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Complete prefabricated mechanical & utility system

a prefabricated system and complete technology, applied in the field of prefabricated systems, can solve the problems of inefficiency, waste of time of skilled labor, materials and future resources, and expenditure of the overall cost of any project, and the cost of skilled labor is not high, and the efficiency of the job site is not high

Inactive Publication Date: 2011-05-05
BUCHMANN BRETT ALOIS
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Traditional construction practices for constructing a building are not efficient and wasteful of time of skilled labor, materials and future resources to operate.
One of the major expenditures of the overall cost of any project is skilled labor (e.g. Electricians, Plumbers, etc.).
The skilled labor is also required to work at the job site which is not efficient in many ways.
Whole fabricated buildings are difficult to transport to the site and erect.
Partially fabricated units are not complete and must be assembled often resulting in double the amount of structure (walls, slabs, etc.).
Attaching said units also require a great amount of on site skilled labor to assemble the mechanical systems.
The resultant joints between the units leave a potential for failure.
These prefabricated buildings or modules provide limited design flexibility, allowing few configurations and not recognizing specific site or design conditions.
Often storage space is limited and difficult to secure on a construction site.
One solution proposed by past inventions have created prefabricated systems that can be stacked or assembled to create this service core, but the connections and structural intersections make these systems difficult to use in the field requiring special knowledge for installation and construction.
These connections are also a possible point of failure in the systems.

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[0037]Embodiments of the invention can be used in the construction of buildings to reduce cost, improve efficiency, reduce construction time, and decrease a buildings operational costs. The unit is prefabricated at a factory and is of a transportable size. The unit is transported to a site that is prepared for the installation of the unit. The unit would preferably be fabricated in an assembly line method.

[0038]The prepared site would preferably have foundation and all utility inlets in place. A premade form is used to cast the foundation and with ensure proper placement of utility inlets while reducing the cost and waste of additional formwork when pouring the foundation.

[0039]The invention is a part or whole of the mechanical and utility systems for a building. Once installed and inlets have been attached the system is able to operate. Additional elements may be added at the site so that the unit can be customized to any situation. The ability to be customized makes the system ext...

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Abstract

A complete prefabricated mechanical and utility unit for residential or commercial use that includes all utilities and mechanics for servicing the adjacent uses. Once attached to utility supply lines the invention does not require work from skilled labor to operate. The unit has the ability to support satellite services as required.

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FIELD OF INVENTION[0001]The present invention relates to a prefabricated system incorporating a complete mechanical and utility unit that can operate as a stand alone “closed system” with the possibility of elements being added on at the time of construction or at a later date.BACKGROUND[0002]Traditional construction practices for constructing a building are not efficient and wasteful of time of skilled labor, materials and future resources to operate. One of the major expenditures of the overall cost of any project is skilled labor (e.g. Electricians, Plumbers, etc.). The skilled labor is also required to work at the job site which is not efficient in many ways. Two examples of this are: the skilled labor is required to travel to and from the site and the skilled labor must relocate all of their equipment throughout the project as the work is completed.[0003]The common solution to this problem has been to prefabricate Modular buildings in part or whole. Current prefabrication techn...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): E04H14/00
CPCE04B1/34869E03C1/01
Inventor BUCHMANN, BRETT ALOIS
Owner BUCHMANN BRETT ALOIS
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