Improvements in or relating to building structures

Abstract

A wall of a building structure, the wall comprising: inner and outer face surfaces formed from glass fibre reinforced board; a support structure comprising one or more rigid components positioned between the inner and outer face surfaces; and a quantity of low-density cellular lightweight concrete (CLC) which substantially fills the space between the inner and outer face surfaces.

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         30 . A building structure comprising:
 a wall, the wall comprising:   inner and outer face surfaces formed from glass fibre reinforced board;   a support structure comprising one or more rigid components positioned between the inner and outer face surfaces; and   a quantity of low-density cellular lightweight concrete (CLC) which substantially fills the space between the inner and outer face surfaces,   
       wherein: 
       the building structure further comprises a ceiling or a floor, which forms part of the same storey of the structure as the wall, wherein the floor or ceiling comprises at least one face surface formed from glass fibre reinforced board, and the floor or ceiling contains a quantity of low-density CLC which forms a unitary, continuous and unbroken quantity of CLC along with the CLC which is within the wall. 
     
     
         31 . A building structure according to  claim 30 , wherein the inner and outer face surfaces of the wall are substantially parallel with each other. 
     
     
         32 . A building structure according to  claim 30 , wherein the density of the CLC is less than 200 kg/m 3 . 
     
     
         33 . A building structure according to  claim 30 , wherein the face surfaces are formed from glass fibre reinforced concrete (GRC). 
     
     
         34 . A building structure according to  claim 30 , wherein the low density CLC substantially fills the space between the inner and outer face surfaces over the entire height of the wall. 
     
     
         35 . A building structure according to  claim 30 , wherein the inner and outer face surfaces are attached to, and supported by, the support structure. 
     
     
         36 . A building structure according to  claim 35 , wherein the face surfaces are spaced apart from the support structure, to provide a gap between the support structure and each of the face surfaces. 
     
     
         37 . A building structure according to  claim 30 , wherein the inner and outer face surfaces are each formed from a plurality of sheets of glass fibre reinforced board. 
     
     
         38 . A building structure according to  claim 37 , wherein the face surfaces are spaced apart from the support structure, to provide a gap between the support structure and each of the face surfaces, wherein the support structure comprises a series of spaced-apart supports, and each sheet is attached to at least one of the supports. 
     
     
         39 . A building structure according to  claim 38 , wherein each support has an inner side and an outer side, sheets of the inner face surface are attached to the inner side and sheets of the outer face surface are attached to the outer side. 
     
     
         40 . A building structure according to  claim 37 , wherein each sheet has widened regions at opposing edges thereof, with a narrower region between the widened regions. 
     
     
         41 . A building structure according to  claim 40 , wherein each sheet has widened regions at each of its edges. 
     
     
         42 . A building structure according to  claim 30 , wherein the support structure is entirely or substantially formed from light gauge steel (LGS). 
     
     
         43 . A building structure according to  claim 30 , wherein the building structure comprises two or more walls, each comprising inner and outer face surfaces formed from glass fibre reinforced board, a support structure comprising one or more rigid components positioned between the inner and outer face surfaces, and a quantity of low-density cellular lightweight concrete (CLC) which substantially fills the space between the inner and outer face surfaces, and wherein the floor or ceiling contains a quantity of low-density CLC which forms a unitary, continuous and unbroken quantity of CLC along with the CLC which is within the walls. 
     
     
         44 . A building structure comprising two or more stories, each including a wall and a floor or ceiling as recited in  claim 30 . 
     
     
         45 . A method of forming a building structure, the method comprising:
 providing inner and outer face surfaces for a wall formed from glass fibre reinforced board;
 providing a support structure, comprising one or more rigid components positioned between the inner and outer face surfaces; 
   providing one or more further face surfaces to define a ceiling space, above the wall, or a floor space, below the wall; and   pouring a quantity of low-density CLC into the space between the inner and outer face surfaces, and into the ceiling space or the floor space, so that the wall is filled and the ceiling space or floor space is filled, or partially filled, with the low-density CLC in one operation.   
     
     
         46 . A method according to  claim 45 , wherein the method comprises:
 providing the support structure;   attaching the outer face surface to the support structure; and   attaching the inner face surface to the support structure.   
     
     
         47 . A method according to  claim 46 , further comprising the step, after the step of attaching the outer face surface to the support structure, but before the step of attaching the inner face surface to the support structure, of installing components of one or more service, such that, once the step of attaching the inner face surface to the support structure has been completed, the components of the one or more service are located between the inner and outer face surfaces. 
     
     
         48 . A method according to  claim 47 , wherein the components of the one or more service include one or more of power cables, water pipes, data cables, and ventilation components. 
     
     
         49 . A method according to  claim 45 , further comprising the step of providing one or more further face surfaces for one or more further walls; and
 pouring the quantity of low-density CLC so that the walls are substantially filled, and the ceiling space or floor space is filled, or partially filled, with the low-density CLC in one operation.