Construction Control

Code:

EC0061

Acronym:

FOBR

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Building Construction

Instance: 2014/2015 - 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	48	Syllabus since 2006/2007	5	-	5	45	133

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

This course aims to develop students’ skills on the control/coordination of construction. Civil engineers play an important role on this matter, due to their training on different stages of building design and production. A new concept of engineering: services engineering

Learning outcomes and competences

   

Working method

Presencial

Program

Introduction to the Services Engineering. Contract Organization – Design Revue and Organization. Contract Organization – Contest Organization, Selection and Contract. Job Control – General Notions Job Control – Conformity Functional Área Job Control – Cost Functional Área Job Control – Planning Functional Área Job Control – Information/Project Functional Área Job Control – Licensing/Contract Functional Área Job Control – Safety Functional Área Job Control – Quality Functional Área Work Garantee Coordenation Control Management Notions

DEMONSTRATION OF THE SYLLABUS COHERENCE WITH THE CURRICULAR UNIT'S OBJECTIVES:
The "Engineering Services" has not yet assumed a position in our country that allows individual highlight of the performance of general civil engineering. Although civil engineers in their professional practice are currently involved in tasks which nature has full definition as engineering services. Of particular significance to services practice of "construction control" in which civil engineers have a key role. The National Legislation gives the "construction control" a set of skills whose practical implementation lacks application methodologies usually ignored.

Mandatory literature

Rui Calejo Rodrigues; Metodologia da Fiscalização de Obras, 2011

Complementary Bibliography

Lousinha, André Gonçalo Veiga; Metodologia da fiscalização de obras
Peixoto, Maria Pereira; Metodologia da fiscalização de obras
Borges, Ana Sofia da Silva; Metodologia da fiscalização em obras - planos de controlo de conformidade
Carvalho, José Fernando Moreira de; Coordenação e fiscalização de obras

Teaching methods and learning activities

Presentation of documentation and discussion on the various themes. It will also be presented and discussed some “cases” that serve as example for the theoretical contents. The practical classes will be for the students to analyse and solve some individual practical cases.

DEMONSTRATION OF THE COHERENCE BETWEEN THE TEACHING METHODOLOGIES AND THE LEARNING OUTCOMES:
Who has a broad vision of professional practice in this area can easily see a clear lack of academic preparation for such tasks; services are made without schematize a functional plan and construction control is interpreted as "policing”, "controlling”, "ensure quality", "technical assistance", "technical direction", etc. The most current mistake is to assume the work of supervision/coordination as one of "alternative designer" to situations "in situ". This type of activity, its proximity and scope of the construction process, captures professional in their early career which seek (in vain) in their academic knowledge to enable them to overcome these early professional challenges. The Civil Engineer, either in terms of preparation for the different phases of design, both for the production phase, is, as it is said, in a privileged position to assume an important role in the supervision/coordination of the construction of a building without being required to have a specific preparation.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	60,00
Trabalho escrito	40,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Trabalho de campo	8,00
Total:	8,00

Eligibility for exams

Achieving final classification requires compliance with attendance at the course unit, according to the MIEC assessment rules. 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.

Calculation formula of final grade

   

Observations

Estimated working time out of classes: 3 hours plus 8 to 12 for writen work