Patent Application
20210010256
The invention relates to a construction element for attachment of structural elements, a construction comprising such a structural element and a method for assembly of such a construction having such a construction element according to the appended claims.
Construction elements and structures which are built using such construction elements are manufactured and used under rigorous rules and classifications as we demand high and reliable quality with regards to structural integrity. This is especially required for all types of structures and buildings which are intended for living quarters and working facilities, as personal safety is of uttermost importance for people spending time in such buildings and for the people and companies who build said buildings. Furthermore, price and cost are of course also important variables for people and/or companies who acquire a building or facility, wherein a general goal for all involved is to make cost effective decisions when buying or selling houses and facilities. Prefabrication building systems and units have thus increased in popularity in recent history, as it usually very cost effective to produce at least parts of units and elements which are part of such a building as such work may be performed off-site in suitable factories and similar. The time needed for construction may also be lowered which results in a cost effective manufacturing process, a fast building time and high quality of the end product.
There are a lot of various designs and embodiments of such prefabrication systems and their ingoing construction parts, varying in a wide range depending on the type of building being built and resources available for the project. For small to average buildings intended for living quarters there are several companies having concept of prefabricated, at least in part, room unit, parts of houses, or almost completely built houses being delivered to customers where little to no construction work is needed on-site to complete said house. Unit type solutions are also available where such a unit may be an individual room or a part of a house, wherein such units are assembled on-site and completed into a house or similar. When construction is performed of such a unit based housing, care must be taken to fit such unit together in the correct manner, and additional work is often needed with regards to installations of functions such as plumbing, ventilation, electrical installations or other similar types of facility functionality which is needed for living is such a building. Different types of units may require special fastening elements to be attached to each other, modifications may be needed to individual units, or other, wherein the amount of work actually needed on-site may be time consuming and costly, even if a large percentage of the completed building already is built off-site. There are various attempts at minimizing such work, where different approaches may be made, such as pre-installing piping and electricity in walls, floors and ceilings of prefabricated units as an example. This is however not without its downsides as each building built with such units are fixed to facility installations in certain places, wherein modification may be costly or material and resources may be wasted.
Due to the various design and embodiments of such prefabrication building systems and building, facilities and structures being results thereof, individual construction elements used in such systems and/or buildings may also be subjected to high requirements with respect to their usage, designs and/or other factors. Specially designed elements of the sort may provide suitable usage for certain applications which may be deemed as adequate for those special circumstances but may thus be non-cost effective if such elements are restricted to a select few special construction applications. Regular construction elements obtained at a standard supplier of building material and constructional elements may not always have a wide range of usage, forcing a contractor to acquire a large variety of elements and/or components, which may instead be time consuming, expensive and being a cumbersome endeavour.
Despite prior art there is a need to develop a construction element which is multifunctional for usage in a prefabrication building system. There is also a need to develop such a construction element which is easy to use and provides reliable results when used in construction work. There is also a need to develop a module and a construction utilizing such a construction element and a method for assembly of such a construction.
An object of the invention is thus to provide a construction element which is multifunctional for usage in a prefabrication building system. Another object of the invention is to provide a construction element which is easy to use and provides reliable results when used in construction work. Yet another object of the invention is to provide a module and a construction which utilizes at least one such construction element. A further object is to provide a method for assembly of such a construction.
According to an embodiment a construction element for attachment of structural elements is provided. The construction element may comprise an upper plate member and a lower plate member, which may have a same width and a same length and extending between two end portions, parallel to each other at a first distance. The upper and lower plate members may be connected to each other along longitudinal sides of said plate members by means of a plurality of intermediate beams. Each end portion may further comprise at least one upper and at least one lower distance element having a width and a height, and may be arranged at an upper surface and a lower surface of said end portions respectively, wherein a longitudinally transversal cross section of each end portion may form a cross-shaped circumference, wherein said circumference may comprise four right angled abutment surfaces, defined by the plate members and the distance elements.
