Course Details

Building Services and Technical Infrastructure 1

Academic Year 2025/26

BTA023 course is part of 1 study plan

​ BPC-APS Winter Semester 3rd year

Course Guarantor

Ing. Jakub Vrána, Ph.D.

Institute

Institute of Building Services

Language of instruction

Czech

Credits

3 credits

Semester

winter

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit and examination

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

https://www.vut.cz/en/students/courses/detail/289700

Lecture

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

  • 1. Introduction to problems of plumbing systems and electrical equipments, space arrangement of conduit of technical equipment.
  • 2. Hygienic facilities design, piping installations placing.
  • 3. Plumbing fixtures assemblies, mounting elements for PreWall installation.
  • 4. Drainage systems inside buildings: Types of waste water and the principles of their removal from the building, classification and description of the drainage system, pipes sizing.
  • 5. Drainage systems inside buildings: Principles of design of sanitary and storm water drainage systems.
  • 6. Building sewers, cesspools and private wastewater treatment plants.
  • 7. Water systems inside buildings: Building water supply and water resources, water service pipes, water installation and its implementation.
  • 8. Water systems inside buildings: Pipes sizing, hot water supply systems, equipment for fire-water supply.
  • 9. Gas systems inside buildings: Service pipes with low and medium pressure, gas installation.
  • 10. Gas systems inside buildings: Pipes sizing, gas appliances.
  • 11. Electrical equipment - building electric wiring installation.
  • 12. Electrical equipment - electric service connections, lightning conductor design.
  • 13. Sewerage systems, water supply systems, gas mains.

Exercise

13 weeks, 1 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

  • 1. Assignment. Site plan. Arrangement of layout.
  • 2. Building Services drawing. Design of plumbing fixtures.
  • 3. Drainage system piping and accessories - Laboratory of Building Services. Drainage system sizing.
  • 4. Plans of floors. Section view of fixture drains and stack.
  • 5. Plan of foundations and building sewer. Section views of main building drain and building sewer.
  • 6. Water system piping and accessories – Laboratory of Building Services. Water demand. Domestic hot water preparation.
  • 7. Plans of floors and water service pipe.
  • 8. Water system sizing.
  • 9. Gas appliances placing. Plans of floors and gas service pipe.
  • 10. Axonometric scheme for pipe sizing. Gas system sizing.
  • 11. Plan of electrical lighting circuits and electrical service connection.
  • 12. Plan of electrical socket circuits.
  • 13. Final project check. Credit.