Patent ID: 8033062

Claim:
A building assembly comprising: a foundation; a base supported upon said foundation; a plurality of walls erected upon said base; a ceiling resting at an upper end of said plurality of walls opposite said base; and a roof resting at an upper end of said plurality of walls opposite said base, said foundation formed of a plurality of foundation blocks connected by longitudinal ties, said plurality of foundation blocks and said longitudinal ties being poured on site and arranged in a quadrangular grid having rows and columns that are perpendicular to each other, said plurality of foundation blocks positioned at an intersection of the rows and columns, each of said plurality of foundation blocks having a vertical pillar rigidly affixed thereto and extending upwardly respectively therefrom, the vertical pillars having a horizontal upper planar face formed in a common horizontal plane, said base supported by the upper planar faces, said base having a base frame arranged in a grid and a floor resting on said base frame and rigidly fastened thereto, said base having prefabricated pre-stressed tie beams resting on respective ends in the vertical pillars and fastened thereto and a floor having plates arranged in a grid, said grid having an anchorage rigidly attached to said plates and to said base.