Course detail

Testing and Quality Control

FAST-BIB006Acad. year: 2024/2025

EU and the Czech Republic legislation in terms of product responsibility, the accreditation system in the Czech Republic and EU regulatory basis of the accreditation proces, the Ministry of Transport requirements for building materials, products and construction, seven Basic Tools of Quality, Standards for management systems; Definition of basic concepts concerning management systems; General principles of management systems, quality management in civil engineering production, quality control possibilities and building produce quality guarantee regarding to building produce specification, requirements for test laboratories, statistical Methods in Civil Engineering, assurance of test results quality, the estimation of uncertainty in quantitative testing, proficiency testing programs, design of Experiments (DOE), assessment of production process capability, statistical control, statistical sampling and inspection and test plans, news and interests of construction quality control.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

4

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Ing. Petr Misák, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Building Testing (SZK)

Entry knowledge

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

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

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.

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

Study aids

Not applicable.

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

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BPC-SI Bachelor's

    specialization K , 4 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Petr Misák, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Introduction, organization and completion of the course, EU and the Czech Republic legislation in terms of product responsibility, the accreditation system in the Czech Republic and EU regulatory basis of the accreditation proces. 2. The Ministry of Transport requirements for building materials, products and construction. 3. Seven Basic Tools of Quality. 4.–5 Standards for management systems; Definition of basic concepts concerning management systems; General principles of management systems I, II. 6. Quality management in civil engineering production, quality control possibilities and building produce quality guarantee regarding to building produce specification. 7. Requirements for test laboratories. 8. Statistical Methods in Civil Engineering, assurance of test results quality. 9. The estimation of uncertainty in quantitative testing, proficiency testing programs. 10. Design of Experiments (DOE), assessment of production process capability, statistical control, statistical sampling and inspection and test plans. 11. News and interests of construction quality control.

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Petr Misák, 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.