Course detail

Automation of building-technological design

FAST-BW52Acad. year: 2013/2014

Computer modelling of preparation and realisation of constructions and network analysis methods depending on phases of the design linked with construction.
SW tools for design control support.
Types of introduction of links in network diagram activities with regard to the constructional stage of readiness.
Source and capacity planning. Costs and financial planning.
Construction procedure evidence.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

4

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Department

Institute of Technology, Mechanisation and Construction Management (TST)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students learn about the structure of itemized budget and its further division into basic and minor itemized budget. Students have understanding of the calculation formula and therefore are able to calculate new items. Students are capable of processing a budget according to basic budget rules. The student learns the skill to work with BUILpower software designed for budget calculations. Other skills acquired are the principles of network analysis, the ability to create a network graph and calculate the critical path. The acquired complex skill allows the student to create a construction technology model of the building process, the use of many different links concerning the modelling of the building process. Students learn how to work with CONTEC software.

Prerequisites

Excellent knowledge of common building process technologies, at least some knowledge of special technologies, knowledge and understanding of project documentation and its content.

Co-requisites

Principles of construction contract project management, quality assurance, solving of construction technology project, knowledge of construction equipment and their suitable use, performance of the construction equipment and principles of their productivity.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The basic teaching methods are: lectures with the explanation of basic principles, methodology, problems and their solutions in the form of presentations with demonstrations emphasizing critical points. Follow-up seminars focus on practical use of the knowledge acquired during lectures. It consists of individual projects under the guidance of the tutor.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

The main criterion for credit is active participation during the seminars, i.e. no more than two absences during the course, and all the tasks assigned individually must be properly fulfilled. Students must submit an itemized budget of a given technological phase in the building process and a time plan reflected as a network graph using computer tools.

Course curriculum

1. Production classification in reference to the SW tools for cost calculation and time planning
2. Possibilities of Build-Power, Oferta, Kros and Koral system application in contracting of execution and the construction execution
3. Position type in Build-Power system in price and cost calculation 4. Linking of CONTEC program to calculation software
5. Ways of modelling of construction preparation and execution
6. Activities in network graphs
7. Links among activities – building readiness
8. Scheduling
9. Source and capacity planning
10. Cost planning
11. Financial planning
12. Link of the quality inspection and test plan to the time schedule
13. Transfer of the quality inspection and test plan into the MS Excel spreadsheet

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Providing students with the knowledge from SW support utilization for planning and management of the construction projects and modern construction organization manners by planning, engineering and supplier companies. Application of ČR and USA SW.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Non-compulsory attendance to optional seminars related to the course, the option to attend related courses in the life-long learning programme, cooperation in building preparation projects.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Jarský, Č: Automatizovaná příprava a řízení realizace staveb, CONTEC. 2003. (CS)
Krejčí, Luboš. Rozpočtování staveb. ČKAIT 2013, ISBN 978-80-87438-39-8. (CS)
Foster, J. S.: Structure and fabric. Longman scientific and technical , London, 1994. (EN)
Jarský, Č., Musil, F., Svoboda ,P., Gašparík, J., Motyčka, V., Pospíchal, V. Kovářová, B., Vyčítal, M. Příprava a realizace staveb. Cerm s.r.o. Brno, 2019. (CS)
Vuillerme, B., Richaud, H: Chantiers de bâtiment, Préparation et suivi. Nathan, Paris, 1995.
Jarský, Č: Automatizovaná příprava a řízení realizace staveb, CONTEC. 2003. (CS)

Recommended reading

Manual for the preparation of industrial feasibility studies. UNIDO, 1991.
Project manager s reference manual. Primavera-Enterprise, New York, 2001.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme B-P-C-SI Bachelor's

    branch S , 4. year of study, summer semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

1. Production classification in reference to the SW tools for cost calculation and time planning
2. Possibilities of Build-Power, Oferta, Kros and Koral system application in contracting of execution and the construction execution
3. Position type in Build-Power system in price and cost calculation 4. Linking of CONTEC program to calculation software
5. Ways of modelling of construction preparation and execution
6. Activities in network graphs
7. Links among activities – building readiness
8. Scheduling
9. Source and capacity planning
10. Cost planning, financial planning
11. Link of the quality inspection and test plan to the time schedule, transfer of the quality inspection and test plan into the MS Excel spreadsheet

Exercise

26 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

1. Introduction to the course, individual assignment of projects, regulations of the PC room
2. Introduction to BUILDpower: foundation work, budget filing, setting of the budget parameters
3. Opening, import, deletion, export, types of items, searching items
4. Creation of bill of quantities, independent work on individually assigned budget
5. Calculation according to technical and economical indicators, independent work on individually assigned budget
6. Schedule according to budget and calculations, independent work on individually assigned budget
7. Introduction to network analysis, introduction to the use of CONTEC software: file management, project set up, individual assignment for individual work throughout the semester
8. Set up and creation of a model, link practice, starting work on individually assigned project
9. Use of standard network graphs, improvement of network graphs, updating according to the construction phase in progress, resources demand graph, work on the individual assignment of network analysis
10. Aggregation of structural and technological projects, optimization according to the limit of resources, evaluation of resources in several projects, control and test plans, environment plan, recapitulation according to stages and contractors, independent work on individually assigned work regarding network analysis
11. Presentation of results of the term project, defence of the project results, credits