A plurality of a permanent form assembly of  claim 1  could be filled with high-density concrete or lightweight concrete (cellular, foamed, aired) or with combination of both. 
   
   
       13 . The workers do not have to be outside of the building's walls if the outer exterior of a permanent form assembly of  claim 1  constructed from precast decorative stone or brick as all the work could be done from inside and therefore no need to provide any kind of protection fence during construction of high-rise buildings. 
   
   
       14 . Precast decorative stone could be assembled into the form's shell  claim 1  using “Lego technology” without or with very limited amount of tile glue or thin set, which will be then introduced and bounded by a poured concrete.