Study Programmes 2016-2017
GCIV0646-1  
Buildings conception and execution
Duration :
40h Th, 1d FW
Number of credits :
Master in civil engineering, professional focus in sustainable constructions under natural hazards and catastrophic events (SUSCOS)5
Master in civil engineering (120 ECTS)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
Learning unit 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:


  • 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 learning unit :
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 seminars with lecturers from outside the University (practitionners from industry)
Site visits could be organised.
The presence of the students at the seminars and at the site visits is compulsory.
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
Planning of lectures - 2016-2017
Planning of lectures - 2016-2017