Course Details

Utility Networks

Academic Year 2026/27

NPB024 course is part of 1 study plan

​ NPC-SIK Summer Semester 1st year

The course focuses on utility networks, particularly underground utility infrastructure. The general part covers basic terminology, classification and categories of utility networks and their historical development. Attention is paid to relevant standards and regulations, spatial coordination of utility networks, and the design of shared utility corridors. The course also covers the basic principles of designing pipeline networks, including water supply, sewerage, district heating, steam and gas networks, as well as electrical power, telecommunication and data networks. From the construction perspective, students are introduced to pipe materials and basic methods of construction and rehabilitation of utility networks, particularly those installed underground.

Credits

2 credits

Language of instruction

Czech

Semester

summer

Course Guarantor

doc. Ing. Jaroslav Raclavský, Ph.D.

Institute

Institute of Municipal Water Management

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit

Entry Knowledge

Basic knowledge of physics and the principles of hydraulics and thermodynamics.

Aims

Upon successful completion of the course, students will acquire the knowledge, skills and competences required to understand utility networks, their spatial arrangement, design, construction, operation and rehabilitation.

Knowledge

Upon successful completion of the course, students will:

  • know the basic terminology, classification, functions and characteristics of individual types of utility networks,
  • know the basic principles of the arrangement and design of pipeline and cable networks,
  • understand the principles of spatial arrangement, coordination and shared utility corridors,
  • be familiar with basic technical, regulatory and legislative requirements related to utility networks,
  • know the basic materials, structural solutions and technologies used for the construction, operation and rehabilitation of utility networks.

Skills

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

  • distinguish between individual types of utility networks and identify their basic components,
  • read and interpret basic technical documentation for utility networks,
  • propose a basic spatial arrangement of utility networks and assess their mutual spatial relationships and potential conflicts,
  • apply basic technical and regulatory requirements when addressing utility network issues,
  • assess the suitability of basic material, structural and technological solutions,
  • solve basic technical tasks related to the design, construction, operation and rehabilitation of utility networks.

Competences

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

  • work independently with professional sources and navigate issues related to utility networks,
  • assess technical and spatial relationships between different types of utility networks,
  • propose and professionally justify solutions to basic tasks related to the spatial arrangement, construction, operation and rehabilitation of utility networks,
  • apply acquired knowledge and skills when solving technical tasks and preparing technical documentation,
  • communicate professionally about utility networks using appropriate technical terminology.

Basic Literature

KUDA, F. a kol. Městské inženýrství nejen pro městské inženýry. 1. vyd. Praha: Informační centrum ČKAIT, 2022. ISBN 978-80-88265-39-9. (cs)
VYORALOVÁ, Z.; HRDLIČKA, P. Technická infrastruktura měst a sídel. Praha: České vysoké učení technické v Praze, 2013. ISBN 978-80-01-05202-0. (cs)
ŠRYTR, P. a kol. Městské inženýrství 1. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1998. ISBN 80-200-0663-X. (cs)
KLEPSATEL, F.; RACLAVSKÝ, J. Bezvýkopová výstavba a obnova podzemních vedení. Bratislava: JAGA GROUP, 2007. ISBN 978-80-8076-053-3. (cs)
ČSN 73 6005 – Prostorové uspořádání vedení technického vybavení (cs)
ČSN P 73 7505 – Kolektory a ostatní sdružené trasy vedení inženýrských sítí. (cs)

Recommended Reading

SLAVIN, L. M., ed. Belowground Pipeline Networks for Utility Cables. ASCE Manuals and Reports on Engineering Practice No. 118. Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers, 2009. ISBN 978-0-7844-1055-4. (en)
ANSPACH, J. H.; SCOTT, C. P., eds. Subsurface Utility Engineering for Municipalities. Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019. ISBN 978-0-7844-1536-8. (en)
STEIN, Dietrich. Grabenloser Leitungsbau. Berlin: Ernst & Sohn / Wiley, 2003. ISBN 3-433-01778-6; ISBN-13 978-3-433-01778-4. (de)

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of physics and the principles of hydraulics and thermodynamics.

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

https://www.vut.cz/en/students/courses/detail/303556

Lecture

13 weeks, 1 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

1.–2. Introduction to conduit of technical eguipment, history of development, Space arrangement of conduit of technical eguipment.
3.–4. Associated conduit of technical equipment.
5.–6. Water and sewerage networks.
7.–8. Regularities of gas flow, heat networks.
9.–10. Supply of gas pipeline networks.
11.–12. Energy and communication networks.
13. Construction and rehabilitation of pipe networks.

Exercise

13 weeks, 1 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

1.–2. Coordination of conduit of technical eguipment.
3.–4. Lenght optimization of conduit of technical eguipment.
5.–6. Design of sewer connection.
7.–8. Design of sewer connection.
9.–10. Seminar work – presentation.
11. Credit.