Patent ID: 8635834

Claim:
A method of making a building framework including a vertically elongate column member, said method comprising steps of: providing a vertically elongate column member of H-shaped sectional shape including a web portion and a pair of spaced apart generally parallel flange portions, and utilizing said column member in a vertical orientation to define a respective horizontal dimension at each side thereof, the horizontal dimension extending from an outer surface of one flange portion to an outer surface of the other flange portion; providing a pair of horizontally spaced vertically and horizontally extending side plate members spanning the horizontal dimension of said column member, and projecting together and generally in parallel in the same direction therefrom; providing at least a pair of horizontal continuity plates secured to said column member between said pair of flanges and extending generally in alignment with an adjacent upper edge or a lower edge of said pair of projecting side plate members past the flange portions of the column member in a direction of said horizontal dimension, and securing said horizontal continuity plates also to said pair of side plate members along the adjacent one of said upper edge or lower edge of said pair of projecting side plate members; whereby said pair of projecting side plate members are configured to allow a full-length beam assembly to be disposed at an end portion thereof between said pair of projecting side plate members to connect the beam assembly to the side plate members providing a beam-to-column joint assembly.