Course Details

Application of building materials

Academic Year 2025/26

BIB010 course is part of 1 study plan

​ BPC-EVB Summer Semester 1st year

Course Guarantor

prof. Ing. Pavel Schmid, Ph.D.

Institute

Institute of Building Testing

Language of instruction

Czech

Credits

4 credits

Semester

summer

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/290004

Lecture

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

  • 1. Introduction, properties of building materials and environmental properties of building materials.
  • 2. Building stone, aggregates, recycled aggregates.
  • 3. Binders, mortars, plasters and bonding materials (cements, adhesives).
  • 4. Concrete, special types of concrete and concrete products.
  • 5. Ceramics, ceramic products.
  • 6. Wood - Basic Features and Testing.
  • 7. Wood - uses and products.
  • 8. Steel and other metals.
  • 9. Polymers, glass and their applications.
  • 10. Alternative building materials - types, usability.
  • 11. Materials for insulation (waterproofing, thermal insulation and radon insulation).
  • 12. Materials for floor coverings.
  • 13. Final summary.

Exercise

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

  • 1. Good laboratory practice, introduction to testing of building materials.
  • 2. Building stone, aggregates, recycled aggregates.
  • 3. Binders, mortars, plasters and bonding materials (cements, adhesives).
  • 4. Concrete, special types of concrete and concrete products.
  • 5. Ceramics, ceramic products.
  • 6. Wood - Basic Features and Testing.
  • 7. Wood - uses and products.
  • 8. Steel and other metals.
  • 9. Polymers, glass and their applications.
  • 10. Alternative building materials - types, usability.
  • 11. Materials for insulation (waterproofing, thermal insulation and radon insulation).
  • 12. Materials for floor coverings.
  • 13. Thematic expert excursion.