Course detail

Building Constructions III

FAST-H34Acad. year: 2019/2020

The subject of Building Construction III links up the Building Construction I and II courses. The lectures are divided into four thematic parts. The first part comprises fundamentals in foundation design, site investigation and ground works. The second part gives an overview through the design of basements in buildings and their protection against ground dampness, water and radon (waterproofing systems). The third part deals with expansion and movement joints in building constructions. The fourth part is dedicated to the finishing works in buildings - floor finishings, partitions, suspended ceilings and soffits, internal plastering tiling and panelling.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

4

Guarantor

prof. Ing. Jitka Mohelníková, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Building Structures (PST)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Drawing of foundations and basemet layout.

Prerequisites

Building constructions I, Building constructions II.

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. Foundation of buildings.
Functional requirements. Site investigation, classification of rocks and soils, geotechnical categories.
2. Ground work
Trench excavations, earthwork support lining, casting and timbering, horizontal sheeting, sheet pile walls, ground anchoring.
3. Foundation types
Design principles. Shallow foundations, strip and pad foundations, raft foundations.
4. Basic principles of foundation design (1)
Limit State Theory, Loading of the foundation, design of centric loaded foundation.
5. Basic principles of foundation design (2)
Design of eccentric loaded foundation, assessment of foundation settlement.
6. Basement and oversite constructions of building
Oversite concrete, hardcore, resistance to ground moisture and water.
7. Waterproofing in buildings
Watertight materials, waterproof sheets and membranes, courses and coats, rendering and sprays, watertight joints, specification and detailing of waterproofing.
8. Slab foundations and Deep foundations
Pile foundations, bearing and skin-friction piles, foundation caissons.
9. Floors and flooring
Functional requirements. Floor screeds and floor finishes. Joint-less floor finishes, thin tile and sheet flooring, wood based flooring. Floating floors. Dilatation of floors.
10. Partitions in buildings (non-load bearing internal walls)
Functional requirements, material and technological variations. Types of partitions, light-weight partitions and mounted partition systems
11. Suspended ceilings and soffits
Types of suspended ceilings, material and construction structural variants.
12. Internal surface finishing
Materials and technological variations, plasters and internal rendering, facing and tiling, boarding and panelling.
13. Movement and expansion joints in buildings
Principles of vertical and horizontal dilatation of load-bearing and non-load-bearing structures in buildings. Classification of movement and expansion joints. Design requirements, characteristic details

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Design of basement parts of buildings, design of shallow foundations -preliminary calculation procedures, building settlement, movement and expansion joints in buildings, waterproofing systems in basements and protection against radon, design of floor and interior finishings.

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

Barry, R.: The Construction of Building, Volume 1. Oxford BSP 1991
Courtis W.G.: Structural Foundation Designers Manual. The University Press Conbridge 1994
Foster J.S., Jarrington R.: Structure and Fabric, Part 2. Mitchel s Building Series 1995

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Jitka Mohelníková, Ph.D.

Exercise

26 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Jitka Mohelníková, Ph.D.