Condition Assessment of Building and Renovation of Building Envelope StructuresLaajuus (4 ECTS)

Objective

After completing the course students are able to:
- Determine condition assessment methods of buildings and estimate the timing of assessments of a building during the repair process
- List the contents of renovation plans as well as required documents for demolition work and their contents
- List defects and damage of building envelope
- Calculate heat and humidity physics of a wall structure to evaluate the possibilities for structures to dry
- List defects of different building materials (wood, concrete, rendering, brick) and analyze reasons for them
- Identify moisture and mould damage of structures and their causes and list methods of their investigation
- List typical indoor air problems and their causes and methods of their investigation
- Rename different condition assessment methods for concrete, wood, rendered and brick structures
- Carry out moisture measurements of structures and interpret their results
- Write reports of the measurements
- List a variety of stress factors for building envelope structures, repair methods and their pros and cons according to building physics and life cycle

Content

Condition assessments of building
Maintenance periods
Condition Survey
Condition assessment
Inspections for housing
Repair process
Renovation plans
Demolition
Defects of building envelope and waterproofing
Heat, moisture and air flow technique of building envelope components: U-value calculations, temperature and moisture distribution of an outer wall structure
Damages of concrete structures: construction and design errors, concrete carbonation, corrosion of reinforcements, fire damages
Moisture measurement of concrete structures
Condition assessment of concrete structures
Damages of rendered and brick structures
Condition assessment of rendered structures
Mold and moisture damages
Moisture technique of wood and brick structures
Condition assessment of mould and moisture damages
Indoor air problems
Condition assessment of indoor air quality
Condition assessment reports
Renovation of facades
Repair of roof structures
Repair of waterproofing

Qualifications

Building Physics, Building Structures

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The student is able to:
- List the condition assessment methods of buildings
- List the contents of renovation plans as well as required documents for demolition work and their contents
- List defects and damage of building envelope
- Calculate heat and humidity physics of a wall structure and evaluate the possibilities for structures to dry
- List defects of different building materials (wood, concrete, rendering, brick)
- Identify moisture and mould damage of the structures and their causes and list methods of their investigation
- List typical indoor air problems and their causes and methods of investigating them
- Rename different condition assessment methods for concrete, wood, rendered and brick structures
- Carry out moisture measurements of structures and interpret their results
- Write reports of the measurements
- List a variety of stress factors for building envelope structures, repair methods and their pros and cons according to building physics and life cycle

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The student is able to:
- List the condition assessment methods of buildings and choose appropriate methods during renovation process
- List the contents of renovation plans as well as required documents for demolition work and their contents
- List defects and damage of building envelope
- Calculate heat and humidity physics of a wall structure and evaluate the possibilities for structures to dry
- List defects of different building materials (wood, concrete, rendering, brick) and analyze causes for them
- Identify moisture and mould damage of the structures and their causes and list methods of their investigation and interpret results of measurements
- List typical indoor air problems and their causes and methods of investigating them and interpret results of measurements
- Rename different condition assessment methods for concrete, wood, rendered and brick structures and interpret results of measurements
- Carry out moisture measurements of structures and interpret their results
- Write reports of the measurements
- List a variety of stress factors for building envelope structures, repair methods and their pros and cons according to building physics and life cycle

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student is able to:
- List the condition assessment methods of buildings and choose appropriate methods during the renovation process
- List the contents of renovation plans as well as required documents for demolition work and their contents
- List defects and damage of building envelope
- Calculate heat and humidity physics of a wall structure and evaluate the possibilities for structures to dry
- List defects of different building materials (wood, concrete, rendering, brick) and analyze causes for them
- Identify moisture and mould damage of the structures and their causes and list methods of their investigation and interpret results of measurements
- List typical indoor air problems and their causes and methods of investigating them and interpret results of measurements
-Rename different condition assessment methods for concrete, wood, rendered and brick structures and interpret results of measurements
- Carry out moisture measurements of structures and interpret their results
- Write reports of the measurements
- List a variety of stress factors for building envelope structures, repair methods and their pros and cons according to building physics and life cycle and analyze results of condition assessments to select the correct repair method