| CODE | CNM1412 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Building Elements 1 | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Construction and Property Management | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Study-unit Aims: - To introduce the types and role of Primary Elements in Buildings. Learning Outcomes: - Ability to identify role of different components in a building; - Ability to define the main functional requirements of primary elements of a building, including roofs, walls, floors, beams and columns and foundations; - Ability to prepare simple construction details of primary elements; - Ability to source information on functional requirements and specifications; - Ability to relate functional performance with appropriate selection of materials, of construction forms and methods. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - Introduction to Building, Osbourn,D., & Greeno, R., (Mitchell鈥檚 Building Series), Prentice Hall, 2007 - Building Construction: Structure & Fabric Pt. 1, Foster, J.S. & Greeno, R., (Mitchell鈥檚 Building Series) Prentice Hall, 2007 - Building Construction: Structure & Fabric Pt. 2, Foster, J.S, & Greeno, R., (Mitchell鈥檚 Building Series) Prentice Hall, 2007 |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Visit | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Hermann Bonnici Ruben Paul Borg |
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