Course detail

Project management and professional ethics

FA-ESPZAcad. year: 2022/2023

The aim is to offer the students selected information on valid legal regulation of the
pursuance of the profession of authorised architect, and on the related context; to acquaint them with the Building Act ( building, alteration of a building, small building, simple building, temporary building, permanent building),with the basic rules of planning and building permit procedures, registration of small buildings, alteration of buildings and maintenance works; principles of pursuance of state building inspection; selected issues of building law, e.g. removal of buildings, modes of expropriation for building purposes, minor offences and administrative delict against the Building Act.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

2

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Ing. arch. Jan Foretník, Ph.D.

Department

Department of Engineering (US)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Basic orientation in the field of location of building, building permission and building use, and knowledge of land planning.

Prerequisites

Basic orientation in public administration, its divison into state administration and local government, subjects of state administration, forms of implementing public administration, basic knowledge of urban and regional planning.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Students will be awarded the credit for elaboration and presentation of a seminar work.
Evaluation is based on oral exam.

Course curriculum

Semester block schedule:
  1. Introduction: Basic legal terminology. Legal and administrative system in EU and CR. Code of Administrative Procedure. Functioning of public administration. Building Act, its content, principles. Implementation decrees of Building Act
  2. Town and country planning: town and country planning instruments, creation of land-use planning documentation
  3. Permission of buildings: Location of buildings, building permit proceedings, simplified methods. Structure realization, use and removing structures
  4. Relevant legislation: Technical requirements for buildings and construction products. Environment protection, assessments of the impacts of concepts on the environment. Energy performance of buildings. Waste disposal. Administrative delict. Expropriation
  5. Legal framework of professional practice of architects: Selected activities in construction, act on the professional practice, Czech Chamber of Architects. Basic industrial/labour-law relations, elements of job contract. Trade Licensing Act. Trade corporations, their basic features, position of partners

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The subject's aim is to make the students acquainted with the basic rules of general administartive procedure and with the institutes of administrative decision review, according to the valid regulation defined in the Administrative Code, and to provide also basic information on the location and design of buldings in view to the general building specifications defined in Ordinance No. 137/1998 CoL.

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

Participation in the seminars is compulsory, only two absences are tolerated. More absences are tolerated only in case of serious reasons. Compensation is partly possible via personal consultation of study materials.
Elaboration and presentation of the semestral work is compulsory.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Doležal, Mareček,Vobořil : Stavební zákon s komentářem, související a prováděcí předpisy
JUDr. Šlauf a kol.: Správní řád
Zák. č. 360/1992 Sb. v pl. znění

Recommended reading

Vobořil, Vlk : Obecné technické požadavky na výstavbu

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme ARCHURB Master's

    branch ARCH , 2. year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Seminar

39 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Mgr. et Mgr. Hana Cejpek Musilová