System for modular building construction

Abstract

Construction systems for erecting building structures comprise a plurality of prefabricated interconnectable modular building units, each unit comprising framing members and a plurality of nodes, each node situated for selective interconnection with other units, the nodes and the exterior dimensions of the frame conforming to ISO shipping standards such that each unit is transportable using the ISO intermodal transportation system, and such that when the units are interconnected, a building structure is formed. The modular units are assembled at a remote location, and are there constructed to a semi-finished state, following which the semi-finished modular units are transported from the remote location to the job site, where they are secured to form the structure being erected, and the semi-finished modular units are thereafter constructed to a finished state.

1 . A system for building construction comprising a plurality of interconnectable pre-fabricated modular building units, each unit comprising a frame shaped as a rectangular parallelopiped and comprised of framing members and a plurality of nodes, each node situated at a corner of said frame for selective interconnection with other units, the nodes and the exterior dimensions of the frame meeting the ISO International Standards for intermodal transport, said framing members comprising a plurality of rails, at least four of said rails intersecting to form a first rectangular profile situated in a first plane and at least four of said rails intersecting to form a second rectangular profile situated in a second plane substantially parallel to said first plane, said framing members further comprising at least four posts disposed substantially orthogonally to said rails, each said post extending between at least one rail in said first plane and at least one rail in said second plane, at least one of said orthogonal posts in one modular building unit being interconnected by column stitching with a respective one of said orthogonal posts in at least one other modular building unit.