Course detail

Technology of Prefabricated Structures

FAST-BJA016Acad. year: 2025/2026

Further to special subjects - the technology of prefabricated units and the utilization of building materials including the suitability of building them up into the structure of building objects is discussed. A systematic survey of present assortment of prefabricated units. A brief description of the performance of the technology of housing and industrial and transport building, especially of up-to-date erection. Housings: the possibility of constructions using prefabricated units, and the combination of these prefabricated units with classical in-situ building technologies. Industrial building: the possibilities of monolithic structures formed by means of system formwork in combination with prefabricated units. Transport building: building of both monolithic and assembled bridges. The present possibilities of the utilization of the assembled units in the reconstruction of building structures. Deviations and tolerances in building industry, further trends in the development of prefabricated technology. Demands concerning the quality and dimensions accuracy in the production of prefabricated units, trends of development in the branch of prefabrication.
Lecture block is added by exercise lessons, which contain excursion to real structure, where the construction aspect is apparent to extend the knowledge of students.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Jan Vaněrek, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Technology of Building Materials and Components (THD)

Entry knowledge

Basic orientation in structural systems of structural engineering and in performance of engineering structures and metal and wood objects. Designing of concrete structures, physical and mechanical properties of steel, reinforced concrete, timber.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

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

Aims

Extension of knowledge in the subject Technology of Building Elements Manufacture and following application of precast units in used systems of prefabricated structures in structural buildings, the student becomes orientation in used erecting works utilizing prefabrication. Importance strengthening of technical and organizational level correspondence in manufacture of precast units and in assembling methods for prefabricated units on the quality of construction work
The student would manage the goal of the subject by acquiring knowledge on the used systems of mounted frames of constructions – factory buildings and civil buildings and engineering constructions.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

BACHMANN, Hubert a Alfred STEINLE Precast Concrete Structures, Berlin: Ernst & Sohn: 2011; ISBN 978-3-433-02960-2 (EN)
Gartner O., Kuda R., Marek J., Procházka J.: Beton III.b. Montované konstrukční systémy objektů, 1987, VUT v Brně (CS)
MUSIL, F, TUZA, K.:Ateliérová tvorba, stavebně technologické projektování, Nakladatelství VUT Brno 1992, ISBN 80-214-0335-7 (CS)

Recommended reading

Kohut, J., Jelínek, L. Technologie montovaných staveb I, Praha : Nakladatelství technické literatury, 1984 (CS)

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

doc. Ing. Jan Vaněrek, Ph.D.

Syllabus

  • 1. Development of prefabricated structures, advantages / disadvantages of prefabricated structures, dimensions and modular co-ordination.
  • 2. Standardization, unification of structural systems, wall – prefabricated systems development.
  • 3. Defects of prefabricated objects, their methods of rehabilitation.
  • 4. Skeleton objects from reinforced concrete.
  • 5. Halls with the load-bearing structure from reinforced concrete, steel or wood.
  • 6. Static behavior of prefabricated structures.
  • 7. Bridge structure – bridge structure types, structure systems.
  • 8. The issue of prestressing reinforcement.
  • 9. Underground facilities – technology and structural systems.
  • 10. Construction of underground structures using prefabrication (secondary segmental lining).
  • 11. Wood-frame buildings – basic types of structure, various kinds of wooden elements, costs of these buildings.
  • 12. Wood-frame buildings – design of structure details and principles of their implementation.
  • 13. Wood-frame buildings – static design of wood-frame structures, fire resistance, software for wood structure design.

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Jan Vaněrek, Ph.D.

Syllabus

  • 1. Relationship between lectures concerning the technology and production of components and with their usage in building industry, including the suitability of their embedding to the building construction.
  • 2. Description of the selected prefabricated object of a particular type of structural system NKS - T06B-P/1988, list of elements, project documentation, construction details, technology process.
  • 3. Regeneration of prefabricated buildings, especially taking into account the requirements of the ETICS systems.
  • 4. Description of selected specific type of skeleton reinforced concrete building, list of elements, project documentation, construction details, technology process.
  • 5. A systematic review of the current range of prefabricated building elements, an example of the calculation of all types of loading.
  • 6. Types of prefabricated cladding.
  • 7. Legislation on the marketing of products, the certification process, the control tests of the prefabricated building elements and reinforcement steel, the quality and dimensional accuracy of prefabricated elements, variations and tolerances in construction.
  • 8. Types of prestressing reinforcement (hydraulic systems, electric heating), welding and labeling of reinforcement.
  • 9. Excursion to selected building.
  • 10. Presentation of prepared student’s reports for chosen building process.
  • 11. Design and heat-insulating proposal for wood cladding systems according to the applicable standard regulations.
  • 12. Technology of production of glued elements, types of adhesives for glued timber elements, verification of bonded joints for wood frame buildings.
  • 13. Durability tests of glued elements (experiment) – resistance to delamination process of gluelines according to EN 391, the use of software for wood-frame building structures design.