EP1579087B1 - Alignement vertical et nivellement d'unites de construction modulaires - Google Patents

Alignement vertical et nivellement d'unites de construction modulaires Download PDF

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EP1579087B1
EP1579087B1 EP03780339A EP03780339A EP1579087B1 EP 1579087 B1 EP1579087 B1 EP 1579087B1 EP 03780339 A EP03780339 A EP 03780339A EP 03780339 A EP03780339 A EP 03780339A EP 1579087 B1 EP1579087 B1 EP 1579087B1
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  • the invention relates to modular building units for use in the construction of largely prefabricated offices, hotels and apartment blocks, and buildings of a similar general nature.
  • Such modular building units are box-like structures which can be manufactured and fitted-out off-site and then transported to a construction site for final assembly to form the internal rooms of a building.
  • the invention also relates to a method for the erection of buildings using such modular building units, and in particular to the alignment of such a building and the levelling of the lower or ground floor units.
  • the modules are hoisted by crane from the lorry or truck on which they had been transported, and stacked in a vertical and horizontal array cooperating to form the linked rooms of the final building.
  • the accuracy required in the stacking process is relatively crude. It makes very little difference to the final stability of the building whether the individual modules are accurately positioned vertically one over the other, and generally it is considered to be adequate for the individual modular building units to be manipulated into their final positions by hand as they are lowered by crane.
  • the accuracy of the vertical alignment of the individual building units in the array becomes of increasing importance.
  • the invention comprises a modular building unit as specified in claims 1 to 6 herein.
  • the edge location means provided by the cooperating location flange and peripheral recess of vertically adjacent modules, makes it possible accurately to position the modular building units one above the other in the array with the minimum reliance on skilled labour.
  • the peripheral recess has an inside side wall which slopes upwardly and inwardly relative to the building module, to guide the vertically adjacent building module into position when stacking the modules one above the other during the erection of a building therefrom.
  • the erection team manhandling the module into position as it is lowered by crane simply have to guide the module being hoisted into position to within about two or three centimetres of its final position, and the sloping inside side wall of the peripheral recess is sufficient to guide the module into its precise final position.
  • the building modules according to the invention may be constructed as described and claimed in copending Patent Application No. W068004 filed herewith and linked together horizontally and vertically as described in W068006 filed herewith. They may be made from a lined skeletal shell of structural building elements as described and claimed in copending Patent Application No. W068007 filed herewith.
  • the invention provides a method of building as specified in claim 7 herein.
  • FIG 1 is a perspective view of a complete building module 1, constructed according to my copending Patent Application No W068004 and provided in addition with edge location means in accordance with this invention.
  • the module comprises four walls, a floor and a roof.
  • One end wall is shown in Figure 1 as having a window.
  • the opposite end wall (not visible) would have a door.
  • the window wall would be on the outside of the assembled building and the door wall would be on the inside, with the doors opening for example onto a corridor providing access to any of the modules in a given row.
  • the corner strip 2 is made from lightweight cold-formed structural steel by a folding or creasing operation, and comprises a front face 2a, a lower top face 2b, an inclined face 2c and an upper top face 2d.
  • the front face 2a is secured to the structural uprights of the modular building unit, for example by spot welding or plug welding.
  • the lower top face 2b lies over the horizontally aligned top ends of those structural uprights.
  • the peripheral recess which extends around all four edges of the top of the module 1.
  • the top of the module 1 is externally boarded with load-bearing panels 3 which are strong enough to bear the weight of the construction team members who are employed to erect a building from a number of such modular units.
  • the upper top face 2d of the corner strip 2 lies in a recess formed in the top of the load-bearing panels 3, and over the upper top face 2d is adhered a strip 4 of acoustic insulation, for example a strip of rubber or elastomeric material such as high density neoprene foam.
  • Another such strip 5 of acoustic insulation is adhered over the lower top face 2b of the corner strip 2, so as to provide good acoustic insulation between vertically adjacent stacked modules 1.
  • An alternative sound insulation barrier could be obtained by laying the corner strip 2 over a layer of rubber or elastomeric or other sound-absorbing lining.
