Patent ID: 6314704
Filing Date: 2001-11-13
Classification: E04B,E04C,E04D

Abstract:
A method for assembling a building structure from a plurality of panel members, each panel member comprising inner and outer skins comprising fiber-reinforced plastic, and having panel connectors comprising plastic extending along their side edges, the panel connectors having an inside face including a groove extending generally parallel to the skins of the respective panel members, the method comprising the steps of:placing first and second panel members in a gene rally planar orientation with respect to one another;interlocking the panel connectors of the first and second panel members such that the grooves of the panel connectors together define a channel extending between the first and second panel members;inserting a locking member through the channel, thereby substantially locking the first and second panel members together;attaching a composite base connection member to a substantially horizontal substrate, the base connection member including a pair of raised portions extending along its length; andengaging a lower edge of the first panel member with the raised portions to secure the first panel member in a substantially vertical orientation.