Course detail

Building Survey and Building Reconstruction (KON)

FAST-CI053Acad. year: 2020/2021

Preparation procedure and evaluation of results of building-technical survey. Quality control of survey.
Meaning of survey in life cycle of structure, methods of estimating the rest lifetime of construction.
Data for static calculation and project of repair of reconstruction.
Practical radiography of reinforced constructions.
Seminary paper concerns survey of chosen engineering construction according to student’s specification, practical application of diagnostic methods in laboratories and determination of data for static calculation of construction.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Department

Institute of Building Testing (SZK)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Student will be able to do practikly use diagnostic methods for material properties detection in various types of structures. Student will be able to choose the optimal method for given material and structure.

Prerequisites

Building materials, Testing and technology, Diagnostic of building constructions.

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.-2. Division of building surveys. Preliminary building survey and its impact on project.
3.-4. Fundamentals of detailed building survey.
5.-6. Fundamentals of survey of concrete and reinforced concrete structures, properties of used materials, verification of reinforcement.
7.-8. Fundamentals of survey of masonry.
9. Survey of composite buildings.
10.-11. Fundamentals of survey of lumber constructions, bearing beams of roof constructions.
12. Specifics of survey of historical and sacred buildings
13. Practical radiography of reinforced concrete.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Theoretical acquainting and practice realizing of diagnostics methods used for material properties detection in various types of structures. Based on acquired knowledge the student will be able to choose the optimal method for given diagnostics task.

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 K , 1. year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional

  • Programme N-K-C-SI (N) Master's

    branch K , 1. year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional

  • Programme N-P-C-SI (N) Master's

    branch K , 1. year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

1.-2. Division of building surveys. Preliminary building survey and its impact on project. 3.-4. Fundamentals of detailed building survey. 5.-6. Fundamentals of survey of concrete and reinforced concrete structures, properties of used materials, verification of reinforcement. 7.-8. Fundamentals of survey of masonry. 9. Survey of composite buildings. 10.-11. Fundamentals of survey of lumber constructions, bearing beams of roof constructions. 12. Specifics of survey of historical and sacred buildings 13. Practical radiography of reinforced concrete.

Exercise

26 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

1. Task of the building survey reinforced concrete structures 2. Non-destructive testing of concrete - hardness and ultrasonic methods 3. Destructive testing of concrete - execution cores 4. Evaluation tests of concrete 5. Diagnosis reinforcement - electromagnetic and georadar method 6. Tour of bridge construction 7. Diagnostic of masonry structures - design and non-destructive testing 8. Diagnostic of masonry - destructive testing and calculation 9. Diagnostic of timber structures 10. Monitoring of construction - the practical implementation 11. Modern diagnostic methods - samples 12. Excursion - inspection of building structure 13. Presentation of the seminary work, credit