Course detail

Building Constructions 1

FAST-BHA001Acad. year: 2021/2022

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

prof. Ing. Jan Pěnčík, Ph.D.

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.

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.

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.

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 BKC-SI Bachelor's 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 BPC-SI Bachelor's

    specialization VS , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Libor Matějka, CSc. Ph.D., MBA
prof. Ing. Jan Pěnčík, Ph.D.
Ing. Ondřej Nespěšný, Ph.D.

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

Ing. Eva Šuhajdová, Ph.D.
Ing. Radim Smolka, Ph.D.

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.