Course detail

Inspection and Documentation of Construction Processes

FAST-CW058Acad. year: 2019/2020

Activities connected with construction inspections, checking carried out by workers at production plants and construction supervisors, measurement theory, methods of field data collection, practical test procedures and quality control, evaluation of obtained results, comparison with valid technical standards, test evaluation type, presentation of obtained results.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

3

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Department

Institute of Technology, Mechanisation and Construction Management (TST)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Not applicable.

Prerequisites

Knowledge is required from the area of construction technology; knowledge of the procedures for the execution of basic construction sub-processes and the connections between them is also important.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Not applicable.

Course curriculum

1. Issues concerned with the inspection of construction execution, related legislation, connection with ČSN standards, technical regulations and contracts for work, application of inspection and test plans.
2. Theory of measurement procedures, the physical basis of the digital measurement of non-electrical quantities.
3. Input quality control of materials and the readiness for construction execution.
4. Inspections and tests connected with the execution of ground works.
5. Inspections during the execution of the shell of a building’s superstructure.
6. Quality of interior and finishing work.
7. Tests connected with the thermal protection of buildings.
8. Documentation concerning procedures for performing inspections of construction processes.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Not applicable.

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

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme N-P-E-SI (N) Master's

    branch R , 1. year of study, summer semester, elective

  • Programme N-K-C-SI (N) Master's

    branch R , 1. year of study, summer semester, elective

  • Programme N-P-C-SI (N) Master's

    branch R , 1. year of study, summer semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

1. Issues concerned with the inspection of construction execution, related legislation, connection with ČSN standards, technical regulations and contracts for work, application of inspection and test plans. 2. Theory of measurement procedures, the physical basis of the digital measurement of non-electrical quantities. 3. Input quality control of materials and the readiness for construction execution. 4. Inspections and tests connected with the execution of ground works. 5. Inspections during the execution of the shell of a building’s superstructure. 6. Quality of interior and finishing work. 7. Tests connected with the thermal protection of buildings. 8. Documentation concerning procedures for performing inspections of construction processes.

Exercise

26 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

1. Principles concerned with the processing of measurement results and the evaluation of data, occupational safety training. 2. Acquaintance with mechanical and digital measuring devices (busbars, sensors), reading and measurement errors. 3. Measurement of the properties of materials embedded in structures, importance of input quality control. 4. Selected practical tests connected with ground works construction processes. 5. Practical inspections during the execution of the shell of a building’s superstructure, the geometrical precision of structures. 6. Determining the properties of bases and plasters, determination of moisture in masonry. 7. Inspection of the quality of interior and finishing work with an emphasis on the thermal protection of buildings. 8. Presentation and checking of produced assignments.