Course detail
Building Constructions 1
FAST-BHA001Acad. year: 2020/2021
The course is to introduce the history and development of the civil engineering industry to the student. It’s to teach students about the building code and accompanying decrees, local standards, nomenclature, structural systems, etc. Students are to gain information about loads and forces as well alongside ones regarding vertical load and non-load bearing structures, stairs, ramps, and others.
Language of instruction
Czech
Number of ECTS credits
7
Mode of study
Not applicable.
Guarantor
Department
Institute of Building Structures (PST)
Offered to foreign students
Of all faculties
Learning outcomes of the course unit
Student copes aim subject adoption basic technology and
knowledge base obtained by applid, inclusive completive elements terrestrial constructions at illumination legislative frames and types building documentation in the process of build - up.
knowledge base obtained by applid, inclusive completive elements terrestrial constructions at illumination legislative frames and types building documentation in the process of build - up.
Prerequisites
It is assumed that the student has no knowledge at the beginning of the course in the field of civil engineering.
Co-requisites
Not applicable.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Not applicable.
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
Not applicable.
Course curriculum
1. Introduction. History of civil engineering, i.e. the field of building constructions
2. Classification of constructions (buildings, traffic, and transportation facilities, water management facilities and special objects). Classification of buildings. Nomenclature in building constructions.
3. Design and construction process. Directions and influences in construction processes – professional competence of people, building code and accompanying decrees, Czech technical standards, technical requirements for building structures, modular coordination.
4. Primary requirements put onto building structures (mechanic resistance and stability, fire safety, health protection of living beings and living environment, noise protection, safety system design, and energy saving and thermal protection). Influences affecting structures of buildings.
5. Structural elements. Structural systems and requirements. Stability and rigidity of structural systems. Design of structural systems. Classification of structural systems (wall slab, post slab, combined).
6. Load bearing vertical structures – Wall slab structural system – principles, materials, fasteners and the process of joining. Types of wall slab structural systems
7. Load bearing vertical structures – Wall slab structural system – Types of wall slab structural systems
8. Load bearing vertical structures – Post slab structural system – principles, materials, element connections. Types of post slab structural systems.
9. Non-load bearing vertical structures. Lintels and opening head solutions.
10. Stairways – General design principles and requirements, step and flight dimensions.
11. Stairways – Structures of internal and external stairs. Division of stairways.
12. Garde-corps
13. Ladders, ramps, elevators, and escalators.
2. Classification of constructions (buildings, traffic, and transportation facilities, water management facilities and special objects). Classification of buildings. Nomenclature in building constructions.
3. Design and construction process. Directions and influences in construction processes – professional competence of people, building code and accompanying decrees, Czech technical standards, technical requirements for building structures, modular coordination.
4. Primary requirements put onto building structures (mechanic resistance and stability, fire safety, health protection of living beings and living environment, noise protection, safety system design, and energy saving and thermal protection). Influences affecting structures of buildings.
5. Structural elements. Structural systems and requirements. Stability and rigidity of structural systems. Design of structural systems. Classification of structural systems (wall slab, post slab, combined).
6. Load bearing vertical structures – Wall slab structural system – principles, materials, fasteners and the process of joining. Types of wall slab structural systems
7. Load bearing vertical structures – Wall slab structural system – Types of wall slab structural systems
8. Load bearing vertical structures – Post slab structural system – principles, materials, element connections. Types of post slab structural systems.
9. Non-load bearing vertical structures. Lintels and opening head solutions.
10. Stairways – General design principles and requirements, step and flight dimensions.
11. Stairways – Structures of internal and external stairs. Division of stairways.
12. Garde-corps
13. Ladders, ramps, elevators, and escalators.
Work placements
Not applicable.
Aims
Students introduction into problematic of building construction, namely from plan, project documentation, to own carrying out.
Acquaint with basic condition of construction, terminology of structure and basic construction principles.
Summary and profundity of education subject is volumetric and content conceived from lessons in amount of semester instruction.
Acquaint with basic condition of construction, terminology of structure and basic construction principles.
Summary and profundity of education subject is volumetric and content conceived from lessons in amount of semester instruction.
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
Not applicable.
Recommended reading
Not applicable.
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme BPC-SI Bachelor's
specialization VS , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
- Programme BPC-MI Bachelor's 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
- Programme BPA-SI Bachelor's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
- Programme BPC-EVB Bachelor's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
- Programme BKC-SI Bachelor's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
Type of course unit
Lecture
26 hod., optionally
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
1. Introduction. History of civil engineering, i.e. the field of building constructions
2. Classification of constructions (buildings, traffic, and transportation facilities, water management facilities and special objects). Classification of buildings. Nomenclature in building constructions.
3. Design and construction process. Directions and influences in construction processes – professional competence of people, building code and accompanying decrees, Czech technical standards, technical requirements for building structures, modular coordination.
4. Primary requirements put onto building structures (mechanic resistance and stability, fire safety, health protection of living beings and living environment, noise protection, safety system design, and energy saving and thermal protection). Influences affecting structures of buildings.
5. Structural elements. Structural systems and requirements. Stability and rigidity of structural systems. Design of structural systems. Classification of structural systems (wall slab, post slab, combined).
6. Load bearing vertical structures – Wall slab structural system – principles, materials, fasteners and the process of joining. Types of wall slab structural systems
7. Load bearing vertical structures – Wall slab structural system – Types of wall slab structural systems
8. Load bearing vertical structures – Post slab structural system – principles, materials, element connections. Types of post slab structural systems.
9. Non-load bearing vertical structures. Lintels and opening head solutions.
10. Stairways – General design principles and requirements, step and flight dimensions.
11. Stairways – Structures of internal and external stairs. Division of stairways.
12. Garde-corps
13. Ladders, ramps, elevators, and escalators.
Exercise
39 hod., compulsory
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
The aim of practices is to teach students the proper ways of drafting. More specifically the usage of actually valid standards about construction drawings. Throughout practices, students are bound to work on studies, floor plans and sections.
1. Introduction to practices. Drafting standards. Paper format and arrangement of paper space. Technical lettering. Scales in drafting. Line types and line weight in drawings of buildings.
2. Drafting according to latest standards – Hatching. Dimensioning. Leaders and bubbles. Drawing of plumbing fixtures and furniture. Floor and room numbering.
3. Drafting according to latest standards – Basics of typology. Modular coordination.
4. Drafting according to latest standards – Drawing of windows.
5. Drafting according to latest standards – Drawing of doors and gates.
6. Drafting according to latest standards – Surface finishes. Chimneys and ventilation shafts.
7. Drafting according to latest standards – First-floor plan and sections of a building without basement (case study)
8. First-floor plan respecting modular coordination and basics of typology
9. Drafting according to latest standards – First-floor plan and the section of a building without basement (individual assignment)
10. Drafting according to latest standards – Stairway design. Drafting of stairs.
11. Drafting according to latest standards – Stairway design. Drafting of stairs.
12. Drafting according to latest standards – Stairway in the plans of a multi-story building.
13. Submission and final evaluation of presented work.