Technical professions for construction and land

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The aim of this course is to teach students the fundamental elements of Calculus for functions of one real variable and to allow them to understand and use a simplified mathematical language. Expected learning outcomes: the course aims to provide a basic/elementary knowledge of Calculus for function of one variable. Specifically they will understand the concepts of function, limit, derivatives and Mengoli-Cauchy integral and antiderivatives. They will be able to use these concepts to solve simple/elementary applied problems.

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The course in Physics and Statistics is focussed on the following training objectives
Knowledge and ability to understand
know, understand, and apply the main methods concerning physics
know, understand, and apply the main methods concerning descriptive statistics

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The goal of the course is to supply the fundamentals of Geodesy, Mapping and Estimation Theory.
The presentation of the mentioned items will be completed with practical exercises.

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The course of the Digital Representation course aims at providing the students with the methods and techniques of the representation with graphic applications at different scales from the architectural to the urban, to allow the reading of existing building structures, the drawing of new architectures and the survey of buildings. Specifically, the course proposes the study of Descriptive Geometry methods, technical design, standardized graphic conventions and the foundations of CAD to prepare the student, future graduate surveyor, for the control of building and urban space. The course will also provide the basic tools and methods for the project, the execution and the representation of the buildings survey. The students will be able to use correctly the universal expressive language of drawing, as a tool of knowledge and analysis, and to elaborate three-dimensional digital models of relief and design to represent and intervene on the urban environment.

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The course provides students with the most common linguistic basis for orientation in the field of scientific communication in writing.

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To provide basic knowledge concerning: on one hand, design theory, building activity and its actors; on the other hand, the study of building organism, analysing and classifying building components and constructive elements that compose it based on the identification and delimitation requirements of the space, of comfort and of static safety.
To teach the elementary aspects of architecture (spatial, morphological, distributive, etc.) needed to be built. The main characteristics to be considered are: the technical-constructive feasibility, the appropriate use of materials, the construction of buildings of the past and contemporary ones.
At the end of the second part the student will be able to: recognize the constructive elements of a building, understand its specific use and its interactions with the building organism, set the phases for the correct constructability, use the BIM for the development of the project.

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The course of Methods and Techniques of Real Estate Evaluation aims to provide students with knowledge on the fundamental issues of evaluation science, with reference to the most recent theoretical-methodological developments, also at international level, providing the tools for conducting consulting activities expert in the legal, cadastral, urban planning and in the procedures governing a public procurement contract.
Expected learning outcomes: the student will have to acquire the knowledge useful for carrying out expert assessments aimed to determinate the size and value of real estate.

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The course is aimed to provide skills and knowledge needed to the Construction Planning design in accordance to public works current regulatory framework and UNI 10756: 1998 standard that defines structure, contents and implementation methods.
Due to the prescriptions of UNI 10756: 1998 standard, techniques and methodologies suited for the Operational Construction and Site Plans design will be illustrated in the framework of the Construction Plan and General site plan design.
To this purpose the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and the Product Breakdown Structure (PBS) definition methodologies will be analysed as tools for breaking down a given project into elementary activities in order to identify construction methodologies, resources and equipment involved identifying, at the same time, criteria for quality assurance.
For the Operational Site Plans design, in a similar way, the infrastructural and plant subsystems required by the construction site design, management and operation will be analysed, with respect to the safety provisions of the current regulatory framework. For this purpose, provisional works and means required by the activities included in the project will be analysed
The Construction Operational Plans definition will allow the creation of the time schedule of the works to be carried out and the construction site layout design required. The project management issues involved will be addressed using traditional reticular techniques (PERT and CPM) and innovative approaches related to Location Based Management (LBM).
The knowledge acquired during the course consists in the acquisition of methodologies involves in the Operational Project design and project management methods related to public works.

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The goal of the course is to supply the main theoretical and practical fundamentals of the up-to-date terrestrial and satellite positioning techniques.

