Floor, walls and bond beam

 This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 1660075 ("Topological interlocking manufactured concrete block").  Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

The previous post showed how we excavated, poured the footer and built the stem wall.  Following this, the vertical walls were assembled and the floor was installed. The floors are made to accommodate a radiant heating system. First a rigid foam is laid down, on the level compacted ground floor; then "Pex" TM pipe was installed.  

Concrete was then poured on top of the foam and pex, and screeded level, then the floor surface was floated. 

The walls were built up to header height, then a temporary scaffolding was built for roof assembly.  All exterior doorways had a masonry arch built over them, using wooden forms. The arches are fast and easy to assemble, they are also inexpensive.

After all the vertical walls were assembled, forms were built at the top of these walls; rebar was placed in this cavity as per the PE specification, and the form was poured with concrete to create a reinforced bond beam. 

With the bond beam made, roof construction was about to begin.  That's what I'll describe and show next..

Product Listing by the International Code Council- Evaluation Services

 Today (December 2nd 2020) my company Spherical Block LLC received a Product Listing from the International Code Council-Evaluation Services (ICC-ES).  This puts my company's technology in accordance with the International Building Code (IBC) which is written by ICC.  This was a long, tedious, difficult and expensive process, but it's necessary for any new construction technology. 

So hooray!  It's a big step that I am glad to have accomplished and behind me.

Here are two pages from the listing itself: 

So there it is, another important step in commercialization of an idea completed. ICC-ES Product Listing.

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 1660075 ("Topological interlocking manufactured concrete block").  Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.