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Academic year 2009/2010
Master's Degree (MSc) on BUILDING ENGINEERING
BUILDING ENGINEERING

Coordinator Prof. Gianluca Scaccianoce
Class of Master's Degree (MSc) on Construction engineering (LM-24)
2 years

Free access
Course Code
2027

Course info
The 2nd cycle Degree Course in Building Engineering replaces the former course (class 4S- Architecture and Building Engineering, Ministerial decree 509/99). The educational objective is to provide the labour market with high-level professionals who, through their interdisciplinary training and the acquisition of a typical engineering technique, are able to identify problems and find appropriate design solutions, keeping pace with the innovative dynamics of the area, to improve the quality of buildings in its physical, technical, performance, economic and process aspects. In particular, the course aims at training professional engineers capable of working autonomously and effectively in the following fields: - Design of complex building systems, with respect to the technological, structural, environmental quality aspects, and with a specific attention to wellbeing, service life and to issues related to energy and environmental impact; - recovery, rehabilitation, maintenance and management of existing buildings; - Development of the construction process, with respect to operational, economic and managerial aspects; - Management of technological and production processes related to the building industry (new buildings, existing buildings), with particular attention to safety issues; - Technological innovation; - Testing and quality control of products and works. To achieve the various educational objectives, students may choice among different curricula; each curriculum aims at training a specific type of professional in the field of Building Engineering, who may immediately fit in the specific labour market sector. In any case, the common core courses, focusing on building design integrated with structural and plant design, enables graduates of this course to fit in building sectors other than the selected one. Credit intervals of the class specific educational activities provide further competences in the following sectors: - Structural Design Advanced study of structural design issues, through the in depth analysis of structures in reinforced concrete, pre-stressed concrete, steel, masonry with particular reference to prefabrication, safety of the structures and earthquake resistance issues. - Plant engineering Explores the design of systems and their integration into the building and provides specific insights with respect to electric and sanitary systems in buildings. Particular attention is devoted to the automation and control systems in complex buildings. - Building rehabilitation Provides general and specific knowledge and operational skills needed to tackle the building renovation sector in terms of design, of techniques and technologies as well as of the management organization of interventions. Specific issues will then detailed under a disciplinary and instrumental point of view with respect to damage and deterioration as well as the study of the evolution of edifices , building techniques and used materials. Existing regulations will be the analysed, as well as the latest technologies for interventions and for verifying the stability of buildings and inspecting yard works. The first year of the educational programme will study in depth subjects related to structural issues(dynamics, complex structures in steel, reinforced concrete and pre-stressed reinforced concrete, structural problems of monuments and historic buildings), environmental and energy issues (building thermophysics, complex building types, innovative materials) as well as management and quality and safety control issues (business project management, building quality and control structural safety). The second year is devoted to the design of new buildings and of the recuperation of existing buildings, through the advanced study, under an integrated design point of view, of building issues(building design and building recuperation and conservation design), structural and plant engineering issues (structural designs in seismic zones, thermal, hydraulic and electric plant design for the building industry). The educational programme s completed by stages, internships, and the preparation of the degree dissertation.
Building engineers, thanks to the spectrum of acquired competences will find varied job opportunities. They may carry out their professional activity as consulting engineers, building design engineers, structural engineers, refurbishment design engineers, service systems engineers, project managers, construction managers, cost engineers, facility managers, safety engineers and in many other professional opportunities stemming from the current development trend in building innovation. They may also find many employment opportunities: professional architectural, engineering and planning offices, consulting offices in the field of technology, safety, heat engineering, quality control, engineering firms, construction and maintenance companies, industrial production of building materials and components, public administration, engineering departments of public and private clients, building asset management companies, service companies for quality control, insurance companies and, in general, in the field of private practice.
It consists of the presentation and discussion of a dissertation, written autonomously by the student and awarded with specific credits. The dissertation may be either the development of a project in which all the main aspects of future civil and environmental engineering profession - sect.A, or the in depth analysis of specific applicative issues characterizing the course. The dissertation may have an experimental character, thanks to the attendance to the laboratories of the Departments related with the degree course and the development of original contributions to the advancement of the disciplines.

course outline
Teachings first year
credits Term Val. Area Scientific sector
01192 - OTHER EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES 3.0 Yearly G F
02375 - STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS PIRROTTA (PO) 9.0 Yearly V B ICAR/08
05793 - STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS IN MONUMENTS AND IN HISTORICAL BUILDINGS LA MENDOLA (PO) 6.0 Yearly V B ICAR/09
09151 - STRUCTURAL DESIGN AND STEEL STRUCTURES CAMPIONE (PO) 9.0 Yearly V B ICAR/09
09149 - TECHNICAL ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDING TYPOLOGIES CORRAO (PO) 9.0 Yearly V B ICAR/10
10099 - INNOVATIVE MATERIALS FOR THE BUILDING INDUSTRY VALENZA (PO) 6.0 Yearly V C ING-IND/22
13769 - PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMIC EVALUATION SIMONOTTI (PO) 6.0 Yearly V C ING-IND/17
Free subjects (suggested) 6.0 D
Teachings second year
credits Term Val. Area Scientific sector
07553 - PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE 3.0 Yearly G F
10044 - CONSTRUCTION SEISMIC DESIGN CAVALERI (PO) 9.0 Yearly V B ICAR/09
10096 - BUILDING RECOVERY AND CONSERVATION DESIGN COTTONE (PQ) BERTOROTTA (CU) 9.0 Yearly V B ICAR/10
10097 - TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT DESIGN FOR THE BUILDING INDUSTRY LA PICA (CU) 9.0 Yearly V B ING-IND/11
10650 - INTEGRATED BUILDING DESIGN LI CASTRI (CU) 9.0 Yearly V B ICAR/10
10651 - BUILDINGS THERMOPHYSICS CIULLA (PA) 6.0 Yearly V B ING-IND/11
05917 - FINAL EXAMINATION 12.0 Yearly G E
Free subjects (suggested) II 9.0 D
Elective activities
Free subjects (suggested) credits Term Val. Area Scientific sector
07145 - PREFABRICATED STRUCTURES 6.0 Yearly V D
09112 - MODELS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL 6.0 Yearly V D
10098 - STRUCTURAL SAFETY ZINGALES (PO)ZINGALES MASSIMILIANO 6.0 Yearly V D
13774 - WATER PLANTS 6.0 Yearly V D
13776 - PLANT AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES 6.0 Yearly V D
13777 - BUILDINGS EXPERIMENTATION., TESTING AND CONTROL 6.0 Yearly V D
13781 - ELECTRIC PLANTS IN BUILDINGS 6.0 Yearly V D
Free subjects (suggested) II credits Term Val. Area Scientific sector
07145 - PREFABRICATED STRUCTURES 6.0 Yearly V D
09112 - MODELS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL 6.0 Yearly V D
10098 - STRUCTURAL SAFETY ZINGALES (PO)ZINGALES MASSIMILIANO 6.0 Yearly V D
13774 - WATER PLANTS 6.0 Yearly V D
13776 - PLANT AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES 6.0 Yearly V D
13777 - BUILDINGS EXPERIMENTATION., TESTING AND CONTROL 6.0 Yearly V D
13781 - ELECTRIC PLANTS IN BUILDINGS 6.0 Yearly V D
01127 - APPLIED ACOUSTICS 9.0 Yearly V D
08262 - FOUNDATIONS AND RETAINING STRUCTURES 9.0 Yearly V D
Explaination
Term Term/Semester
Val. Valutation: V = mark in 30/30, G = note
(*) Teaching attended in english
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