Such a construction element provides a very versatile construction element with several advantageous for construction work. The plurality of right angled abutment surfaces defined at the end portions of the construction element may be used for attachment to a plurality of different building elements and structures. For use in a prefabrication building system the concept of the construction element comprising the plurality of abutment surfaces may be utilized for attachment of at least one, but up to eight cuboid shaped room units, providing a standardized spacing between such units and also acting as an anchor point for said units and other additional structural elements related to construction work. By means of arranging, for example, room units at the right angled abutment surfaces as a means to build a construction having a plurality of such room units, the structural design of the construction element will provide extending spaces or shafts between each such room unit. The distance elements may provide and define vertical shafts between walls of room units, and the plate members will provide and define horizontal shafts between floors and ceilings of room units. This has the advantage of providing a standard sized shaft for a building system using the concept of the construction element. Thereby additional service installation components may very easily be installed in such shafts, which make such installations fast and easy and very easy to modify for each individual building project. The upper and lower plate members, and the distance elements, may also be used as attachment and anchoring points of other additional structural elements such as facade elements, roof units, foundation elements, insulation material or other. The construction element may therefore provide a highly modifiable construction and/or building as the end result, which is cost effective and easy to assemble.
According to an embodiment each end portion may comprise side walls, arranged to extend between the upper and lower plate members, which side walls and plate members define an inner channel which may extend from end surfaces of the end portions in a longitudinal direction into the construction element.
This has the advantage the additional structural elements such as different types of beams and frames may be inserted into the inner channels of the end portions and be held in place at predetermined positions with respect to adjacently arranged room units or other structural elements. If the construction element is used in a building or construction comprising a plurality of room units, wherein said elements are arranged at connecting corners of said room units, the inner channels of the end portions may be arranged to align with the outer walls of such room units. Thereby said inner channels of the end portions may be evenly spaced out along a surface which is to be an outer wall of the final building or construction. The inner channels may thus be available for connection to a plurality of structural elements along said outer wall. If beams or similar are inserted into such end portion frameworks of flanged and protrude out from the outer wall, walkways and balconies or similar may easily be attached to such an outer wall. The inner channels may further be utilized as connecting points if two or more construction elements are to be connected in series, wherein a standardized adaptor element corresponding in size with the channels may be coupled between two such laterally joined elements.
According to an embodiment each inner channel of the end portions may further comprises a coupling element arranged within said each channel and protruding out from each end portion with a second distance, wherein each coupling element may comprise a circumferential side wall and a hollow interior, said interior being arranged to receive additional structural elements.
Such a coupling element may thus be used as an adaptor element as previously described. The protrusion of said element may also be used as a spacer for arranging structural elements such as insulation elements or similar, wherein a standardized spacing is provided by means of said protrusion.
According to an embodiment each coupling element may further comprise two interior partition walls, arranged in a cross shape so as to divide the hollow interior into four equal sub-sections.
This provides the beneficial option of utilizing a plurality of longitudinally oriented channels to the construction element, wherein such channels may be used for installation and attachment of structural elements or components which are to be arranged at, or adjacent to, an outer wall of such a structure. As the construction element may be arranged intermediate four room units (or more) in such a way that said four room units are arranged each of the four right angled abutment surfaces of an end portion, four such channels will be arranged at corresponding equal positions relative a corner of each room unit. This may provide an advantage in that mechanical elements and/or structures which are to be arranged at, or adjacent, a facade or an outer wall of a building or construction may easily be arranged in a standardized manner for such facades and/or outer walls. As an example, if a balcony, a projection, an access balcony or similar is to be arranged at such a wall, said channels provide equally spaced insert channels for beams and/or frameworks of such structures. Furthermore, if the construction element is used as part of a module and/or a prefabrication building system, additional specially designed structural elements intended to be used as frameworks for balconies or similar structures may be designed to be inserted into said channels for a secure and fast installation. If such a specially designed framework for a balcony is to be arranged to a building which comprises the construction elements as described, such frameworks may simply be arranged with four parallel oriented corner beams, positioned at corners of such a framework corresponding to four channels of four individual construction elements, arranged at corresponding corners of a room unit. Such a framework may then be inserted into said four channels and thus be positioned correctly with regards to the functionality of a balcony relating to said room unit, and also provide a rigid framework with a high standard of mechanical integrity.
