Abstract: A non-load bearing exterior cladding panel for securement to a building structure, preferably a prefabricated building module. The panel, preferably produced from glass reinforced concrete, includes a body having an exterior surface with a predetermined characteristic thereacross and an interior surface. An inturned flange section is located at an upper end of the body, whereby a plurality of adjacent panels will define a parapet around an upper portion of the building structure to which they are secured. A plurality of longitudinal reinforcing ribs are provided along the interior surface of the panel body with peripheral ribs for certain panels having a thickened medial portion. The panels further have connector bolts or the like secured thereto and extending outwardly from the interior surface for securement of same to a building structure. The reinforcing ribs permit a ventilating passageway to be provided along the full length of the panel when installed.

Abstract: A process for fabricating a building module is disclosed and claimed. The building module includes a load bearing frame, preferably utilizing metal components welded together. The frame is produced in subsections, namely two portal frame subsections, a floor frame subsection, a roof frame subsection, and optionally cantilever section frame subsections. The various frame subsections are assembled with the use of jigs which monitor correctness of the appropriate components, after which the subsections are transferred to a final frame assembly site, where they are located on jigs which properly position same with respect to other subsections, after which the subsections are secured to each other to form a unified module frame. The frame is then lifted and casters or the like are removably secured to a lower portion of same, whereby the completed frame may be moved, preferably on a trackway, past a plurality of finishing stations where predetermined further assembly steps are performed at each such station.

Abstract: An interior wall for a transportable building module which includes a frame, a floor associated with the frame, a roof associated with the frame, and at least one exterior wall associated with the frame. The interior wall includes lower horizontal support members rigidly secured to the floor and upper horizontal support members flexibly associated with the frame. A plurality of spaced apart vertical support members are secured therebetween. Wall panels preferably gypsum panels are secured to the vertical support members, and preferably are provided with reinforcement across an outer surface of same and joints therebetween. Exemplary of preferred reinforcing mediums are fiberglass fabric adhesively secured across the panels and joints, or a flexible polymeric film produced in situ across the panels and the joints.

Abstract: A prefabricated monolithic reinforced concrete floor system is disclosed and claimed. Open web trusses are provided along a longitudinal dimension of a floor frame with rectangular tubular beams secured therebetween. Reinforcing elements are secured along upper surfaces of the open web trusses and the tubular beams where a floor is utilized and a reinforcing mesh material is draped thereover. Reinforcing clips may be received about the peripheral reinforcing elements to further reinforce edges of the floor. The concrete slab is produced in situ about the frame and totally encapsulates the reinforcing elements present while a lower surface of the slab is coterminous with an upper surface of the open web trusses and the tubular beams.

Abstract: A transportable building module including a load-bearing support frame which includes a pair of spaced apart portal frames, a floor frame and a roof frame. The floor frame includes two elongated open web trusses having tubular floor purlins secured in spaced relationship therebetween. Reinforcing floor elements are secured to the upper surfaces of the open web trusses and the floor purlins. Reinforcing mesh is draped across the area of the frame to receive a reinforced concrete slab floor with the mesh being received around the upstanding reinforcing elements. Clip elements may be received around peripheral reinforcing elements, if needed for peripheral reinforcement, and a concrete slab is produced in situ about the floor frame, encapsulating the reinforcing elements, which concrete floor will undergo transit of the building module without damage.