Method of erecting a multi-story building

Claim 1

A method of erecting a multi-story building on a prepared foundation site, comprising the steps of A. erecting a plurality of pre-cast concrete wall panels in horizontally aligned, parallel relationship with each other, with each panel forming one wall of a room of said building and having at least one vertical void extending between the top and bottom surfaces thereof; B. spanning adjacent parallel wall panels with a series of partial thickness pre-cast concrete floor slabs of uniform thickness that have longitudinally extending reinforcing girder-like means provided therein, with at least a portion of said reinforcing means being embedded in said floor slabs projecting inwardly from the upper surface thereof and with opposed ends of said floor slabs resting on the top edges of said wall panels and being spaced from the ends of the slabs spanning the next adjacent pair of wall panels; C. transversely and longitudinally aligning the longitudinal ends of said floor slabs in non-covering relationship to said voids in said walls panels; D. securing by first securing means each said slab against lateral movement with respect to a laterally adjacent slab; E. securing by second securing means said longitudinally aligned floor slabs against longitudinal movement with respect to he longitudinally aligned slabs that are supported on said panels on the opposite side of said voids; F. pouring a substantially uniform thickness layer of concrete in situ onto the upper surface of said aligned slabs and into said voids so as to cover said slabs, said reinforcing means and said positioned first and second securing means and simultaneously fill said voids with a column of site-poured concrete from top to bottom thereof and thereby effectuate concrete fusion between said wall panels and said floor slabs whereby a monolithic structure is formed; and G. prestressing at least the portion of said reinforcing means that is embedded in said partial thickness floor slabs.

Claim 2

A method of erecting a multi-story building on a prepared foundation site, comprising the steps of A. erecting a plurality of pre-cast concrete wall panels in horizontally aligned, parallel relationship with each other, with each panel forming one wall of a room of said building and having at least one vertical void extending between the top and bottom surfaces thereof; B. spanning adjacent parallel wall panels with a series of partial thickness pre-cast concrete floor slabs of uniform thickness that have longitudinally extending reinforcing girder-like means provided therein, with at least a portion of said reinforcing means being embedded in said floor slabs projecting inwardly from the upper surface thereof and with opposed ends of said floor slabs resting on the top edges of said wall panels and being spaced from the ends of the slabs spanning the next adjacent pair of wall panels; C. transversely and longitudinally aligning the longitudinal ends of said floor slabs in non-covering relationship to said voids in said walls panels; D. securing by first securing means each said slab against lateral movement with respect to a laterally adjacent slab; E. securing by second securing means said longitudinally aligned floor slabs against longitudinal movement with respect to he longitudinally aligned slabs that are supported on said panels on the opposite side of said voids; F. pouring a substantially uniform thickness layer of concrete in situ onto the upper surface of said aligned slabs and into said voids so as to cover said slabs, said reinforcing means and said positioned first and second securing means and simultaneously fill said voids with a column of site-poured concrete from top to bottom thereof and thereby effectuate concrete fusion between said wall panels and said floor slabs whereby a monolithic structure is formed; and G. prestressing at least the portion of said reinforcing means that is embedded in said partial thickness floor slabs.