Course Details
Building Constructions 3 (E)
Academic Year 2024/25
BH013 course is not part of any programme in the faculty
Course Guarantor
Institute
Language of instruction
Czech
Credits
5 credits
Semester
winter
Forms and criteria of assessment
course-unit credit and examination
Offered to foreign students
Not to offer
Course on BUT site
Lecture
13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective
Syllabus
1.Staircases – general design requirements. Constructions of staircases.
2.Monolithic and prefabricated staircases, staircases in skeleton systems.
3.Ramps, ladders, rails, elevators.
4.Building site investigation, geotechnical survey, subsoil profiles, failures caused by incorrect foundation design, ground works, laying-out schemes, building setting into the terrain.
5.Shallow and deep foundation structures.
6.Sub-structure – building with/without basement, foundation on the border of the neighbouring buildings
7.Damp-proof courses, waterproofing, protection of buildings against radon.
8.Floor finishings
9.Roofs and roofing systems –classification, roof dewatering. Roof coverings, tinsmith´s products - flashings and gutters.
10.Flat roofs – design principles, single-leaf and double-leaf roofs, composition of roofs.
11.Traditional roof trusses – general design principles, classical systems.
12.Modern roof trusses..
13.Soffits and surface finishes – plasters, paints, coatings, boarding, panelling, tiling.
Exercise
13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory