Patents Assigned to Le Groupe Canam Manac Inc.
  • Publication number: 20040107660
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a framing system for a composite concrete floor, the framing system comprising horizontally extending primary framing members supporting secondary framing members across the primary framing members. Each of the secondary framing members has two opposite ends provided with a shear shoe fixed to the primary framing members by means of a structural joint sufficient to provide a shear connection between the concrete floor and the primary framing members. Thanks to these shear shoes, the framing system of the invention has an increased resistance to horizontal shear forces as compared to prior art concrete floor systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2003
    Publication date: June 10, 2004
    Applicant: Le Groupe Canam Manac Inc.
    Inventor: Serge Moreau
  • Patent number: 6061992
    Abstract: The composite steel/concrete column comprises a longitudinally extending H-shaped steel assembly having a pair parallel flange plates and a web plate interconnecting the flange plates and defining two opposite channel-shaped spaces. A plurality of spaced-apart transversal tie bars are disposed along the steel assembly on each side of the web plate for interconnecting the flange plates. A mass of concrete is filling the channel-shaped spaces. The column steel concrete column is characterized in that the ratio of the cross-sectional surface area of the steel assembly with respect to the total surface area of the composite steel/concrete column is less than 9%, preferably 2% to 5%. The column is principally to be utilized in structural steel high-rise buildings which have the advantage of shop prefabrication resulting in rapid on site construction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: Le Groupe Canam Manac Inc.
    Inventor: Richard Vincent