According to an embodiment an upper surface and a lower surface of the upper and lower plate members comprises a plurality of flange elements, arranged between the distance elements of the end portions, each flange having a width corresponding to the width of the distance elements.
This has the advantage of further strengthening the structural integrity of the construction element, as well as providing additional abutment surfaces so as to complement the abutment surfaces of the end portions. Furthermore, the flange elements also provides sub-sections to the volume between the distance elements of the opposite end portions. Such sub-sections may be utilized as insert positions for a wide variety of additional structural elements. If a construction element is in a position relating to an outer wall of a completed construction, such sub-sections may be used for receiving outer wall elements, window frames and/or insulation material for such an outer wall. If such a construction element instead is positioned in-between two adjacent room units, such sub-sections may be used for insertion of bridging structural elements such as door frames. Such bridging structural elements may be used if, for example, two room units are arranged and attached to a construction element side by side so as to create two adjacent rooms in a construction, facility or building, wherein both said room units are provided with corresponding openings arranged to align with each other. A doorframe element, designed to fit in the shaft, intermediate the two openings of the room units, may then easily be positioned between the two said openings to bridge said shaft at that position, and connect the two room units. The flange elements may thus further assist in a correct positioning of such a bridging structural element wherein the flange elements any type of such a bridging element may be utilized as corresponding fitting parts of a prefabrication system using a construction element as disclosed herein.
Hence, such a feature may provide the additional advantage of making standardized installations to a construction element comprising such flange elements. When used as part of a prefabrication building system, said sub-sections may be utilized for corresponding standardized structural elements of various designs for various effects. As another example, standardized sheets of insulation material may be prefabricated to be arranged in each such sub-section, wherein installation of such is made very easy and fast due to the sub-sections providing a standardization model for such processes.
According to an embodiment the upper and lower plate members may comprise a plurality of via holes, having a predetermined shape.
This may provide an even further advantage with respect to fitting of and installation of structural elements and/or service installation components. Said service installation components may be components related to plumbing, electrical installation, network cables, ventilation components or other. Such via holes combined with the horizontal and vertical shafts provided intermediate all room units being part of a complete construction comprising a construction element according to the disclosure may thus provide easy access to all room units from all sides of said room unit by means of providing an interconnected network of such shafts throughout the construction. Installation of service installation components is thereby made fast, easy and cost effective. This relates to both installations during assembly, both off site and on site, of a construction and installation performed post a completed assembly, as well as for maintenance work to such components. The predetermined shape may further be utilizing by means of providing structural elements and/or modules, which are to be arranged to the construction element, with form fitting means having a corresponding shape, wherein fitting of such modules and/or elements may be performed in a fast, easy and precise manner.
According to an embodiment a module may be provided, which module may be used for a prefabrication building system. Such a module may comprise at least one construction element according to the disclosure and at least one another structural element or element.
Such a module may for example comprise a room unit wherein said room unit is arranged at the right angled abutment surfaces of at least one construction element. Such a module may further comprise additional structural elements pre-arranged thereto, wherein such a structural element is arranged to the at least one construction element, or arranged to fit to a construction element of an adjacent similar module. Such modules may thus provide a very fast and easy on-site assembly as even less work is needed on-site to assemble a construction, facility or building by means of using such a prefabrication building system with such modules. Similarly to a construction comprising a construction element according to the disclosure and thus having the benefits of its technical features, a module comprising a construction element according to the disclosure may be provided with the benefits of the technical features of such a construction element.
According to an embodiment a construction is provided, which construction may comprise at least one construction element according to any of the embodiments of such a construction element as presented and described within the disclosure.
As should be obvious, such a construction may thus be provided with the various features and advantages as related to the construction element. For an embodiment of the construction element from which a beneficial technical feature is provided to said construction element, a construction comprising such a construction element may thus utilize the technical effect of such a feature, which technical effect is provided to such a construction.
