Patent ID: 7444793

Claim:
A method for constructing a multistory concrete shear core building comprising the steps of: erecting a steel erection subassembly for a concrete shear core, the steel erection subassembly including a plurality of preassembled segments, each preassembled segment comprising a first plurality of vertical columns, a first plurality of horizontal beams, and a rebar screen, and wherein erecting the steel erection subassembly includes lifting each of the plurality of preassembled segments as a unit for placement; erecting a peripheral structural steel subassembly including a second plurality of vertical columns and a second plurality of horizontal beams, the peripheral structural steel subassembly disposed about the steel erection subassembly; installing a plurality of floor structures that are cooperatively supported by the steel erection subassembly and the peripheral structural steel subassembly; positioning an inner form and an outer form about the steel erection subassembly such that the inner form and the outer form surround at least a portion of the rebar screen, the inner form and the outer form defining a volume that is adapted to receive a concrete pour; and pouring concrete into the defined volume, such that the concrete and rebar screen form a portion of the concrete shear core for the multistory building.