Course Details

Information Technology in Construction

Academic Year 2026/27

BUA101 course is part of 1 study plan

​ BPC-SIS / SI Winter Semester 1st year

The course gradually expands students' knowledge, ranging from modern information technologies (Internet, Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence, Information sources) and the systematic processing of textual, numerical, and graphical data, to the use of CAD systems in civil engineering.

Credits

2 credits

Language of instruction

Czech

Semester

winter

Course Guarantor

Ing. Josef Plášek, Ph.D.

Institute

Institute of Computer Aided Engineering and Computer Science

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit

Entry Knowledge

Digital and computer literacy is a basic prerequisite. Specifically, this includes the ability to use an operating system, manage data and files, use office applications (e.g., Microsoft Office), and use the internet. High-school level mathematics and geometry with the ability to work with information sources are necessary.

Aims

Professional Knowledge:

  • The student knows the basic principles of modern information technology and uses digital processing of textual, numerical, and graphical data, including CAD technologies.

Professional Skills:

  • The student effectively uses modern digital technology to search and process information, perform comprehensive digital data processing, and create engineering drawings in CAD systems.

General Competencies:

  • The student is able to connect the fundamentals of civil engineering with modern digital technology.

Basic Literature

FORTE, Tiago, 2023. Pořiďte si druhý mozek. V Brně: Jan Melvil Publishing. ISBN 978-80-7555-189-4. (cs)
AHRENS, Sönke, 2021. Jak si dělat chytré poznámky: čtěte, pište a přemýšlejte s pomocí legendární metody zettelkasten. V Brně: Jan Melvil Publishing. Žádná velká věda. ISBN 978-80-7555-146-7. (cs)
HOROVÁ Iva: AutoCAD a AutoCAD LT pro architekty a stavební projektanty, Computer Press, 2006 (cs)
CAD ve stavební praxi (https://cadvpraxi.cz/) (cs)
Stavební výkresy – Studijní opora pro kreslení stavebních výkresů (https://cad.fce.vutbr.cz/) (cs)

Prerequisites

Digital and computer literacy is a basic prerequisite. Specifically, this includes the ability to use an operating system, manage data and files, use office applications (e.g., Microsoft Office), and use the internet. High-school level mathematics and geometry with the ability to work with information sources are necessary.

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

https://www.vut.cz/en/students/courses/detail/298853

Exercise

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

  1. Introduction and Information
  2. Internet and Cybersecurity
  3. Artificial Intelligence
  4. Information Resources
  5. Text and Document Typesetting
  6. Parametric Calculation
  7. Multidimensional Data Processing
  8. Automation of Calculations
  9. Visual Graphics
  10. CAD: Drawing in Model Space
  11. CAD: Parametric Drawing
  12. CAD: Publishing and Plotting
  13. Assessment and Credit

Self-study

26 weeks, 1 hours/week