BUILDING CONSTRUCTION

摘要

A wall construction for a building structure (10). The building (10) comprises a base (11), walls (13) and a roof structure (15). The walls (13) are assembled from a plurality of panels (41) connected together at joints (42). The panels (41) are of sandwich structured composite construction comprising a core (43) and skins (45) on opposed sides of the core. Each panel (41) is rectangular and comprises a top edge (47), a bottom edge (48) and two opposed side edges (49). Each side edge (49) incorporates a side channel (53) which extends between the top and bottom edges (47, 48). Each channel (53) is formed entirely within the core (43). The panels (41) disposed in edge-to-edge relation and interconnected at abutting side edges (49) by connectors (65). The connectors (65) comprise the two side channels (53) at the abutting edges, and an elongate connector element (71) accommodated in the two cooperating channels (53) and extending between the opposed ends of the channels. The connector element (71) is adhesively bonded in the channels (53) to secure the two abutting panels (41) together. The connector element (71) may be of hollow construction to receive a tie rod (81).