At the end of the learning process, the students will be able to design a survey in plane approximation or a on field materialization, to carry on these activities through the most suitable instrumentation, to process the collected observations and to write a technical report.

On the basis of the knowledge of cartography and legislation, the students will be able to apply the acquired skills also in cadastral activities.

Moreover, the students will get the competences enabling the continuous and autonomous update of their methodological and technical knowledge during their professional life.

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The course of Methods and Techniques of Real Estate Evaluation aims to provide students with knowledge on the fundamental issues of evaluation science, with reference to the most recent theoretical-methodological developments, also at international level, providing the tools for conducting consulting activities expert in the legal, cadastral, urban planning and in the procedures governing a public procurement contract.
Expected learning outcomes: the student will have to acquire the knowledge useful for carrying out expert assessments aimed to determinate the size and value of real estate.

Educational objectives

The course in Physics and Statistics is focussed on the following training objectives
Knowledge and ability to understand
know, understand, and apply the main methods concerning physics
know, understand, and apply the main methods concerning descriptive statistics

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The course of Construction and Building Systems has the objective of transferring the basic knowledge, methodologies and techniques for the conception and technical elaboration of the architectural project of new works of architecture or interventions on the existing buildings. The course aims to provide the intellectual and technical tools to draft, verify and control the phases of approval and construction of architectural artefacts, considering the different scales of architecture and the compositional and technological consistency of building systems.

Expected learning outcomes:
The student must acquire the conceptual and technical tools necessary for the elaboration of architectural drawings to be integrated with the other components of the design of a building (urban planning, structural and plant design)

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The contents of the module concern the theoretical and experimental knowledge required for the evaluation of the mechanical behavior of structural elements, assemblages and constructions. The aim of the module is to provide students with the principles of mechanical modeling of the structures and the methodological tools that allow interpreting and evaluating the static response of the buildings. Through fundamental mechanical models, the learner acquires the knowledge for the analysis of the mechanical behavior of structures and for a proper sizing of simple systems and assemblages.

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The aim of the course is to provide students with specific knowledge related to road works:
• to read and interpretate hydraulic infrastructures project documents (drawings, analyses, calculations and documents, for a road design);
• to know the specific site work activities necessary to build and maintain hydraulic infrastructures. Particularly, the materials, the construction site vehicles and the main problems encountered in the organization of the works and in the construction of hydraulic infrastructures are considered.
The course is completed by practical exercises.

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The aim of the course is to provide students with specific knowledge related to road works:
• to read and interpretate road project documents (drawings, analyses, calculations and documents, for a road design);
• to know the specific site work activites necessary to build and maintain a road. Particularly, specific risks, earthmoving activities, metric calculation, qualification tests for materials, laying materials and temporary signals were considered.
The course is completed by practical exercises.

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The course of Laboratory of construction and building systems has the objective of transferring the basic knowledge, methodologies and techniques for the conception and technical elaboration of the architectural project of new works of architecture or interventions on the existing buildings. The course aims to provide the intellectual and technical tools to draft, verify and control the phases of approval and construction of architectural artefacts, considering the different scales of architecture and the compositional and technological consistency of building systems.

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A hands-on exercise using a project provided by the teacher will be carried out. Students, gathered in a work teams, will apply the acquired knowledge defining quantity, resources and required time by the construction and the construction site layout.
The exercise will be developed using BIM systems in order to acquire the knowledge about the modern support tools nowadays available in order to allow an adequate visualization and knowledge of the project and take advantage of the up to date 4D techniques and paperless quantity take-off methodologies.
As part of the course, students will acquire the ability to deal with the operational definition of the activities required by construction within the framework of public works contracts, identifying the required activities, technical and operational conflicts and troubleshooting strategies.

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The aim of the course is to provide students with specific knowledge related to road works:
• to read and interpretate hydraulic infrastructures project documents (drawings, analyses, calculations and documents).

The course is completed by practical exercises.

