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(11) | EP 2 586 923 A3 |
| (12) | EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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| (54) | A building with built-in drainage |
| (57) A multi-storey car park building (10) on a rectilinear grid has an elevated floor
(12) accessed by a ramp (14). The floor (12) comprises a plurality of rectangular
flooring panels (12a to 12h) carried on columns (16) positioned at selected intersections
of the grid lines. The panels (12a to 12h) are secured to longitudinal and lateral
glulam beams (22, 24) extending between and secured to the columns (16). The panels
(12a to 12h) are laid (and appropriately dimensioned) with gaps between them both
longitudinally and laterally to allow rain or other liquid to drain from the floor
(12), and drains extend both longitudinally and laterally along and under each gap
to carry this liquid away. The longitudinal and lateral drains are respectively carried
by the longitudinal and lateral beams (22, 24) to extend along and under the gaps
between the flooring panels, below and not secured to the flooring panels. The building
may be constructed from a modular construction system and extended in modular fashion
horizontally and vertically.
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