Course Details

Technology of Construction

Academic Year 2025/26

BWA012 course is part of 1 study plan

​ BPC-EVB Winter Semester 3rd year

Course Guarantor

doc. Ing. Vít Motyčka, CSc.

Institute

Institute of Technology, Mechanisation and Construction Management

Language of instruction

Czech

Credits

3 credits

Semester

winter

Forms and criteria of assessment

graded course-unit credit

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

https://www.vut.cz/en/students/courses/detail/290029

Lecture

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

  • 1. Introduction to the scientific field of the technology of constructions. Analysis of building processes, process design.
  • 2. Construction machines, engineering design concepts, verification methods.
  • 3. Earthwork processes. Staking out a building, methods and procedures for the execution of earthwork.
  • 4. Foundation construction processes. Technical principles and procedures for the execution of shallow and deep foundations.
  • 5. Concrete structure formwork – element, system and special. Principles of design and execution.
  • 6. Processes used in the reinforcement of reinforced concrete structures. Preparation of reinforcement, production lines. Principles of laying reinforcement into formwork.
  • 7. Concrete mixing processes. Production, haulage, placement, processing and treatment of fresh concrete.
  • 8. Masonry processes. Principles of the execution of walling from bricks, shaped bricks and stone. Module, technology and quality requirements.
  • 9. Assembly of timber structures and buildings. Execution of classical and new-style trusses.
  • 10.Erection of enclosing shells and roof claddings. Principles and procedures for the assembly.
  • 11. Installation of small unit roof coverings.
  • 12. Execution of metalwork, incl. metal coverings. Fixing and joining, quality requirements.
  • 13. Working and protective scaffoldings. Types, classification. Working procedures and principles for the assembly of scaffolding.

Exercise

13 weeks, 1 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

  • 3. Earthworks, measurements and demarcation of structures, procedures for earthwork execution, management of excavation work, time schedule.
  • 6. Formwork, reinforcement and concreting of monolithic reinforced concrete structures. Design of formwork systems for monolithic structures, installation process. Listing of elements, drafting of parts of wall and ceiling formwork, formwork details.
  • 9. Procedure for executing the concreting of a monolithic structure, selection of suitable machinery, time schedule, scheme for the transportation of concrete mixture and its placement in formwork.
  • 10.-12. Wall construction. Creation of comprehensive technical documentation for the execution of an assigned brick structure, including calculations and a list of necessary materials. Procedure for the execution of wall construction for one storey of a studied structure. Machinery, devices and tools used in wall construction.
  • 13. Assessment of completed assignments, defence of proposed solutions, credit.