According to an embodiment a method for assembling a construction according to a predetermined scheme is provided. The construction may comprise a plurality of structural elements and service installation components. Such structural elements may comprise; at least one foundation element, at least one room unit, a plurality of facade elements, and a plurality of construction elements for attachment of said structural elements. The number and position of each structural element may be determined by the predetermined scheme. Such a predetermined scheme may be a blueprint or similar relating to the construction. The construction element may comprise an upper plate member and a lower plate member, which may have a same width and a same length and extending parallel to each other at a first distance. The upper and lower plate members may be connected to each other along longitudinal sides of said plate members by means of a plurality of intermediate beams. Each end portion may further comprise at least one upper and at least one lower distance element having a width and a height, and may be arranged at an upper surface and a lower surface of said end portions respectively, wherein a longitudinally transversal cross section of each end portion may form a cross-shaped circumference, wherein said circumference may comprise four right angled abutment surfaces, defined by the plate members and the distance elements. The method may comprise the step of: a) arranging a number of construction elements at the at least one foundation element by means of coupling each downwards directed distance element of each construction element to the at least one foundation element, defining a first floor level by means of the construction elements.
A method is thus provided which may be used to reinforce a present foundation element with multifunctional construction elements. Furthermore, which is beneficial, the method provides a framework of construction elements at which different types of constructions may be arranged, wherein the construction elements provide a reliable fitting for room units which are part of such a construction. The method may, as stated, used at a location having at least one foundation element. Thus the method may be used at a site having a pre-arranged foundation spanning over the entire area where the construction will be raised. A first arranged layer of construction elements (as in the defined first floor level) may thus be positioned at their respective positions according to the predetermined scheme. Such a foundation element may be modified to make receiving of said construction elements easier and more precise, such as arranging form fitting means to such a foundation element. A plurality of specially designed additional foundation elements may also be positioned at the pre-arranged foundation element, wherein the additional foundation elements may be designed to specifically receive the distance elements of the construction elements and be designed to be positioned at an underlying foundation element in a reliable and correct manner. A first plane or layer of construction elements will define a reliable and mechanically stable underlying level of any type of construction being arranged thereto. Furthermore, the arranging of a plurality of construction elements in such a manner may also define a first floor level by means of said construction elements, which first floor level may be perceived as a first floor of a construction being arranged at the construction elements. Due to the design of the construction elements, comprising the distance elements, a first horizontal shaft or extending space may also be defined within the area covered by the first layer of construction elements.
According to an embodiment the method may further comprise the step of: c) arranging a number of room units at the construction elements of the current floor level according to the predetermined scheme, wherein a floor portion of each room unit may be coupled to the right angled abutment surfaces of at least two construction elements.
The method may thus be utilized as a means of providing a first floor of a building or construction, wherein said room units define rooms of such a construction corresponding to a floor of the same. As said room units are arranged at the right angled abutment surfaces of the construction elements, their positions relative each other and the construction elements may be regarded as fixed according to the predetermined scheme. This provides the advantage that such adjacent rooms of a floor, being the adjacent room units, may be provided with a plurality of shafts, which shafts have predetermined positions and extension relative the room units of a construction defined by the arranged room units. Said shafts may be defined as a results of the distance elements of the construction elements, wherein such shaft may extend adjacent each room unit, both horizontally and vertically. Such shafts may be utilized during assembly of (both off site and on site), and during planning of, said construction. Depending on the type of construction being built, said shafts may be utilized in various ways, wherein factors such as surrounding climate, desired and/or requirements of the construction with regards to its usage, or other, may dictate how said shafts are being utilized. As examples, said shafts may be provided with insulating material, mechanically strengthening elements, service installation components to name a few.
According to an embodiment the method may further comprise the step of, before the step c): b) arranging service installation components for a current floor level according to the predetermined scheme.
