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A wall system is disclosed involving wall panels of corrugated sheets as a stay-in-place forming system for concrete for building a shelter for protection from severe weather conditions, e.g., tornadoes, hurricanes, etc. The corrugated sheets are joined together, both in adjacent and opposing positi

A wall system is disclosed involving wall panels of corrugated sheets as a stay-in-place forming system for concrete for building a shelter for protection from severe weather conditions, e.g., tornadoes, hurricanes, etc. The corrugated sheets are joined together, both in adjacent and opposing positions, forming a crevasse between the corrugated sheets into which concrete is poured. Each corrugated sheet has a horizontal reinforcement member rigidly attached to the internal side of the corrugated sheet wherein a horizontal reinforcement member is an L-shaped angle steel having a plurality of connecting holes on its horizontal element. A plurality of uniting rods are used to connect two opposing wall panels by inserting each end of the uniting rod into the connecting holes of opposing horizontal reinforcement members. A connecting bar assembly is used to more securely connect two adjacent wall panels. The preferred connecting bar assembly is a connecting bar having a plurality of connecting holes that overlays the two horizontal reinforcement members of two adjacent wall panels such that the connecting holes of the connecting bar are aligned with the connecting holes of the horizontal reinforcement members, and two or more uniting rods and/or one or more connecting pins.

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1. A wall system, comprising:a first wall panel, comprising: a first horizontal reinforcement member having one or more connecting holes, and a first sheet of a non-perforated material wherein said first horizontal reinforcement member is secured to the exterior of the internal side of said first sh

1. A wall system, comprising:a first wall panel, comprising: a first horizontal reinforcement member having one or more connecting holes, and a first sheet of a non-perforated material wherein said first horizontal reinforcement member is secured to the exterior of the internal side of said first sheet in a horizontal plane; a second wall panel, comprising: a second horizontal reinforcement member having one or more connecting holes, and a second sheet of a non-perforated material wherein said second horizontal reinforcement member is secured to the exterior of the internal side of said second sheet in a horizontal plane; a first means for connecting said first wall panel and said second wall panel wherein said first wall panel is in a configuration opposing said second wall panel, thereby creating a crevasse between said first wall panel and said second wall panel; and a filler material filled within said crevasse.