The Building Services course offers you the opportunity to become an expert in a booming sector. With the ongoing growth of urbanisation and the modernisation of infrastructure, the demand for professionals skilled in the design and drafting of building services is constantly increasing. Through this course, you will acquire key skills for the design of building services, ranging from home automation to energy harvesting systems, ensuring that you are equipped to tackle the sector’s current and future challenges. You will learn to draw up precise plans for building services and to prepare detailed quotations – two essential skills for standing out in the job market. Furthermore, you will become familiar with the latest technological and organisational innovations, ensuring that your training remains at the cutting edge.
Building Services
Architecture, construction and urban planning
8 pm
Introduction
Objectives
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Identify the different types of building services and their specific functions.
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To understand the design and function of general and local networks in buildings.
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Apply knowledge of home automation to improve energy efficiency.
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To recognise and describe water supply and sanitation facilities.
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To analyse ventilation and energy distribution systems in buildings.
Table of Contents
TEACHING UNIT 1. DESIGN OF BUILDING INSTALLATIONS
1. Definition of an installation
2. Building services: Types and functions
3. Facility services (technical rooms)
4. Building-wide networks and local area networks
5. Home automation
6. Sanitation facilities
7. Cold water and domestic hot water distribution systems
8. Heating systems
9. Ventilation
10. Energy distribution facilities (electricity and gas)
11. Telecommunications facilities
12. Transport facilities
13. Lightning protection
14. Fire safety
15. Energy harvesting systems
TEACHING UNIT 2. REPRESENTATION OF BUILDING INSTALLATIONS
1. Graphic design and symbols
2. Information and scale
3. Proportional and non-proportional elements in the representation
4. Identification of facilities
5. Identification of structural solutions
TEACHING UNIT 3. MEASUREMENTS AND ESTIMATES
1. Chapters, items and works units.
2. Units and measurement criteria
3. Unit prices and itemised prices
4. Assessment criteria
5. Construction databases
TEACHING UNIT 4. APPLICATION OF TECHNOLOGICAL AND ORGANISATIONAL INNOVATIONS IN THE DESIGN OF BUILDING FACILITIES
1. Innovative IT applications and equipment recently introduced
2. Innovative organisational and production processes recently introduced
3. Innovative materials and solutions recently introduced
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