If a construction which is being assembled by means of said method has requirements related to living spaces for people, such service installation components may be pipes, tubes, cables or similar related to ventilation, plumbing, electrical devices or other. By means of the shafts being defined by the construction elements, and are extending adjacent each room unit of such a construction, installation of such components may be very fast, easy and cost effective. Furthermore, as such shafts are extending both horizontally and vertically, such installations may easily be initiated and expanded over each floor of a completed construction, wherein each room unit is reachable from each side of such a room unit. Thus, such installations may be performed from walls, floors and ceilings of such constructions. This is very beneficial as such installations are not dictated by layouts of the construction or of specific room units. Redesigns of a construction, as for example swapping places with a future living room and a future bath room is thus made possible without major destructive operations to such room units. Future instalments of any of the previously named components, and/or other instalments related to a modification of a completed construction may also be performed with relative ease as the shafts are extending throughout such a completed construction. Without deviating from the inventive concept of the method, said service installation components may also relate to mechanical structures, units and/or elements relating to mechanical installations, such as door frames, window frames or similar, wherein such structures, units and/or elements may be arranged between or adjacent room units according to the predetermined scheme.
According to an embodiment the method may further comprise the steps of: d) arranging a number of construction elements at the room units of the previous floor level according to the predetermined scheme, wherein each construction element is coupled to at least one roof portion of the room units by means of the right angled abutment surfaces, and defining an additional floor level, e) repeating steps b) to d) so as to reach a total number of floor levels according to the predetermined scheme, and f) arranging the plurality of facade elements at walls of the room units, which walls are defined as outer walls according to predetermined scheme.
As should be obvious, the method may thus be used according to its intended concept to provide a repeating configuration of construction element and room units, wherein the construction being built of said elements and units also may be provided with any type of service installation components needed. Said service installation components may further be arranged at any interior side of any room unit due to the network of shafts provided by means of the frameworks of the construction elements situated intermediate said room units. Facade elements may then be arranged to complete the construction, wherein said facade elements may be arranged adjacent walls which are to be outer walls of the construction by means of the frameworks of the construction elements. The facade elements may comprise insulating material or other needed materials, structures and/or devices, wherein such facade elements may provide a desired protective and functional surface and volume to such outer walls. Insulating material may also be arranged to the construction as individual elements, wherein the facade elements are arranged adjacent, or in the vicinity of, such elements comprising insulating material.
Other additional elements and prefabricated structures may also be arranged to a construction built according to the method. Entire units and/or elements may be prefabricated so as to fit with such a construction, wherein such units and/or elements may be, for example, staircase units, elevator units, roof units, roof elements, balcony units, landscape units, entrance units or other, so as to provide a completed finish to the construction being built.
Thereby a method is provided which has several benefits. Such a method may be very fast, cost- and time-effective and thus provide constructions which are correspondingly cheap and fast to produce. As should be noted, the method using a construction element according to the disclosure may provide the benefits of such a construction element and its technical features which it provides to a construction utilizing such a construction element. The method may furthermore provide unique benefits relating to the method itself and advantages related to construction work. The predetermined scheme may be a blueprint over the construction to be constructed, wherein the number of all ingoing structural elements and components and their respective positions are known beforehand. It should thus be understood that the positioning of each element or component may be similar to that of known methods having similar purposes, however, the order of assembly and the aspects of the method relating to how the different construction and structural elements are arranged to each other may provide unique advantages to the method.
Additional objectives, advantages and novel features of the invention will be apparent to one skilled in the art from the following details, and through exercising the invention. While the invention is described herein, it should be apparent that the invention may be not limited to the specifically described details. One skilled in the art, having access to the teachings herein, will recognize additional applications, modifications and incorporations in other areas, which are within the scope of the invention.
