Course Details

Construction Technology

Academic Year 2026/27

BWA030-A course is part of 1 study plan

​ BPA-SIS Winter Semester 3rd year

Credits

5 credits

Language of instruction

English

Semester

winter

Course Guarantor

doc. Ing. Radka Kantová, Ph.D.

Institute

Institute of Technology, Mechanisation and Construction Management

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit and examination

Aims

After studying the subject "Construction Process Technology", the student will have a basic overview of production processes in construction and the optimal method of implementing the rough superstructure and internal and finishing works. He will be able to apply the principles of technological procedures and spatial and temporal structure of construction processes in the implementation of wooden structures for various construction investments. For internal and finishing works, he will be able to define the exact sequence of individual processes, continuity and coordination. For roof cladding and external cladding, he will be able to solve implementation processes according to suitable material variants. After completing the subject, the student will be able to develop a document of the Technological Regulation for superstructure processes and internal and finishing works, take into account the requirements for robotization and automation in construction, including the requirements for monitoring and controlling of buildings, in these outputs. For the mentioned area, he will be able to calculate the need for material and workers, design the necessary construction machines, identify quality, safety and environmental requirements.

Basic Literature

BRYAN, Tony. Construction Technology. Oxford: John Wiley, 2015. ISBN 978-1-4051-5874-9 (en)

Offered to foreign students

To offer to students of all faculties

Course on BUT site

https://www.vut.cz/en/students/courses/detail/299113

Lecture

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

  1. Introduction to the issues of production processes in construction for the superstructure. Determining the connections to the processes of the substructure. Working and protective scaffolding. Types, classification. Work procedures and principles of scaffolding assembly.
  2. Implementation of building insulation against water, heat, noise. Readiness of the structure, connections, tests. Technology of contact thermal insulation of buildings, systems, flow charts. Qualitative conditions.
  3. Timber construction, assembly of wooden structures and objects. Implementation of classic trusses. Qualitative requirements.
  4. Implementation of modern trusses. Qualitative requirements.
  5. Implementation of folded roof coverings. Establishment of roof coverings of buildings. Principles and procedures of assembly.
  6. Implementation of plumbing work including sheet metal coverings. Fastening and joining, quality requirements.
  7. Internal and finishing work, installation processes. Establishment of internal sewage. Water and central heating, gas and air conditioning distribution.
  8. Surface treatment of building structures - internal and external plastering, types, process diagrams. Painting and coating of walls, wooden and steel structures. Types of paints and coatings, suitability for use.
  9. Installation of suspended ceilings and plasterboard partitions. Systems, substrate readiness, technological procedures. Time requirements.
  10. Implementation of internal and external cladding, systems, technological procedures, requirements for construction readiness. Laying floors and tiles. Types, material variants. Work procedures, requirements for technological breaks.
  11. Installation of openings - windows, doors, built-in furniture. Construction readiness.
  12. Robotization and automation in construction, use of 3D printing, materials, construction technological procedures.
  13. Monitoring, controlling, use of drones in construction, technological processes using unusual materials in practice.

Exercise

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

  1. Introduction to the issues of production processes in construction for superstructure. Technological regulations, health and safety requirements on construction sites.
  2. Assembly of wooden structures and objects. Execution of classic and modern trusses.
  3. Assembly of wooden structures and objects. Execution of classic and modern trusses.
  4. Plumbing and roofing work. Suitability of material variants.
  5. Internal and finishing processes. Sequence of individual processes, connections and coordination.
  6. Mid-semester exercise control, EXCURSION.
  7. Surface treatment of building structures - internal and external plaster, types, process diagrams. Painting and coating of walls, wooden and steel structures. Types of paints and coatings, suitability for use.
  8. Surface treatment of building structures - internal and external plaster, types, process diagrams. Painting and coating of walls, wooden and steel structures. Types of paints and coatings, suitability for use.
  9. Installation of suspended ceilings and plasterboard partitions. Systems, substrate readiness, technological procedures. Time requirements.
  10. Installation of suspended ceilings and plasterboard partitions. Systems, substrate readiness, technological procedures. Time requirements.
  11. Interior and exterior cladding, paving, process diagrams, material variants.
  12. Robotization and automation in construction, use of 3D printing in construction, materials, construction technological procedures, monitoring, controlling, use of drones in construction, technological procedures using modern materials in practice, - EXAMPLES, work in the laboratory and in the field.
  13. Final consultations, evaluation, credit.

Self-study

26 weeks, 1 hours/week

Individual preparation for an ending of the course

52 weeks, 1 hours/week