Course detail

Management of Quality and Environment

FAST-CJ53Acad. year: 2014/2015

Quality in civil engineering and in industry, the connection between quality of building materials and building quality as final product, the task of organisations management in securing the quality. Checking and testing, metrology in the technology of building materials and components production and on building sites.
The system ISO 9000 and the connected standards, their development and procedural approach. Elements of quality management system (QMS – the role of management, sources, processes, monitoring, improvements etc.) Importance of statistical methods, simple instruments of QMS.
Quality economics. Total quality of management (TQM).
Environmentally oriented management systems of organizations (EMS), basic elements, relation of ISO system standards series 9000 and 14000, integrated management and audit systems.
Technical demands, products and production safety. Legal quality aspects, ecology, responsibility for the product, legislation in our country and in the other counries EU.
Certification of quality and environmental systems, methods of auditing, case studies.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Jiří Brožovský, CSc.

Department

Institute of Technology of Building Materials and Components (THD)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Ability to apply a synthetic knowledge of branch main technological disciplines and of improvement of their systemic and procedural conception. Improvement of knowledge and significance of quality, technical control and metrology in the production and of influence of quality on building realization. Acquiring of knowledge and skills in methods of systems proposal and quality management evaluation, environment and security in production and in whole organizations. Achieving an overview of actual technical and legislative demands in industrial branches of building materials.

Prerequisites

Procedural knowledge of technological operation including chemical and physical processes and the function of machinery: binders, ceramics, concrete, elements and lightweight building materials

Co-requisites

Knowledge of environmental protection and health and safety at work.Technology of production of building materials and components

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Information is presented to students in the form of lectures.

Exercises include computational part. and part focused on practical laboratory experiments performed by students
Students work in seminars on assigned tasks in teams and then presents the results in the form of protocols.
Students are required to calculate specified exercises individually, the correctness of which is verified by superviso

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Seminar - the final test - to obtain the credit necessary to obtain 50% of the total points
Examination - control test - to pass the exam is necessary to obtain 50% of the total points

Course curriculum

1. Importance of quality in building industry, role of company management in securing the quality.
2. Inspection, tests, metrology in building materials technology.
3. The system ISO 9000 and connected standards, their development and procedural approach. Elements of quality management system (QMS- the role of management, sources, processes, monitoring, improvements etc.)
4. Importance of statistical methods, simple tools of QMS.
5. Quality economy, problems of records and evaluation of discords. 6. Total quality management (TQM), application possibilities in the building industry.
7. Environmentally oriented management systems (EMS), basic elements.
8. Safety systems, relation of ISO system standards 9000, 14000 and 18000, integrated systems of management and of audit.
9. Technical demands on products, safety of products and processes. Legal aspects of quality, ecology, responsibility for the product, legislation in our country and in the EU.
10. Methods of QMS implementation, QMS documentation in practice. Certification of quality and of environmental systems, auditing methods.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Ability to apply a synthetic knowledge of branch main technological disciplines and of improvement of their systemic and procedural conception. Improvement of knowledge and significance of quality, technical control and metrology in the production and of influence of quality on building realization. Acquiring of knowledge and skills in methods of systems proposal and quality management evaluation, environment and security in production and in whole organizations. Achieving an overview of actual technical and legislative demands in industrial branches of building materials.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Mizuno S.: Řízení jakosti. Victoria Publishing, Praha, 1995.

Recommended reading

Ashford, J. L: The Management of Duality in Construction. E.a F.N. Spoon, 1998.
Jaroslav Nenadál,; Darja Noskievičová; Růžena Petříková; Jiří Plura; Josef Tošenovský: Moderní systémy řízení jakosti. DTO CZ s.r.o., 2007.
Pytlík,P.:: Ekologie ve stavebnictví. SPS Praha, 1997.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme N-K-C-SI Master's

    branch M , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective

  • Programme N-P-C-SI Master's

    branch M , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective

  • Programme N-P-E-SI Master's

    branch M , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Jiří Brožovský, CSc.

Syllabus

1. Importance of quality in building industry, role of company management in securing the quality.
2. Inspection, tests, metrology in building materials technology.
3. The system ISO 9000 and connected standards, their development and procedural approach. Elements of quality management system (QMS- the role of management, sources, processes, monitoring, improvements etc.)
4. Importance of statistical methods, simple tools of QMS.
5. Quality economy, problems of records and evaluation of discords. 6. Total quality management (TQM), application possibilities in the building industry.
7. Environmentally oriented management systems (EMS), basic elements.
8. Safety systems, relation of ISO system standards 9000, 14000 and 18000, integrated systems of management and of audit.
9. Technical demands on products, safety of products and processes. Legal aspects of quality, ecology, responsibility for the product, legislation in our country and in the EU.
10. Methods of QMS implementation, QMS documentation in practice. Certification of quality and of environmental systems, auditing methods.

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Jiří Brožovský, CSc.

Syllabus

1. Standards. Classification and grading. Subject and testing standards
2. Testing concrete in the structure built by non-destructive methods. Procedures for evaluation of test results
3. Evaluation of test results of concrete and concrete inclusion in strength class according to
4. Evaluation of test results of concrete strength and the inclusion of concrete strength class according to European standards
5. Application of legal requirements and other requirements for construction products.
6. Development of templates for selected construction products
7. Principles of documentation and records for QMS
8. Principles of documentation and records for EMS
9.Principles documentation and records for the integrated management system according to CSN EN ISO 9001, 14001 and 18001 standards.
10. Inspection protocols and final test.