Overall objectives:

1 - Contribute to the training of future senior technicians in the performance of coordination and management of works;
2 - To enunciate, interpret and solve problems in the engineering area in order to exercise the profession of superior technician with capacity for analysis, critical spirit and innovative sense;
3 - Acquire essential knowledge in the monitoring of works related to the technological aspects of construction;
4 - To know the construction processes of current buildings, their fields of application and their limitations.

Syllabus:

1 - General aspects of construction;
2 - Demolition techniques;
3 - Containment;
4 - Foundations;
5 - Drainage and waterproofing;
6 - Concrete building structures;
7 - Solutions for floors and stairs;
8 - Walls;
9 - Building covers;
10 - Wall coverings.

Literature/Sources:

BUREAU VERITAS , 1995 , Guide Veritas:Techniques de la Construction - Tome 1 - Gros Oeuvre , Editions du Moniteur
BUREAU VERITAS , 1995 , Guide Veritas:Techniques de la Construction - Tome 2 - Second Oeuvre , Editions du Moniteur
Domone, P.; Illston, J. , 2010 , Construction materials - their nature and behaviour , Spon press
Duthu, H. , 1999 , La Technique du Bâtiment - Tous Corps , Editions Le Moniteur
Esgalhado, H.; Rocha, A. , 2015 , Materiais plásticos para a construção civil. Características e tipos de aplicação , LNEC
Eusébio, M.; Rodrigues, P. , 2009 , Tintas, vernizes e revestimentos por pintura para a construção civil , LNEC
Gonçalves, M.C; Margarido, F. , 2012 , Ciências e Engenharia de Materiais de Construção , IST Press

Assesssment methods and criteria:

Classification Type: Quantitativa (0-20)

Evaluation Methodology:
In accordance with the expected for the Professional Higher Technical Courses.