Kone Corporation

Peter Eagling

Markku Haapaniemi

Matti Rasanen

Anssi Venho

Janne Mikkonen

Petri Kere

Otto Lanz

Tarvo Viita-aho

Timo Rinne

Sami Saarela

Simo Makimattila

Giovanni Hawkins

Simo Mäkimattila

Emil Hagström

Kristian Viinikkala

Matti RÄSÄNEN

Gianluca Zenere

The invention relates to a method for transporting construction material and/or equipment inside a building under construction, wherein the building under construction comprises plurality of vertically displaced floors, the method comprising providing an elevator for transporting transport containers in the building under construction, said elevator comprising at least a load receiving unit vertically movable along one or more guide rail lines in an elevator shaft formed in the building under construction; and providing plurality of transport containers each comprising a container body, and an identification provided on the container body for identifying the container and/or its destination in the building, most preferably the destination floor in the building under construction; providing one or more detectors within the building under construction for detecting identifications of containers when they are within the detection ranges of the one or more detectors; moving a first transport container belonging to said plurality of transport containers to a loading floor; loading the first transport container belonging to said plurality of containers on the load receiving unit; determining by a control system destination floor of the first container comprising detecting the identification of the first transport container with a detector; automatically moving the load receiving unit vertically in the elevator shaft to the destination floor of the first container; and unloading the first transport container from the load receiving unit to the destination floor of said first container. The invention also relates to a method for constructing a building and an arrangement, which implement the aforementioned method.

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Helsinki, Finland

Peter Eagling