  • Figure 3 shows the detail of the bottom periphery of each module 1, and also shows how that bottom detail cooperates with the peripheral recess around the top edge of the module vertically beneath it in the final building. That module beneath is shown in Figure 3 in broken line, but is exactly as described above with reference to Figure 2. In Figure 3 the strips 4 and 5 of acoustic insulation are shown compressed, as they would be in practice, by the weight of the module or modules 1 vertically above.
  • the bottom detail of the module 1 is provided by a corner strip cold-formed so as to define a downwardly extending locating flange 6 into which the structural uprights (not shown) of the module rest.
  • An outer wall of the flange 6 extends upwardly as an outside wall portion 7 of the corner strip, which is secured to the outside of the skeletal building module 1 by spot welding or plug welding for example.
  • the inner wall of the flange 6 is bent to follow the angle of the inclined face 2c of the top corner strip 2, terminating in a bottom plate portion 8 which is welded to the bottoms of an array of cross-beams (not shown) which support the floor of the module 1.
  • welding has been specified as the securing method of choice in the particular example illustrated, other securing methods such as bolts, rivets or even adhesive are feasible alternatives depending on the permanence of the intended building and the stresses to which it is expected to be exposed.
  • a lowermost array of modules 1 is first manoeuvred into position and anchored to foundations. Then one by one the modules 1 of the next storey are hoisted into position by crane. As the modules 1 are lowered by the crane operator, they are pushed into position by a crew.
  • the edge location provides accurate positioning of the modules on the modules of the floor below, and the workmen can walk freely on the roofs of the ground floor array of modules 1 because the top boarding 3 is load-bearing.
  • the assembled modules may be locked together as described and claimed in my copending Patent Application No. W068006 .
  • a continuous cable may be threaded through the wall cavities defined by mutually aligned vertical structural uprights of successive storeys of the building and tensioned as a continuous cable run from the building foundations to roof, to lock together the modules vertically.
  • a series of interconnected tubes or rods may be used, each one storey in height, as described in my copending Application No W068007 .
  • Similar interconnected tubes or rods may be used across the building in the horizontal plane, but generally it will be sufficient to connect the modules together horizontally using gutter plates straddling the roves of horizontally adjacent modules, which for sound insulation purposes are usually stacked with a small horizontal gap therebetween.
  • the gutter plates not only tie the adjacent modules together horizontally but also prevent the ingress of rain between adjacent modules during erection.
  • FIG. 4 shows a levelling unit which in practice is laid over the foundations or any given course of a building and accurately levelled before the next courses of building modules are hoisted into position.
  • the levelling unit of Figure 4 is given the general reference 10 and comprises a peripheral structure of C-sections 11, each made from lightweight cold-formed structural steel.
  • Running in parallel between the C-sections 11 forming the long edges of the base levelling unit 10 are an array of C-section cross-beams 12, each connected to the corresponding C-section peripheral beam 11 in exactly the same way as the floor and ceiling cross-beams are connected in the building modules of Figures 1 to 3.
  • spacers (not shown) of C-section may be welded at staggered intervals between adjacent pairs of cross-beams 12, to create an overall rigid assembly. If desired, although not shown in Figure 4, that assembly can be clad over its top surface with load-bearing flooring similar to the boarding 3 of Figure 2.
  • FIG. 10 Around the outside edge of the base levelling unit 10 (although again not shown in Figure 4) is a corner strip defining a peripheral recess exactly the same as the corner strip 2 described and illustrated with reference to Figure 2 around the top of each complete building module according to the invention.
  • Figure 2 could equally be a section through one of the edges of the base levelling unit 10 of Figure 4, except that the line in Figure 2 referenced 1 and indicating the building module would in fact indicate the outside wall of the levelling unit 10 and the C-section peripheral members 11.
  • levelling unit 10 In use, it is far easier to handle a levelling unit 10 than a complete fitted-out building module 1. Therefore after preparing the foundations of the building, one such levelling unit 10 is placed in position to define the footprint of each room to be created on successive floors of the finished building. Levelling of the individual levelling units 10 can be achieved by the insertion of metal shims or by the use of screw jacks, and is carried out with precision until an accurate level base or lower level course is created for the upper courses of the individual building modules 1 of the finished building.