Educational objectives

The aim of the course is to provide students with specific knowledge related to road works:
• to read and interpretate road project documents (drawings, analyses, calculations and documents).

The course is completed by practical exercises.

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The course deals with the theories and techniques required for the structural conception and design of new buildings, as well as for the verification and rehabilitation of existing ones. The contents concern the actions on constructions, including the effect of the seismic action, and the sizing of a structure according to typology, morphology and materials. The purpose of the module is to train the student with the critical and judgment skills required in the processes of conception, execution and testing of new and existing constructions.

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The Environmental Technical Physics course aims to provide students with knowledge of the fundamental aspects of thermo-fluid dynamics, heat transmission, energy, lighting, acoustics and thermo-hygrometric comfort. These notions of civil engineering and architecture are embodied in the physics of the indoor environment (building thermophysics, interior and exterior lighting, building acoustics), in the study of the well-being of the individual and in the study of savings energy.
Expected learning outcomes: the course aims to provide those interdisciplinary knowledge useful for dealing with the aspects connected to energy and the man-environment relationship within the building envelope.

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The Laboratory of Environmental Technical Physics course aims to provide students with knowledge of the fundamental aspects of thermo-fluid dynamics, heat transmission, energy, lighting, acoustics and thermo-hygrometric comfort. These notions of civil engineering and architecture are embodied in the physics of the indoor environment (building thermophysics, interior and exterior lighting, building acoustics), in the study of the well-being of the individual and in the study of savings energy.
Expected learning outcomes: the course aims to provide those interdisciplinary knowledge useful for dealing with the aspects connected to energy and the man-environment relationship within the building envelope.

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The course aims to analyse and interpret the results of laboratory tests and in situ surveys for the characterization of soils and rock-masses and to implement the main verifications for the evaluation of the stability of unsupported excavations and for the design of retaining walls.

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Main objective
The course provides the scientific basis to understand and learn (a) the main factors that can influence the healthiness of buildings compromising the users’ health, as well as (b) the performance’s objectives to apply in order to identify appropriate technical solutions for health.

Specific objectives
• To understand the role of the built environment in determining the health of the population, referring to the most recent scientific evidence on the subject, the World Health Organization’s guidelines and the current legislation.
• To learn the indoor risk factors (chemical, physical and biological), their sources and the buildings’ characteristics that have an impact on their presence and effects.
• To know the performance’s objectives of buildings compatible with the users’ well-being.
• To be able to critically examine case studies which can help the identification of good practices to improve the psycho-physical well-being of users.
• To be able to draw up a technical report that includes the quality assessment of the indoor environment with respect to a specific risk factor and the proposal of appropriate technical solutions.

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The course aims to provide students with the fundamental principles of law of public works through the study of the due process of realization of public works, from planning through to testing of the work.
The course is thus based on the study of the application of the contracts code and the soft regulation.
They also provided ideas on the law about construction (d.P.R. 380/2001), expropriation for public utilities (d.P.R. 327/2001) and security (d.lgs. 81/2008).
The course is completed by practical exercises.

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The aim of the Course is a knowledge and a specific technical ability in the following fields:
1. Laws for urban planning and environment;
2. Analysis of urban space and building heritage;
3. Terminology and tools for urban technique and planning;
4. Technique for local planning.
The main expected results of the Course regarding these fields are:
- knowledge and ability in managing rules and regulations and urban planning tools;
- ability to draw up technical analyzes of the urban space and of the building fabrics of the city, as a preliminary step towards the development of urban plans / programs of local and operational scale;
- a full mastery of the technical vocabulary and of the basic tools of urban technique, and the ability to correctly interpret the rules and regulations of urban planning;
- technical abilities in developing local and sectorial plans.

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The final exam consists of presenting the results of a personal study carried out by the student on a particular topic related to the teachings provided in this course and discussing them with a committee constituted in accordance with Academic Regulations for the degree course