Course detail

Building Constructions 2 (M)

FAST-BHA018Acad. year: 2025/2026

It handles about a follow-up course to BH001 Building constructions 1 and its aim is to deepen the knowledge of students in the field of building design. It’s mainly focused on the design of horizontal load-bearing structures, foundations, chimneys and ventilation shafts, roofs, etc. While at the exact same time it’s expected to teach students about substructure, damp proof course, expansion joints and about protection against radon gas activity, floorings, and windows, among others.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. Ing. Jan Pěnčík, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Building Structures (PST)

Entry knowledge

It is assumed that the student has at the beginning of the subject knowledge of the subject BH001 Building Construction 1. At the same time the knowledge of the fundamentals of constructive geometry, structural mechanics, statics of building structures, elasticity and plasticity, soil mechanics, the design of foundations and design of concrete, metal and wooden constructions.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

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

Aims

The course is focused on the study concept of the project documentation completed on the basis of fundamental knowledge about building constructions. The design of the convenient load-bearing structural concept of a middle-sized building is the main task. The building is determined by the architectural disposition study and assignment of outdoor conditions of the building site. The study of the project in the stage of the documentation for the building planning permission is the compulsory work for the course examination.
Test examination on building constructions and debate.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BPC-SI Bachelor's

    specialization M , 4 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Jan Pěnčík, Ph.D.

Syllabus

  • 1. Horizontal load-bearing structures – functional and mechanical requirements. Connections of horizontal and vertical load-bearing structures. Classification of horizontal load-bearing structures. Spandrel beams.
  • 2. Overhanging and recessed structures – balcony, loggia, portico, oriel windows and cornices – material solutions, mechanical requirements, thermal design.
  • 3. Groundworks and excavations. Founding soil. Construction and hydrogeological survey.
  • 4. Shallow and deep foundation – Foundation types, material, and structural solutions. Foundation construction on property boundaries.
  • 5. Substructure. Damp proofing – design of damp proof systems. Protection against radon gas infiltration.
  • 6. Expansion joints, settlement joints and construction joints in load bearing and non-loadbearing structures.
  • 7. Roofs – classification of roofs. Pitched roofs / Traditional truss solutions – classification, structural solutions. Contemporary solutions. Roof compositions above attic spaces.
  • 8. Roofs – Warm flat roofs – design principles, dewatering solutions, compositions of warm flat roof variants, and materials.
  • 9. Roofs – Cold flat roofs – design principles, dewatering solutions, materials, roofing, ventilation of the air cavity.
  • 10. Chimneys and ventilation shafts – design principles, structural requirements, types, and solutions.
  • 11. Windows, doors, gates. Variants and material solutions, technological and installation procedure.
  • 12. Floor – functional requirements, the function of layers, materials, thermal expansion.
  • 13. Soffit / Lower ceiling – functional requirements, structural and design principles, types of lower ceilings. Finishes – plaster, paints, coats, frescos, tiles.

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Jan Pěnčík, Ph.D.

Syllabus

The output of practices is a set of drawings which are part of the building documentation for building permit application. The outputs do take up the form of studies or drawings.

  • 1. Introduction to practices. Individual assignment – Detached house with the basement and 2 stories above ground level. Plans of above and underground stories given modular coordination and general requirements of typology. Note: The outputs of follow-up practices are to respect the individual assignment.
  • 2. Plans of 1st basement, 1st, and second floors.
  • 3. Stairway design.
  • 4. Horizontal load-bearing structures – Structural solution of 1st and 2nd-floor slabs.
  • 5. Supplementing the floor plans with the stairway.
  • 6. Design of foundations. Placing building on the terrain. Site plan.
  • 7. Section A-A.
  • 8. Design of Queen post roof truss.
  • 9. Design of warm flat roof.
  • 10. Supplementation of Section A-A with the Queen post roof truss and warm flat roof.
  • 11. Elevations building. Window installation into an opening.
  • 12. Floor composition design.
  • 13. Submission and final evaluation of presented work.