Patent ID: 8065846

Claim:
A modular construction system comprising a plurality of panels, said panels having peripheral frame elements, said frame elements attached to each other at their respective opposite ends, said frame elements making a frame, and said frame further defining a top channel, a bottom channel, and opposite side channels that face outwardly, and a first planar sheet element and a second planar sheet element, and an inner core section, said inner core section filled with an adhesive bonding material that attaches said sheet elements to said frame and to one another, and further comprising: an elongate bottom strut, said bottom strut having a length longer than the length of the bottom side of a panel, and said strut received in said bottom channel; an elongate top strut, said top strut received in said top channel and spanning said plurality of panels, and vertical tie means, said vertical tie means positioned between two adjacent panels to connect said top strut to said bottom strut and restrict the movement of said top strut and bottom strut away from one another, and said frame further comprising a metallic substrate and said frame having an outwardly facing surface, an inwardly facing surface and a thickness, said thickness surrounding at least one said planar sheet element and said thickness terminating on the edge of said panels before the peripheral edge of one of at least one of said planar sheet elements, and wherein the lateral sides of adjacent panels form a substantially planar surface.