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