Course detail

Testing and quality control

FAST-BI53Acad. year: 2014/2015

Enlargement knowledge in modern testing spectrum, definition of building material properties.
Nondestructive and semi-destructive diagnostics methods.
Methods of monitoring and current state of construction quantification in light of used materials durability and construction lifetime.
Technical requests on building products, assessment of accordance by mutual testing, normalizing and metrology connection.
Quality management in civil engineering production, quality control possibilities and building produce quality guarantee regarding to building produce specification. Considering to expected entry into EU associated with increased interests about equivalence of accordance issue and system accordance assessment certification of products is subject ranged on legislative in EU in the field of responsibility and safety of produce, metrology, accreditation, etc.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Tomáš Vymazal, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Building Testing (SZK)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Basic requirements for construction.
Simple Quality Management Tools.
Design Of Experiment (DOE) and Quality Function Deployment (QFD).
Statistical quality control methods.
Evaluation, assessment and interpretation of test results.

Prerequisites

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

Co-requisites

They are not

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Lectures, presentations,LMS Moodle, seminar work.
Students in the education block exercises follow the lecture in which they apply their knowledge to real case studies from practice.
During the work process gradually semester seminar paper at the end of the semester advocate.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Credit: Completion of at least 12 exercises, 50 min points of seminar work
Exam: Defence seminar work

Course curriculum

1.-2. Recapitulation of diagnostic testing methods in building recapitulation.
3.-4. Overview and description of modern testing methods of building materials properties assessment.
5. Non-destructive and semi-destructive testing methods.
6.-7. Methods of monitoring and quantification of current state of construction from the point of view of durability and construction lifetime.
8.-10. Technical requests on building products, assessment of accordance by mutual testing, normalizing and metrology connection.
11.-12. Quality management in civil engineering production, quality control possibilities and building produce quality guarantee regarding to building produce specification.
13.Legislative in EU in the field of responsibility and safety of produce, metrology, accreditation.

Work placements

They are not

Aims

Abilities and know–how in the field of controlling, measuring, monitoring, analysing and improving of processes and products in building companies conditions and requirements on accredited building testing laboratories competency.
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

They are not

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

ILAC: ILAC-G8 Guidelines on Assessment and Reporting of Compliance with Specification. ILAC, 2004. (EN)
Tomáš Vymazal: Jakost ve stavebnictví. CERM Brno, 2003. (CS)
Vymazal, T., Misák, P.: Studijní opora BI53 Zkušebnictví a řízení jakosti. FAST VUT v Brně, 2007. (CS)

Recommended reading

EAL: EA-4/02 Expressions of the Uncertainty of Measurements in Calibration. EAL, 1999. (EN)
EAL: EA4/07 Traceability of Measuring and Test Equipment to National Standards. EAL, 1996. (EN)
EAL: EA-4/15 Accreditation for Bodies Performing non-Destructive Testing. EAL, 2003. (EN)
Hönig, A., Zapletal, V.: Nedestruktivní zkušebnictví. USI VUT v Brně, 1982. (CS)
Mencl, V.: Řízení jakosti ve stavebnictví. ČKAIT Praha, 2003. (CS)
Schmid, P.: Základy zkušebnictví. CERM VUT Brno, 2001. (CS)
Šmerda, Z. a kol.: Životnost betonových staveb. ČKAIT Praha TK 14, 1999. (CS)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme B-P-C-SI Bachelor's

    branch K , 4 year of study, summer semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Tomáš Vymazal, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1.-2. Recapitulation of diagnostic testing methods in building recapitulation.
3.-4. Overview and description of modern testing methods of building materials properties assessment.
5. Non-destructive and semi-destructive testing methods.
6.-7. Methods of monitoring and quantification of current state of construction from the point of view of durability and construction lifetime.
8.-10. Technical requests on building products, assessment of accordance by mutual testing, normalizing and metrology connection.
11.-12. Quality management in civil engineering production, quality control possibilities and building produce quality guarantee regarding to building produce specification.
13.Legislative in EU in the field of responsibility and safety of produce, metrology, accreditation.

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Tomáš Vymazal, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Entering seminar work
2. - 3. Selected simple tools of quality management
4. - 5. Risk assessment and hazard
6. - 7. Quality assurance test results
8. Design Of Experiment (DOE) and Quality Function Deployment (QFD)
9. Test methods and their validation
10. Presentation of seminar works
11. Credit