Patent ID: 8245469

Claim:
A deck assembly module for a steel framed building, the deck assembly module comprising: a cellular metal deck comprising: a bottom plate having a top major surface and a bottom major surface; an angled decking sheet; and fireproof insulation; wherein the angled decking sheet is angled to form a repeating pattern of troughs and peaks; wherein the angled decking is adjacent to the top major surface of the bottom plate; and wherein the fireproof insulation is located in channels formed by the peaks of the angled decking sheet and the top surface of the bottom plate and the angled decking sheet; further comprising: a plurality of support elements located in the troughs of the angled decking sheet, wherein the support elements are spaced apart from each other in a grid pattern that is pre-defined before the deck assembly is installed into the steel framed building and wherein the bottom plate has through holes that correspond to the locations of the plurality of support elements such that the plurality of support elements are accessible from the bottom major surface of the bottom plate; a concrete deck formed on top of the angled decking sheet, the concrete deck having a top major surface that is opposite the angled decking sheet; and top deck attachment elements affixed within the concrete deck and accessible at the top major surface of the concrete deck, wherein the top deck attachment elements are spaced apart from each other in a grid pattern and wherein the grid pattern is predefined before the deck assembly module is installed into the steel framed building.