Abstract: A prefabricated insulated building panel features a sheet of rigid thermally insulating material, an inner structural layer connected to one face of the insulating material, and an outer layer of cured composite cementitious material connected to an opposite second face of the rigid insulating material with a thickness allowing the cured composite cementitious layer to be supported at the insulating material by bonding action therewith. The panel also features channels at the interface between the composite cementitious outer layer and the insulating material formed by grooves in the second face of the insulating material extending to a periphery of the panel. These channels afford pressure equalization and moisture drainage capabilities to the panel. Additionally, the inner structural layer comprises a layer of cured composite cementitious material bonded to the insulating material, which has a thickened edge portion along the periphery of the panel compared to strengthen the panel.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to wallboards, for example, suitable for use in constructing internal walls. The present disclosure relates more particularly to a wallboard and a method that provides simplified high-quality surface finishing. The wallboard includes a wall panel having a front surface and a rear surface. A sandable coating is disposed on the front surface of the wall panel. The method includes positioning wallboards adjacent to one another, applying sandable joint compound over joint formed between the wallboards, and sanding the joint compound and the sandable coating of the wallboards.

Abstract: A composite building construction system comprising a frame, an expanded wallboard, and a concrete layer. The wallboard comprises an outer portion and inset portion wherein the wallboard is attached to the frame with the outer portion covering an exterior side of the frame and the inset portion is disposed within the frame. The wallboard thus provides exterior and interior insulation for the system. The concrete layer is sprayed on to the outer portion of said wallboard, forming a strong durable composite construction system. One or more rebar supports may be attached to the frame at the exterior side by key bolts and are spaced apart from the wallboard. A wire grid may be attached to the key bolts whereby the grid and the rebar supports provide a support structure for the concrete layer. The frame comprises steel and the wallboard comprises insulative expanded polystyrene.

Abstract: A wall forming system that uses a pair of panels in combination with a furring strip assembly and retainer The pair of panels are placed in spaced relation using the combination of the furring strip assembly and the retainer wherein the furring strip assembly holds the exterior of the panels while the retainer is disposed between the panels to hold them at a predetermined distance. By holding the panels at a predetermined distance concrete is poured within the cavity formed between the panels to create a wall.

Abstract: The floor member, in the form of a floor tile or a floor plank, that is formed of a flexible, non-rigid material, has a bottom portion formed with a plurality of moisture dispersal pathways that lead toward peripheral side edges of the bottom portion. The moisture dispersal pathways permit any moisture that develops between a floor base and the bottom portion of the floor member that is installed on the floor base to flow in the moisture dispersal pathways toward at least one of the peripheral side edges of the bottom portion, for passage beyond the one peripheral side edge of the bottom portion. Adjacent tiles of a floor tile installation have communicable moisture dispersal pathways such that moisture is not entrapped below the floor member and can migrate through the communicable pathways to an outermost peripheral side edge of the floor tile installation for dissipation of moisture into the ambient air.

Abstract: A prefabricated building component, e.g. for incorporation in a wall, a floor, a roof or another building component, comprises a frame formed by lengths of lumber with heat insulating foam material provided in spaces between the lumber so as to form a heating insulating barrier. To reinforce the frame against racking forces, a reinforcement sheet of fiber reinforced composite material is provided on the barrier and the lumber at least one side of the frame.

Abstract: A waterproof-sheet type of roofing shingle comprises a belt-like tape attached to a bottom side of the roofing shingle facing a concrete slab. The belt-like tape has air passages for reducing a pressure of steam or vapor generated from concrete. The air passages are formed by projections or grooves and adapted to be in communication with air passages of an adjacent roofing shingle. The air passages are eventually in communication with an ambient atmosphere so as to vent the steam or vapor to the atmosphere, and therefore, bulging of waterproofing material is prevented from occurring.

Abstract: A rigid backerboard for replacement or substitution for a cementuous backerboard. The board is formed of a compression molded plastic material, preferably nylon which is relatively thin, yet rigid. The board is embossed on both of its principal (upper and lower) surfaces to maximize surface area for contact with adhesive materials. The embossment on at least one of the sides is rectilinear, facilitating the cutting of standard sized rectangular panels into smaller rectangles. The embossment on the opposite side is designed to maximize adhesive contact area, a diamond pattern being preferable.

Abstract: An improved roll roof membrane for use in commercial applications, i.e., flat and low pitch roof structures, and a method for the preparation thereof. The roof membrane comprises a support sheet, and top and bottom layers comprising APP modified bitumen, the top APP modified bitumen layer having a selvage edge disposed along one side of the membrane and the bottom APP modified bitumen layer having a second selvage edge disposed along the opposite side of the membrane. Each of the selvage edges have a series of embossed ridges and valleys adapted to accept adhesives, the valleys extending substantially through the APP modified bitumen layer to the support sheet. The membrane exhibits excellent peel strength with an adhesive, thereby eliminating the need to use a torch during installation in commercial roofing applications.

