BUILDING TOPPING-OUT METHOD Russian patent published in 2015 - IPC E04G23/02 

FIELD: construction.

SUBSTANCE: topping-out method involves arrangement of an additional foundation outside a basic building, vertical load-carrying structures on the outer side of external walls of the basic building, arrangement of a load-carrying framework of a top-out in the form of one or more two-storied load-carrying tiers that are in-series located one above another as to the top-out height. Load-carrying metal trusses are installed on the top floor of the two-storied tier, and vertical braces are mounted on the ground floor in the plane of the load-carrying trusses. After trusses and vertical braces are installed, intermediate floors are arranged along lower and upper flanges of the trusses.

EFFECT: reduction of labour costs at erection of a top-out.

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