1. Introduction. History of civil engineering, i.e. the field of building constructions 2. Classification of constructions (buildings, traffic, and transportation facilities, water management facilities and special objects). Classification of buildings. Nomenclature in building constructions. 3. Design and construction process. Directions and influences in construction processes – professional competence of people, building code and accompanying decrees, Czech technical standards, technical requirements for building structures, modular coordination. 4. Primary requirements put onto building structures (mechanic resistance and stability, fire safety, health protection of living beings and living environment, noise protection, safety system design, and energy saving and thermal protection). Influences affecting structures of buildings. 5. Structural elements. Structural systems and requirements. Stability and rigidity of structural systems. Design of structural systems. Classification of structural systems (wall slab, post slab, combined). 6. Load bearing vertical structures – Wall slab structural system – principles, materials, fasteners and the process of joining. Types of wall slab structural systems 7. Load bearing vertical structures – Wall slab structural system – Types of wall slab structural systems 8. Load bearing vertical structures – Post slab structural system – principles, materials, element connections. Types of post slab structural systems. 9. Non-load bearing vertical structures. Lintels and opening head solutions. 10. Stairways – General design principles and requirements, step and flight dimensions. 11. Stairways – Structures of internal and external stairs. Division of stairways. 12. Garde-corps 13. Ladders, ramps, elevators, and escalators.

The aim of practices is to teach students the proper ways of drafting. More specifically the usage of actually valid standards about construction drawings. Throughout practices, students are bound to work on studies, floor plans and sections. 1. Introduction to practices. Drafting standards. Paper format and arrangement of paper space. Technical lettering. Scales in drafting. Line types and line weight in drawings of buildings. 2. Drafting according to latest standards – Hatching. Dimensioning. Leaders and bubbles. Drawing of plumbing fixtures and furniture. Floor and room numbering. 3. Drafting according to latest standards – Basics of typology. Modular coordination. 4. Drafting according to latest standards – Drawing of windows. 5. Drafting according to latest standards – Drawing of doors and gates. 6. Drafting according to latest standards – Surface finishes. Chimneys and ventilation shafts. 7. Drafting according to latest standards – First-floor plan and sections of a building without basement (case study) 8. First-floor plan respecting modular coordination and basics of typology 9. Drafting according to latest standards – First-floor plan and the section of a building without basement (individual assignment) 10. Drafting according to latest standards – Stairway design. Drafting of stairs. 11. Drafting according to latest standards – Stairway design. Drafting of stairs. 12. Drafting according to latest standards – Stairway in the plans of a multi-story building. 13. Submission and final evaluation of presented work.