Patent ID: 8661755

Claim:
A building structure comprising: a support structure for at least a portion of the building structure, comprising a lower wall having lower wall studs and an upper portion operatively coupled to the lower wall studs extending to adjacent a floor structure above the support structure and adapted to receive stand-off fasteners there along, wherein the upper portion of the lower wall is a member, a plurality of stand-off fasteners each having a lower portion and an upper portion, wherein the lower portion of the stand-off fasteners is installed into the member of the lower wall at locations approximate to the lower wall studs, and wherein at least a portion of the upper portion of each of the stand-off fasteners extends above the member of the lower wall, an upper wall with upper wall studs, wherein the upper wall studs out of alignment are with the lower wall studs, and a cementitious wall structure formed above the upper portion of the support structure with the upper portions of the stand-off fasteners encapsulated in the cementitious wall structure, wherein the cementitious wall structure operatively couples the upper wall to the lower wall, and wherein the plurality of the stand-off fasteners transfer a load from the upper wall studs of the upper wall and the cementitious wall structure to the member and the lower wall studs of the lower wall.