Below is a description of, as examples, preferred embodiments with reference to the enclosed drawings, in which:
When arranging a larger type of structural element towards each such right angled abutment surface 29, as for example four room units, wherein each room unit is arranged as close to a centre C of the construction element as possible, the construction element 1 may then define a predetermined spacing of said room units relative each other. Two horizontally adjacent room units, being arranged towards opposite right angled abutment surfaces 29 of the same vertical level of the construction element, will thus be spaced apart from each other corresponding to the width 21 of the intermediate distance element 19. The width 21 of said distance element 19 will thus further define a vertically oriented shaft 35 between said two room units. In a similar manner, two vertically adjacent room units, being arranged towards vertically opposite right angled abutment surfaces 29 of the construction element 1, will thus be spaced apart from each other corresponding to the first distance 13 between the upper and lower plate members 3, 5 and a thickness T of the upper and lower plate members 3, 5 respectively. The first distance 13 and the thickness T of the two plate members 3, 5 will thus further define a horizontally oriented shaft 37 between said two room units. Thereby the construction element 1 may provide a secure and reliable arrangement of a plurality of structural elements arranged thereto and also provide both vertical and horizontal shafts 35, 37, extending along structural elements such as room units. Such shafts 35, 37 may be very advantageous as they provide the possibility to arrange an array of different types of service installation components and other types of auxiliary elements related to construction work and/or constructions comprising such a construction element 1. The distance elements 19 may be made as hollow boxes, wherein such box-like elements may further be filled with insulation material. Thereby heat transfer may be reduced at the end portions 11 of the construction element 1, which portions 11 are of the most importance relating to heat transfer as said portions 11 may be located in the vicinity of outer walls of a completed construction comprising construction elements 1 according to the disclosure, which outer walls may be exposed to both high and low temperatures relative an interior environment of said construction.
Each such inner channel 41 may, as depicted in
Even further the coupling element may, as also depicted in
The flange elements may, as depicted in
The interior volume between two flange elements 55 may thus further be utilized for fitting of specially designed additional structural elements and/or modules, such as doorframes, insulation sheets, window frames or other. As an example, two room units may be arranged and attached to a construction element 1 side by side so as to create two adjacent rooms of a facility, wherein both said room units are provided with corresponding openings arranged to align with each other. For such an example, a doorframe element or module, designed to fit in the vertically oriented shaft 35, intermediate the two openings of the room units, may then easily be positioned between the two said openings to bridge said shaft 35 at that position, and connect the two room units. The door frame element (or door frame module) may hence be designed to be form fitted between two flange elements 55 of the construction element 1. Thereby such an element or module may be fitted to the construction element 1 and the room units arranged thereto in a very fast, easy, precise and reliable manner. Thus, an embodiment of the construction element 1 comprising such flange elements 55 as described may be very suitable as being a part of a prefabrication building system, which system is fast, easy and cost effective to use for assembly of different types of constructions and facilities.
Furthermore, as the previously described shafts 35, 37 are arranged both between side by side room units and two room units positioned vertically adjacent each other, service installation components may also be installed easily, both in shafts 35 between walls, and in shafts 37 between different floors. Such service installation components may be components related to plumbing, electrical installation, network cables, ventilation components or other. Even further, as the shafts 35, 37 are provided intermediate each room of a construction constructed in such a manner, maintenance work and future installations are also made easier as the shafts 35, 37 provide easy access to such components wherein only drilled holes may be needed to get access to the shafts 35, 37 and depending on placement of such components, the walls, floors or ceilings of the room units may not need to be destroyed at all as the shafts 35, 37 may also provide access from the sides of room units.
The flange elements 55 may be manufactured of steel or a similar type of construction material. Thus mechanical strength and stability is provided to a completed construction in a common and reliable manner. Furthermore, if said flange elements 55 are made of a magnetic material, a device such as a rebar detector or similar may easily be used from inside of an adjacent room so as to find the standard used for each construction. Thereby maintenance work may be performed with less risk of damaging service installation components installed within shafts 35, 37, as the flange elements 55 indicate where such components are likely to be found within each shaft. Said service installation components may be pre-manufactured as modulus, similar to the previously described door frame element/module. Each such component module may then comprise pipes, tubes and/or wiring pre-installed in a structural module which is designed to fit between two flange elements 55 in the same manner as the door frame element/module. Hence installation of such modules may even further alleviate time consuming and cumbersome operations relating to such installation work.