  • each levelling unit 10 As each levelling unit 10 is accurately positioned and levelled, it may be secured to the foundations or ground level structure by anchor bolts, tie straps or other appropriate anchorage means (not shown) so that the base course for the upper storeys of the building is both accurately levelled and secured to the foundations or ground level structure.
  • individual building modules 10 are hoisted into position by a crane and are located by the edge recesses in the levelling units 10, exactly as described above in relation to the accurate assembly of the upper storeys of the building.

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  1. Unité de construction modulaire (1) comprenant une enveloppe d'ossature doublée pour définir les parois d'une ou de plusieurs pièces, les unités de construction (1) lorsque empilées dans une rangée verticale et horizontale coopérant pour former les pièces liées d'un bâtiment, caractérisée en ce que pour la localisation précise d'un module ou partie de celui-ci verticalement sur un autre dans le bâtiment obtenu, chaque module est pourvu autour du périmètre de sa base d'une bride de localisation s'étendant vers le bas (6), et chaque module est également pourvu d'une toiture externe de planchéiage porteur de charge (3) qui s'étend près de, mais pas jusqu'au périmètre extérieur de la partie supérieure du module, et le périmètre externe du module est plaqué avec un débordage (2) d'acier léger formé à froid qui a une première partie (2a, 2b) qui chevauche la partie supérieure des parois latérales et d'extrémité du module et une seconde partie (2c, 2d) qui chevauche le bord extérieur du planchéiage (3), de sorte qu'entre les première et seconde parties du débordage il est formé un renfoncement de localisation périphérique (2b, 2c) dans lequel la bride de localisation (6) d'un module de construction verticalement adjacent peut être localisée avec précision.
  2. Unité de construction modulaire selon la revendication 1, dans laquelle le renfoncement périphérique (2b, 2c) a une paroi latérale intérieure qui est en pente vers le haut et vers l'intérieur par rapport au module de construction, pour guider le module de construction verticalement adjacent en position lors de l'empilement des modules les uns sur les autres pendant l'érection d'un bâtiment avec ceux-ci.
  3. Unité de construction modulaire selon la revendication 1 ou 2, dans laquelle l'unité de construction modulaire (1) comprend une enveloppe d'ossature de montants et de traverses en acier structurel doublée pour définir les parois de la pièce.
  4. Unité de construction modulaire selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans laquelle l'enveloppe d'ossature doublée est plaquée avec ladite toiture externe de planchéiage porteur de charge (3) qui s'étend près de mais pas jusqu'au périmètre extérieur de la partie supérieure du module, de sorte que le bord du planchéiage repose le long du bord intérieur du renfoncement de localisation.
  5. Unité de construction modulaire selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans laquelle le renfoncement de localisation est doublé avec un caoutchouc ou élastomère ou autre doublure absorbant le bruit (4, 5).
  6. Unité de construction modulaire selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 4, dans laquelle le débordage d'acier léger formé à froid (2) est posé sur une couche de caoutchouc ou élastomère ou autre doublure absorbant le bruit (4, 5).
  7. Procédé de construction utilisant des unités de construction modulaires selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 6, dans lequel une ou plusieurs unités de nivellement (10) comprenant chacune une enveloppe d'ossature de traverses (12) et d'éléments périphériques (11) en acier structurel définissant l'encombrement d'une unité de construction modulaire selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 6 sont positionnées sur une fondation ou structure au niveau du sol du bâtiment, et chacune est nivelée avec précision et localisée par rapport aux unités de nivellement adjacentes par l'utilisation de cales ou vis de calage entre les unités de nivellement (10) et les fondations du bâtiment ou la structure au niveau du sol ; et les unités de nivellement (10) sont fixées rapidement aux fondations du bâtiment ou structure au niveau du sol avant de placer les unités de construction modulaires (1) individuelles dessus, et de localiser ces unités de construction modulaires (1) par engagement de la bride de localisation s'étendant généralement (6) autour du périmètre de la base de chaque unité de construction dans un renfoncement périphérique (2b, 2c) formé autour de l'unité de nivellement (10) respective dans laquelle la bride de localisation (6) de l'unité de construction modulaire (1) correspondante peut être placée avec précision.
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