Patent ID: 7975439

Claim:
A storage building for the storage of corrosive materials, the storage building comprising: a floor having a perimeter, a plurality of footing sections, a top layer, a pad extending between footing sections, and a plurality of floor keyways; a plurality of concrete columns, each concrete column extending from the floor and positioned over one of the footing sections, the plurality of columns including a row of first columns, a row of second columns, and a row of third columns, at least one row of columns spaced from the perimeter and each row of columns increasing in height, each column including: a plurality of column keyways shaped to engage the floor keyways to restrict movement between said column and the floor; a floor end; and a roof end positioned opposite the floor end, the roof end including a substantially horizontally oriented bearing plate having substantially vertically oriented bars recessed within the roof end; a plurality of cross beams, each beam secured to the bearing plate of adjacent columns in adjacent rows, connecting one of the columns in one of the rows to the adjacent column in the adjacent row, and positioned to transmit forces between adjacent cross beams and adjacent columns; a plurality of substantially vertically oriented supports, each support extending from one of the cross beams and positioned opposite the column; a plurality of rafters, wherein at least two of the rafters are oppositely attached to one of the supports in a position parallel to each other, each rafter connecting at least two columns wherein each of said connected columns is in a different row and the connections are positioned to transmit forces between adjacent columns in adjacent rows; at least one roof panel spanning between two of the rafters; a plurality of walls, each wall connected to the column keyway of at least two adjacent columns at a keyway connection, the keyway connection shaped to transmit forces between the adjacent columns in the same row; at least two dowels, each dowel including an upper end and a lower end, each upper end integrally formed within and extending from the floor end and each lower end integrally formed within the floor; and wherein the bearing plate and the plurality of cross beams are composed of corrosive resistant material.