Design Revue and Checking

Code:

EC0062

Acronym:

ARPR

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Building Construction

Instance: 2013/2014 - 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	13	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 building design; - Study and apply design quality evaluation methodologies; - describe methodologies of design checking - describe strategies of design review.

Learning outcomes and competences

Knowledge: Identify and relate the information included in the various parts of the design of a building. Define the areas to be translated into written information and into drawings.

Understanding: Interpreting the strategy of constructive specification of the various parts of the design and their relation to the sequence of execution. To evaluate the efficiency of the modes of organization of written elements and drawings.

Application: Using methodologies for evaluating the quality of building design, to establish levels of efficiency of designed solutions. Create procedures for the development of design review activity.

Analysis: Compare the efficiency of various designed solutions and discuss strategies for obtaining adequate global levels. Parameterize efficiency indicators of the information contained in the elements of the design.

Synthesis: Explain the reasons for the frequent inefficiency of the design-execution process. To investigate the possibilities of using current IT more effectively.

Evaluation: Recommend procedures to improve the construction process focused on several stages.

Design in Engineering: dealing with real elements of design and understand how the same goal can be achieved with different proposals and different efficiency results.

Research in Engineering: search for information about efficiency of the final product and the construction process in various countries. Reflecting on the reasons for the differences.

Practice in Engineering: Develop procedures, forms and mechanisms of analysis and design review that may be used in a real context.

Working method

Presencial

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
ULL; Communications Proceedings. ISBN:

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

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	0,00
Prova oral	20,00
Trabalho escrito	80,00
Total:	100,00

Eligibility for exams

“Achieving final classification requires compliance with attendance at the course unit. It is considered that students meet the attendance requirements if, having been regularly enrolled, the number of absences of 25% for each of the classes’ types is not exceeded. The following cases are exempted from the attendance requirements: i) cases prescribed by law, including student workers; ii) students who were admitted to exams in the previous academic year.”

Calculation formula of final grade

FC = 0,40 x GWC + 0,40 x IWC + 0,20 x ODC

FC - Final classification;

GWC - Group work classification;

IWC - Individual work classification;

ODC - Oral discussion classification.

 

Classification improvement

The improvement of the classification can be done through the improvement of one or both works, followed by an oral discussion.

Observations

Previous knowledge: although not mandatory, previous knowledge on construction, namely related to Design Management and Construction Works Management will help to be well succeeded in this course.