US 12,031,314 B2
Building panels
Jonathan Paul Bryant, Highton (AU); Simon Trevor Flannery, Highton (AU); and Rudolf Willem Steinbusch, Highton (AU)
Assigned to Megawall Australia Pty Ltd, Highton (AU)
Appl. No. 17/273,987
Filed by Megawall Pty Ltd, Highton (AU)
PCT Filed Sep. 6, 2019, PCT No. PCT/AU2019/050967
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 5, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/047617, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 12, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2018903334 (AU), filed on Sep. 6, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0355672 A1, Nov. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. E04B 7/02 (2006.01); E04B 1/02 (2006.01); E04B 1/41 (2006.01); E04B 7/22 (2006.01); E04C 2/296 (2006.01); E04C 2/52 (2006.01)
CPC E04B 1/02 (2013.01) [E04B 1/40 (2013.01); E04B 7/22 (2013.01); E04C 2/296 (2013.01); E04C 2/521 (2013.01)] 31 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of constructing a building, the method comprising:
installing a wall structure of the building, the wall structure comprising a wall panel having opposed skins and a core within which extends at least one cavity, and a ceiling structure of the building, the ceiling structure comprising a ceiling panel, such that the ceiling structure is adjacent the wall structure, and the wall and ceiling structures bound a space, at a side and a top, respectively, of the space, and such that the space is sheltered and/or in a locked-up state;
after said installing the wall structure and the ceiling structure step, installing at least one service line through the at least one cavity of said wall panel and/or installing at least one service line which comprises the at least one cavity of said wall panel; and
after said installing the at least one service line step, installing a roof structure of the building over the ceiling structure,
wherein a connector is secured between the wall structure and the ceiling structure to form therebetween a connection which is such that the connector engages both the ceiling panel and at least one of the skins of the wall panel so as to direct, to at least one skin engaged thereby, loading exerted by the ceiling structure,
wherein the at least one cavity is accessed through at least one opening defined by said ceiling panel to install the at least one service line.