Course Details

Building renovations

Academic Year 2025/26

BHA033 course is part of 1 study plan

​ BPC-EVB Winter Semester 4th year

Course Guarantor

prof. Ing. Miloslav Novotný, CSc.

Institute

Institute of Building Structures

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

https://www.vut.cz/en/students/courses/detail/289997

Lecture

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

  • 1. Introduction to the subject, basic concepts, lifetime of buildings, aiming and documentation of the current state of the buildings.
  • 2. Building surveys and their outputs. Basic methods and procedures used in construction-technical (static, humidity, biological), -historical and architectural-urban surveys. Examples of output applications.
  • 3. Static structural failures (cracks). Types of cracks, the reasons for their occurrence (congestion, settling of foundations, retrofitting, etc.). Long term monitoring, short and long term cracks.
  • 4. Overview of other structural failures: Moisture disasters, their most frequent causes and consequences, invasion of structures by biotic pests, radon, degradation of buildings due to aging and inappropriate structure of structures.
  • 5. Rehabilitation and reconstruction of the substructure - statics. Repairs and reinforcement of foundation structures. Repairs and reinforcement of the basement (walls) of the basement: repair of cracks, additional reinforcement of pillars or wreaths, etc.
  • 6. Sanitation and alteration of the underground construction - others. Disposal and prevention of faults causing the penetration of moisture into the building - repairs of waterproofing, repair of degraded elements, additional waterproofing, dehumidification and drying of structures. Liquidation and prevention of biotic infestations (fungi and fungi) of the lower structure.
  • 7. Rehabilitation and modification of brick and concrete structures - statics. Walls, ceilings, staircases, chimneys. Repair of static faults. Linking new and original elements and amplifying them. Additional holes. Repair of stairs.
  • 8. Rehabilitation and modification of brick and concrete structures - others. Remediation of faults associated with leakage, floods, etc.
  • 9. Remediation and modification of metal and wooden structures - statics. Repair and reinforcement of metal and wooden structures, partial vs. complete replacement of structures.
  • 10. Rehabilitation and modification of metal and wooden structures - others. Humidity and biotic pests. Protection of metallic and wooden elements. Improvement of acoustic and thermal parameters of metal and wooden structures.
  • 11. Rehabilitation and modification of roof trusses and roofs. Remediation of damage caused by external influences (eg leakage). Repair and modification of flat roofs. Repairs of atiki, nadezdívek, chimney heads, etc.
  • 12. Remediation and modification of PSF. Repairs and replacement of holes, holes, etc.

Exercise

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory