Design Revue and Checking

Code:

EC0062

Acronym:

ARPR

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Building Construction

Instance: 2011/2012 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Building Division
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Civil Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIEC	19	Syllabus since 2006/2007	5	-	5	45	133

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

This course aims to:
- frame all the information related with the development of building design;
- outline the importance of an efficient and well planned stages of a building design;
- describe methodologies of design checking
- describe strategies of design revue

Program

1- INTRODUCTION- introduction to the course: aims; professional perspectives regarding the subjects of this course.
2- QUALITY ASSESSMENT FOR TECHNICAL DESIGNS- specialities in building design; staging; design parts; advantages of a logic analysis of a project; the importance of partnering approach;
Methods for quality assessment of projects: QUALITEL, SEL, HQI, MC.FEUP, JBP.LNEC
Application of MC.FEUP and SEL to several aspects of small houses
3- REVUE OF TECHNICAL DESIGNS- Its importance and usage; role of the team of design revue; good practice issues
Scope of revue in each stage of the design; revue of solutions: response, regulations, quality, durability, performance and maintenance, organization of information, compatibility
Reports of design revue: organization, information, correction control
Design revue and solutions efficiency: to identify the best alternative to reach a higher profitability

DEMONSTRATION OF THE SYLLABUS COHERENCE WITH THE CURRICULAR UNIT'S OBJECTIVES:

The increasing complexity and number of technical projects required for the proper and complete study and subsequent implementation of a building, lead to the need for, in many situations, an evaluation of the effectiveness of proposed solutions and also a revision of the documents produced to timely detect and eliminate inconsistencies, omissions and other aspects that may difficult the achievement of expected results in terms of cost, time and quality. This curricular unit is intended to confront the students with a comprehensive set of real engineering design of various specialties, and get them to perform various operations on them so they are unaware of the difficulties mentioned above and work procedures for deal with them.

Mandatory literature

Costa, Jorge Manuel Fachana Moreira da; Métodos de avaliação da qualidade de projectos de edifícios de habitação

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical classes- presentation and discussion of the themes of the course (slides)
Practical classes- they act as a complement to the theoretical classes; exercises and individual assignments

DEMONSTRATION OF THE COHERENCE BETWEEN THE TEACHING METHODOLOGIES AND THE LEARNING OUTCOMES:

Use methods for assessing the quality of projects to establish levels of efficiency for the designed solutions. Create procedures to develop activity in project review. Compare efficiencies of different solutions and discuss strategies designed to achieve appropriate global levels. Parameterize efficiency indicators of the information contained in design elements. Explain the reasons for inefficiency of the design-build cycle frequently identified. Investigate the possibilities of using current information technologies more effectively.

keywords

Technological sciences > Engineering > Civil engineering

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Eligibility for exams

Final Mark ≥ 9, 5 out of 20

Calculation formula of final grade

Group Assignment- 8
Individual Assignment- 8
Individual Discussion-4

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

The special assessment will be based on an oral exam and on an individual assignment.

SPECIAL RULES FOR MOBILITY STUDENTS:
Proficiency in Portuguese and/or English;
Previous attendance of introductory graduate courses in the scientific field addressed in this course;
Assessment by exam and/or coursework(s) defined in accordance with student profile.

Classification improvement

The improvement of grade will be based on an oral exam and on an individual assignment.