Course Details

Urban engineering 2

Academic Year 2026/27

NPA025 course is part of 1 study plan

​ NPC-ARS / ARP Winter Semester 2nd year

The course focuses on utility networks, particularly underground technical infrastructure, and on the fundamentals of waste management. The general part covers basic terminology, classification and categories of utility networks and their historical development. Attention is paid to relevant technical standards and legislation, the spatial arrangement and coordination of utility networks, and the principles of shared utility corridors.

The course covers the basic principles of the arrangement and design of pipeline networks, particularly water supply, sewerage, district heating, steam and gas networks, as well as electrical power, telecommunication and data networks. From the construction perspective, basic materials, structural solutions and technologies used for the construction, reconstruction and rehabilitation of utility networks are addressed, particularly for underground installations.

The waste management part focuses on the basic principles and organisation of waste management, waste classification, collection and sorting, material and energy recovery, recycling, and basic methods of waste disposal.

Credits

3 credits

Language of instruction

Czech

Semester

winter

Course Guarantor

doc. Ing. Jaroslav Raclavský, Ph.D.

Institute

Institute of Municipal Water Management

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit and examination

Entry Knowledge

Basic knowledge of physics, hydraulics and thermodynamics.

Aims

Upon successful completion of the course, students will acquire the knowledge, skills and competences required for orientation in the field of urban technical infrastructure, particularly utility networks and the fundamentals of waste management.

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,
  • know the basic materials, structural solutions and technologies used for the construction, reconstruction and rehabilitation of utility networks,
  • know the basic principles of waste management, waste classification, collection and sorting,
  • know the basic options for waste recovery, recycling and disposal.

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,
  • propose a basic spatial arrangement of utility networks and assess their mutual 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 and rehabilitation of utility networks,
  • distinguish between basic methods of waste management and understand the principles of waste recovery and disposal.

Competences

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

  • work independently with professional sources and navigate issues related to urban technical infrastructure,
  • assess technical and spatial relationships between different types of utility networks,
  • propose and professionally justify solutions to basic tasks concerning utility networks,
  • assess, at a basic level, utility networks and waste management in the broader context of the urban environment,
  • communicate professionally and further develop their knowledge using technical regulations, standards, legislation and professional sources.

Basic Literature

ČSN 73 6005. Prostorové uspořádání vedení technického vybavení. Praha: Úřad pro technickou normalizaci. 2020. (cs)
SOVAK. Zásady pro využití bezvýkopových technologií v oboru vodovodů a kanalizací. Praha: SOVAK. 2008 (cs)
KLEPSATEL, František, RACLAVSKÝ, Jaroslav. Bezvýkopová výstavba a obnova podzemních vedení. Bratislava: JAGA GROUP. 2007. ISBN 978-80-8076-053-3.​ (cs)
Beránek, J. a kol. Inženýrské sítě. Studijní opora. Brno: VUT v Brně. 2004. (cs)
ŠRYTR, Petr a kol. Městské inženýrství 1. Praha: Academia. 1998. ISBN 80-200-0663-X (cs)
ŠRYTR, Petr a kol. Městské inženýrství 2. Praha: Academia. 2001. ISBN 80-200-0440-8​ (cs)
ČSN P 73 7505 Kolektory a ostatní sdružené trasy vedení inženýrských sítí. ČAS. 2017 (cs)

Recommended Reading

GUO, J.C.Y. Street Drainage Design and Modeling. Water Resources Publications, LLC. 2017. 158 p. ISBN 978-1887201919.​ (en)
STEIN, Dietrich. Trenchless Technology for Installation of Cables and Pipelines. Stein und Partner, 2005. ISBN 9783000149559 (en)

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of physics, hydraulics and thermodynamics.

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

https://www.vut.cz/en/students/courses/detail/303755

Lecture

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

  • 1. Introduction (task of conduit of technical equipment in society).
  • 2. Development of conduit of technical equipment (historical development, classification, networks economy, factors effecting capital costs).
  • 3. Space arrangement of conduit of technical eguipment.
  • 4. Collectors, their structural part and equipment.
  • 5. Water supply systems (drinking water systems, water resources, storage, distribution and water pipes materials).
  • 6. Sewer systems (design, sewage and rain water handling alternatives, materials and structures of sewer systems and and sewerage objects, connections, rain water handling).
  • 7. Heating networks (central heating networks, hot water and steam systems, materials for heat supply networks, pipe and structural parts).
  • 8. Gas supply (property of heating gases, the pressure of gas pipelines, patterns of the gas flow).
  • 9. Pipe materials, equipping and construction of gas pipelines.
  • 10. Energy and communication networks.
  • 11. Construction and rehabilitation of pipe networks - excavation and trenchless technology.
  • 12. Waste management - the concept of waste management, waste catalog, collection and sorting of waste.
  • 13. Waste management - landfill, incineration, recycling waste.

Exercise

13 weeks, 1 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

Seminar once every two weeks.

  • 1. Coordination of conduit of technical eguipment.
  • 2. Lenght optimization of utility connections.
  • 3. Design of sewer connection.
  • 4. Design of gas/hot water piping.
  • 5. Seminar work - presentation.
  • 6. Seminar work - presentation.
  • 7. Credit.