Study Programmes 2015-2016
GCIV0646-1  
Buildings conception and execution
Duration :
40h Th, 1d FW
Number of credits :
Master in civil engineering (120 ECTS)5
Master in civil engineering (120 ECTS) (SUSCOS)5
Lecturer :
Jean-François Demonceau, Jean-Marc Franssen, Boyan Mihaylov
Language(s) of instruction :
French language
Organisation and examination :
Teaching in the second semester
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Course contents :
The objective of this course is to provide the students with fondamental knowledges allowing designing building structures. In particular, the following concepts will be addressed:


  • Actions and combination of actions
  • Functional requirements such as acoustic performance, fire safety, ...
  • Basic building elements (roofing, flooring, wall, joints, foundations, facade ...)
  • Construciton techniques
  • Building types (single-storey buildings, multi-storey, high-rise ...)
  • ...
Learning outcomes of the course :
At the end of this course, the students will be able to:


  • Conceive the structural scheme of a building construction;
  • Select the most appropriate building elements;
  • Establish the plans, including sections and details.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
Prerequesites:
-
Corequesites:
-
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
Frontal lectures.
Some lectures will be seminar with lecturers from outside the University (practitionners from industry)
Site visits could be organised.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
Frontal lectures
Recommended or required readings :
Lecture notes will be distributed to the students in electronic form.
All the PowerPoint presentations will also be made available through MyULg.
Assessment methods and criteria :
Closed-book written exam
Work placement(s) :
Organizational remarks :
The course is organised during the second semester
Contacts :
Jean-Marc Franssen - jm.franssen@ulg.ac.be ; (jm.franssen@ulg.ac.beJean-François Demonceau - )jfdemonceau@ulg.ac.be ; (jfdemonceau@ulg.ac.beBoyan Mihaylov - )Boyan.Mihaylov@ulg.ac.be 
Items online :
High rise buildings
Lecture notes + presentations