Course detail

Testing and quality control

FAST-0I4Acad. year: 2021/2022

Basic terms of quality. Functional model of structure and itś changes in lifetime. Economical and technical lifetime of structure. Lifetime prognosis.
Diagnostic methods in building. Measurement of natural radioactivity and radon concentration. Structure survey, progress and evaluation of results.
Elements of methods of quality conctrol in the phase of preparation, construction and service of structure.
Legislative ensurance of certification of products, persons and companies in Czech republic and EU. Economic and ecologic aspects of quality.
Recommended models of quality control systems of building process including checks and tests plans. Laboratory practice in non-destructive laboratories with individual task for students.
Seminary paper with individual task of quality control of building technological process.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

2

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Tomáš Vymazal, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Building Testing (SZK)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Abilities and know–how in the field of controlling, measuring, monitoring, analysing and improving of processes and products in building companies conditions.

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge about building testing methods, basic knowledge in description statistics, basic overview of certified controlling systems.

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. International cooperation of national accreditation agencies
2. Legal and regulative quality aspects
3. Economical quality aspects
4. General quality management system
5. ČSN EN ISO 9001:2001 - part 1
6. Quality management system according to ČSN EN ISO 9001:2001 - part 2
7. Environmentally management system according to ČSN EM ISO 14001:1997
8. Quality management system according to ČSN EN ISO 10006:2003
9. Building testing and calibrating competency of laboratories according to ČSN EN ISO/IEC 17025:2001
10. Statistics in quality control
11. Seven easy tools for quality controlling
12. Quality methods improving
13. Risks management

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Abilities and know–how in the field of controlling, measuring, monitoring, analysing and improving of processes and products in building companies conditions. Subject is conceived as correspond to harmonized scheme of EFQM educating and make the possibility for students to obtain basic skills and knowledge for inner quality auditor grade or quality control consultant.

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

Vymazal, T.: Jakost ve stavebnictví. Akademické nakladatelství CERM, s.r.o. Brno 2003

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Tomáš Vymazal, Ph.D.

Exercise

13 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Tomáš Vymazal, Ph.D.