US Patent:
20130014451, Jan 17, 2013
Inventors:
Rodney Allen Russell - Jerome ID, US
Evelyn Elaine Grime - Eagle ID, US
Joseph Erik Peavey - Bolse ID, US
International Classification:
E04C 2/52
E04H 1/00
E04F 15/024
Abstract:
A prefabricated integrated utilities building core including a floor diaphragm, four walls connected to the floor diaphragm, and a utilities access corridor, and a method of constructing a building using the same are disclosed herein. The floor diaphragm and the four walls form an interior of the prefabricated integrated utilities building core. The utilities access corridor has at least one access wall with a passage configured to provide access to and from the utilities access corridor from the interior of the prefabricated integrated utilities building core. There are a plurality of integrated utilities arranged within the prefabricated integrated utilities building core so as to be fully accessible from within the utilities access corridor. The utilities access corridor also includes an in-floor access hatch arranged to provide access to an in-floor portion of at least the plumbing of the plurality of integrated utilities.