The embodiment of the construction element 1 may further, as depicted in
It should be noted that the features presented with reference to
The construction element 1 may be provided as part of a construction module for a prefabrication building system. For such a system a plurality of modules may be produced by means of arranging elements, components and/or modules to a construction element 1. Some examples have been described herein, but are to be viewed as examples and not restrictive with regards to possible combinations. All possible combinations are not described herein as, as should be obvious, a total number of possible combinations would be too many to list herein. At least one construction element 1 may be part of such a module in combination with at least one of the structural elements, components or modules from a group comprising; a room unit, a facade element, a foundation element, a pipe, wires, tubing, a roof element, a balcony element, a door frame, a window frame, insulation material, or a combination of such to name a few. By means of pre-arranging such modules construction work on site at a construction work place may be minimized and be extremely fast and easy to perform.
The construction according to
It should be noted that the term floor level is meant to be viewed as a plane of construction elements 1 to be used as connecting elements of floors of a floor of a construction 67. If a construction 67 having a plurality of floors is build, another floor level will thus relate to the next floor of said construction 67. As a layer of spaced out construction elements 1 are arranged at roof portions of room units 69 of the current floor of the construction, said layer of construction elements 1 are to be viewed as a next floor level if another floor is to be arranged over the current floor level. When the desired total number of floor levels is reached, according to the predetermined scheme, the last layer of construction elements 1 may instead be viewed as a roof level of the construction 67.
The method may further comprise the step of: c) arranging a number of room units 69 at the construction elements 1 of the current floor level according to the predetermined scheme, wherein a floor portion of each room unit 69 may be coupled to the right angled abutment surfaces 29 of at least two construction elements 1. The method may thus be utilized as a means of providing a first floor of a building or construction 67, wherein said room units 69 define rooms of such a construction 67 corresponding to a floor of the completed construction 67. As said room units 69 are arranged at the right angled abutment surfaces 29 of the construction elements 1, their positions relative each other and the construction elements 1 may be regarded as fixed according to the predetermined scheme, wherein horizontal and vertical shafts 35, 37 are also defined adjacent each room unit 69. The room units 69 may further be securely attached to the construction elements 1 by means of any type of fastening method known in the arts and suitable for the materials being joined together.
The method may further comprise the step of: b) arranging service installation components 77 for a current floor level according to the predetermined scheme. As has been described, such service installation components 77 may be pipes, tubes, cables or similar related to ventilation, plumbing, electrical devices or other, but also certain kinds of structural elements such as elements, sheets or blocks comprising insulation material or other similar types of materials for modification of properties of a construction 67. Such components may also relate to specially designed modules such as door frames or the like, which also has been described within the disclosure. The step b) may be performed before step c), as shown in the flowchart according to
The method may further comprise the steps of: d) arranging a number of construction elements 1 at the room units of the previous floor level according to the predetermined scheme, wherein each construction element 1 is coupled to at least one roof portion of the room units 69 by means of the right angled abutment surfaces 29, and defining an additional floor level, and e) repeating steps b) to d) so as to reach a total number of floor levels according to the predetermined scheme.
The construction 67 may then be completed by means of step f) arranging the plurality of facade elements 79 at walls of the room units 69, which walls are defined as outer walls according to predetermined scheme. Such facade elements 79 may comprise insulation material build into the facade elements 79, or such insulation material may be provided by means of separate insulation sheets or blocks or similar as previously described. Furthermore, the construction 67 may be completed after step f), but it is to be understood that the construction 67 as described herein merely is one example of such a construction 67. Additional structural elements, modules and/or auxiliary additional room units 69 may also be added to such a construction 67 wherein the method may be modified to take such alterations into account. As have been exemplified with reference to
The foregoing description of the embodiments has been furnished for illustrative and descriptive purposes. It is not intended to be exhaustive, or to limit the embodiments to the variants described. Many modifications and variations will obviously be apparent to one skilled in the art. The embodiments have been chosen and described in order to best explicate principles and practical applications, and to thereby enable one skilled in the art to understand the invention in terms of its various embodiments and with the various modifications that are applicable to its intended use. The components and features specified above may, within the framework of the embodiments, be combined between different embodiments specified.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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| 1751585-9 | Dec 2017 | SE | national |
| Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
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| PCT/EP2018/085904 | 12/19/2018 | WO | 00 |
