Patent ID: 8186115

Claim:
A perimeter foundation wall constructed from a plurality of modular wall panels, the wall panels comprising: a generally planar exterior wall surface; two side flanges including a side flange on each vertical side of a panel, the side flanges each being bent at a right angle to extend in the same direction from the exterior wall surface, each side flange have matching bolt holes to allow a similar panel to be joined to it on either side to form a wall; a top cap formed from a top edge of the exterior wall surface bent to extend in the same right angle direction from the exterior wall surface as the side flanges; a base pan formed from a bottom edge of the exterior wall surface bent to extend in the same right angle direction from the exterior wall surface as the side flanges and the top cap; vertical reinforcing brackets attached to at least one of adjacent side flanges and extending from the base an to the top cap along a seam where two coplanar panels are fastened together; one or more vertical reinforcing studs attached to an inner surface of each of the wall panels at regular spacing between the side flanges of each wall panel and extending from the base an to the top cap; and a leveling assembly associated with the base pan, the leveling assembly including two threaded rods, each rod passing through the base an of a panel near the side flanges of the panel to a support plate beneath the panel, and each rod having at least one height adjustment nut and an open expanding box frame around each rod.