Buildings conception and execution

Duration

40h Th, 1d FW

Number of credits

Lecturer

Jean-François Demonceau, Jean-Marc Franssen, Boyan Mihaylov

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Schedule

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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:
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Corequesites:
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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 mandatory.

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Frontal lectures
The teaching mode could be adapted according to the sanitary conditions which could be of application during the second quadrimester.

Organisational adjustments related to the current health context

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

Below you will find information on the evaluation methods planned for in-person and remote exams as well as those planned for hybrid sessions. Depending on how the health crisis evolves, the chosen method will be communicated to you no later than one month before the start of the exam session.

Closed-book written exam
A student who has not participated to all the mandatory activities will not be allowed to present the examination. A mark "A" will be attributed in this case (except if a specific justification is provided and accepted by the professors which will analyse the justificiation with equity).
The evaluation mode could be adapted according to the sanitary conditions which could be of application during the second quadrimester.

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

The course is organised during the second semester

Contacts

Jean-Marc Franssen - jm.franssen@uliege.be ; Jean-François Demonceau - jfdemonceau@uliege.be ; Boyan Mihaylov - Boyan.Mihaylov@uliege.be 

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