Patent ID: 6519904
Filing Date: 2003-02-18
Classification: E04B

Abstract:
A method of forming on site a vertical wall for a concrete building comprising:providing a plurality of insulation panel units for the wall with said panel units spaced from each other; providing a concrete column in the space between adjacent panel units; forming an insulation panel for each panel unit of a polystyrene foam material having predetermined dimensions, said panel being of a rectangular shape defining a pair of side edges; providing a pair of opposed vertical studs for each panel unit, each stud having a channel-shape and including a pair of spaced side flanges and an inturned lip on each of the flanges; assembling said pair of opposed channel-shaped vertical studs over said side edges of said insulation panel with said lips biting into said insulation panel to secure said studs thereon; providing opposed upper and lower channel-shaped support plates extending horizontally to define upper and lower ends of the vertical wall; positioning opposed ends of said studs within said channel-shaped support plates, the flanges of said support plates contacting in overlapping relation the flanges of said channel-shaped vertical studs; mounting fasteners through adjacent flanges of said support plates and said vertical studs to secure said insulation panel in position between said upper and lower support plates; and applying concrete to an outer side of the insulation panel.