Patent ID: 9593478
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: E04B,E04H

Claim:
1. A building comprising: a plurality of non-bearing prefabricated building units, each having a horizontal upper surface including a horizontal upper exterior surface, and a plurality of vertical non-bearing wall surfaces, wherein some of the plurality of non-bearing prefabricated building units include one or more vertically disposed hollow column formwork structures; a structural deck composed of structural bearing material poured in a liquid state on said horizontal upper exterior surface and using said horizontal upper exterior surface as permanent non-structural formwork; and a plurality of vertically disposed column structural elements each formed by pouring structural material in a liquid state within one of said one or more vertically disposed hollow column formwork structures, and wherein there are no load-bearing walls adjacent to either the non-bearing prefabricated building units or to the structural deck such that structural loads in the building are supported substantially by the structural deck and the plurality of vertically disposed column structural elements.