Massive construction system using rock masonry

Abstract

A construction system for massive dwellings or alike; a unit shall be built in 5 days after preliminary work. First, shall be prepared precast items: sills and headers, using templates and reinforcing them to resist shear and diagonal stresses; and exterior and interior wall molds to use numerous times. Then foundation shall be set to have a slab floor with pipes inside a steel structure, and wall molds erected on each side of it, following a predetermined color and graphic code. Afterwards, shall be inserted precasts and all openings of building to pour concrete masonry and form a monolithic structure. A steel structure shall be embedded on top of walls for anchoring concrete T-beams. A material to insulate and form a stem of said T-beams shall be put on platform surface, and then a metallic mesh for reinforcing said T-beams, and for setting pipes, lastly, concrete shall be poured over.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] Not applicable. STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH [0002] Not applicable. REFERENCE TO A SEQUENCE LISTING, A TABLE OR A COMPUTER PROGRAM LISTING COMPACT DISC APPENDIX [0003] Not applicable. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0004] 1. Field of Invention [0005] This patent application falls in the “Construction System's” field. It is a method to produce massively dwellings or any buildings at an affordable cost from preliminary planning to all other construction steps: foundation, walls, roofing, finishing, cleaning and delivering. The System is using several prior arts, which are improved and combined together to accomplish a method capable to produce high volumes of dwellings at an affordable cost, and in a short lapse, and without employing expertise labor. [0006] 2. Description of Prior Art [0007] (a) Masonry Wall Construction [0008] Masonry wall construction is a very old building practice; in the Greek island of Thera (known...

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Benefits of technology

[0039] Another advantage of the present invention is to provide a low cost in maintenance because concrete masonry is waterproof, for this reason, no oxidation risks arise providing a long lasting performance. What's more, no termite attacks; and no use of construction materials as lumber, thus, natural resources undermining is avoided.

[0040] Another advantage of the present invention is to provide the possibility to build walls with all the ginger bread, when desired by the user, and no additional specialized labor or cost. Since one of concrete's attributes is that it molds into any shape of any special mold, creating a final structure that has the shape, line and volume of any dimension one may require.

[0041] Another advantage of the present invention is to provide no limitation of shape, size, or functionality; as walls can be of any desired thickness, appearance, and functionality; and alcoves to contain insulation materials can be added, etc.

[0042] Another advantage of the present invention is to provide a strong and light roof structure of reinforced concrete, type known as T-beams, which uses a small volume of concrete to cover a comparable long span.

[0043] Another advantage of the present invention is to provide a cost reduction in improving the thermo function of the roof, by using either insulation or alternate material to form the T-beams' stem.

[0044] Another advantage of the present invention is to provide a place to embed electrical, plumbing or other pipes protecting these main elements from damage as a consequence of using reinforcement for the concrete.

Problems solved by technology

This practice was successful but slow.

Although Romans accomplished such long standing constructions using a system of “lost molds” (two parallel brick walls for casting masonry,) had to withstand a time-consuming production since these brick molds were incapable to hold the lateral forces of all the liquid mortar necessary to fill said lost molds to the expected height in one pour, as a result was done in rows after rows.

In addition, delivery of materials and their reception with all the clerical work involved has to be handled, making the whole process time consuming and highly costly.

Connecting metallic members with nails or setting directions is difficult, that on occasions workers who do not understand instructions skip them and supervisors do not notice that omission, and as a consequence the desired quality of the structure is not quite accomplished.

Although metallic framing is better than wood framing regarding termites and flammability, requires more specialized labor and tight supervision making the system expensive.

Whilst, if insulation is required, rigid insulation is expensive to use and blanket insulation requires wider depth for higher values, condition which asks for an increase in the width of the walls, as the items used called studs need to be wider, or use a double framing and a rise in costs.

Finally, delivery and reception of materials need lots of clerical work, causing time consuming and all the process is highly costly.

Moreover to assemble a building using prefabricated elements encompass several conditions because of being produced by industrial means, increasing costs and making such system more fancy than effective.

All the process is time-consuming and complex, since fabrication limits the amount of units to be built as availability of elements is the function of the factory's production.

This system cannot solve a high demand of dwellings for a disaster solution.

As a final inconvenient point, design solutions depend on the modular dimensions hence, limiting innovation, flexibility, and functionality.

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