Abstract: A system of construction based on the use of polystyrene boards for constructing partition walls as well as extradoses, these said boards being equipped with grooves for electrical and plumbing ducts, as well as for the formation of structural ribs, while their vertical edges are equipped with grooving and tonguing for their interconnection. Boards are put into place between the floor and ceiling, with the interposition of perimetrical perimeter strips made of the same material. Plaster with an additive is then used to coat the surfaces of the said boards as a finish which forms an adhesive paste. Vertical fixing strips facing each other on opposite sides play a role in the emplacement of the boards, while plastic mesh is placed at the joints between the boards and walls, to improve the joint and prevent cracks.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to a long-span decking panel. The long-span decking panel is used, for instance, to span the space between girders to create a roof or a composite floor. The panel has a flange member having a first edge and a second edge. The edges are at least 11 inches apart. The flange member defines an essentially flat unbroken soffit except for a series of stiffening ribs running transverse to the edges. The stiffening ribs provide sufficient rigidity to the flange member to prevent it from buckling along its length. The long-span decking panel also has a first web member which is integrally jointed and extending obliquely form the first edge. There is also a second web member integrally joined and extending obliquely from the second edge. The web members can be of any desirable length depending on the decking situation.

Abstract: A wall assembly used in the construction of passenger boarding bridges or other box type structures. The wall assembly includes an exterior panel with V-shaped folds or corrugations and a vertical flange on the end of each panel for attachment to adjacent panels.

Abstract: The panel with thermoacoustic insulation characteristics comprises an insulating layer made of foamed plastic material which has a succession of corrugated portions which are joined by reduced thickness portions. Metallic nets are associated with the opposite faces of the corrugated portions of the insulating layer and are mutually connected by transverse elements which pass through the insulating layer.

Abstract: The structural element for a building comprises an insulating panel and a concrete rib plate. The concrete rib plate has a plurality of base members and rib members and is cast on the insulating panel used instead of a form. The rib members are fastened in corresponding recesses of the insulating panel. The concrete rib plate has a planar reinforcement in the form of at least one steel mat and the rib members have corresponding rib reinforcing elements. The insulating panel is provided with a plurality of spacing retainers in the recesses and in the base members on which the steel mat and the rib reinforcing elements rest and which position and orient the steel mat and the rib reinforcing elements.

Abstract: When masonry or wooden walls are insulated with hard-foam-slab insulation covered with plaster or mortar, reinforcement of the plaster or mortar can be omitted without incurring cracking if (a) the slabs are grooved, (b) the size and number of slab grooves have defined minimal values, depending on slab thickness, (c) the slabs have a residual shrinkage of at least 0.1 percent, (d) the plaster or mortar has a maximum plastic-resin content of 2.5 percent by weight and (e) the slab weight per cubic meter is, optionally, less than 20 kg per cubic meter.

Abstract: A corrugated sheet for use as part of a composite concrete deck comprising parallel spaced crest surfaces connected to parallel spaced soffit surfaces by upstanding connecting web surfaces that converge towards each other as they approach a common crest surface, all the crest, soffit and web surfaces being generally planar with at least the crest surfaces furthermore being provided with upstanding, continuous, longitudinally extending beads made from the crest surface material and with laterally extending upstanding projections running between the beads and connecting them together. The panels between the beads and the projections function as shear panels. An alternate embodiment provides shear panels that are slightly depressed with respect to the surrounding surface material, projections that have flat upper surfaces, and a panel edge portion that is shaped to enable the panels to be secured together in overlapping relationship.

Abstract: A building wall erected from blocks presenting one or more surfaces formed with a matrix of grooves generally horizontally and vertically related, and an overlay veneer or applied surface coating adapted to be impressed or indented with appropriate tools in a manner to produce a wide variety of designs by selection of different combination of the grooves in the matrix. A method of variously decorating one or more building wall surfaces or sides of walls with the guidance of a matrix of grooves and an overlay coating adapted to be impressed or indented in cooperation with preselected grooves of the matrix.

Abstract: The invention relates to composite panels for building constructions and more particularly to panels comprising a main body portion of a closed cell generally smooth skinned foam material having along at least one surface thereof a protective cementitious facing material adhered thereto; such panels being particularly adapted for use in roofing and curtain wall construction.

Abstract: The panel includes a square base of expanded polystyrene, and has two projecting sides which mate with the undercut sides of two identical adjacent panels. All four sides of the base are bevelled slightly, and the front face defines intersecting grooves so that a polymer fortified concrete facing can be applied to the front of the base without warping the base as the concrete shrinks during hardening. An acrylic binder, with quartz granules carried thereon is provided over the concrete facing to enhance the appearance of the panel, and to improve its resistance to impact.