Course detail

Prices in Civil Engineering

FAST-BVA031-AAcad. year: 2026/2027

Not applicable.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Eva Vítková, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Structural Economics and Management (EKR)

Offered to foreign students

Of all faculties

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Not applicable.

Aims

Knowledge
  • The student is familiar with the costs and prices of construction production in a construction company, understands the principles of pricing construction work and the construction budget.
Skills
  • The student can standardize and calculate the prices of construction work.
  • The student can compile a construction project budget from calculated items and available price lists.
Competence
  • The student is able to compile a list of works, supplies and services for selecting a contractor,
  • The student is able to evaluate the itemized bill of quantities for a construction project.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Act No. 134/2016 Coll.Public Procurement Act (EN)
Decree No. 169/2016 Coll. on the Determination of the Scope of Documentation for Public Procurement of Construction Works and the Bill of Quantities of Construction Works, Supplies, and Services (EN)
HANÁK, Tomáš; MATHOI, Thomas; ALB, Marianne; SCHACHNER, Katharina; VÝSKALA, Miloslav et al. Life cycle cost modelling using 6D BIM in construction: A comparative study. Online. MATEC web of conferences. 2024, vol. 396, s. 6001. ISSN 2261-236X. (EN)
MIKULÍK, M.; HANÁK, T.; AIGEL, P. Errors in the list of works, supplies and services in public works tenders. Archives of Civil Engineering, 2022, roč. 68, č. 1, s. 611-622. ISSN: 1230-2945. (EN)
PLEBANKIEWICZ, E.; LEŚNIAK, A.; VÍTKOVÁ, E.; HROMÁDKA, V. Models for estimating costs of public buildings maintaining – review and assessment. Archives of Civil Engineering, 2022, roč. 68, č. 1, s. 335-351. ISSN: 1230-2945. (EN)
Pricing system RTS, www.cenovasoustava.cz (EN)
Pricing system ÚRS, www.cs-urs.cz (EN)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BPA-SIS Bachelor's 3 year of study, winter semester, compulsory, profile core courses

Type of course unit

 

Exercise

26 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Eva Vítková, Ph.D.

Syllabus

  1. Introduction, teaching program, instructions and guidelines.
  2. Standardization of work. Survey methods. Calculation methods.
  3. Standardization of material consumption. Standardization of machines.
  4. Calculation of construction costs.
  5. Itemized bill of quantities for a construction project – MCV
  6. Itemized bill of quantities for a construction project – MCV
  7. Itemized bill of quantities for a construction project – MCV
  8. Itemized bill of quantities for a construction project – SCV
  9. Itemized bill of quantities for a construction project – SCV
  10. Itemized bill of quantities for a construction project – SCV
  11. Price calculations, price indicators, summary budget.
  12. Calculation of design and engineering services
  13. Written credit test.

Individual preparation for an ending of the course

48 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Eva Vítková, Ph.D.

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Eva Vítková, Ph.D.

Syllabus

  1. Introduction, basic terms, price, value, legislation.
  2. Labor standardization. Labor measurement.
  3. Material consumption standardization. Machine standardization.
  4. Labor remuneration. Wage theory.
  5. Cost calculation, types and classification of costs.
  6. Classification in construction, price systems.
  7. Price of a construction object - budget.
  8. Price of a construction object - budget.
  9. Public procurement - list of works, supplies and services.
  10. Construction price in the context of BIM.
  11. Cost estimates, unit price indicators,
  12. Summary budget of a construction project
  13. Price of design and engineering services.

Self-study

30 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Eva Vítková, Ph.D.