This thesis is an investigation on how in architecture structure and material modulate the perception of light. This idea was implemented in the design of a catholic church for the parish of Blacksburg,Virginia. The vision of the church as a community in constant interaction resulted in the design of a complex, in which the chapel is accompanied by a pre-school and a third building containing facilities for the administration of the parish and the residence for the priest. The plaza on which all the buildings have been arranged allows the opportunity for outdoor activities, as well as the contemplation of the beautiful ever-changing views of the mountains that surround the church. The difference in the nature of the activities that take place in each one of the buildings has been expressed through the way structure and materials interact with the natural light producing a distinctive interior quality. / Master of Architecture

Master of Science / Department of Architectural Engineering / Don Phillippi / Concrete anchors represent an important transition for both the design and construction of a project. Anchors are produced in two main categories: cast-in-place and post-installed. For designers, anchors are used to attach steel members to supporting concrete members. The anchors are designed using the provisions outlined in Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete, ACI 318-11, Appendix D. These anchors are used to transmit tension and shear forces by using an individual anchor or a multiple anchor group. For contractors, anchor installation marks the transition between concrete and steel construction. Various types of anchors are produced by manufacturers, requiring contractors to be familiar with many installation methods. Careful planning and coordination is necessary to layout and place anchors into their correct location. Once anchors are installed, they must be protected from damage resulting from moving machinery and material. The purpose of this report is to introduce the basics to design concrete anchors by outlining the provisions in ACI 318-11 Appendix D and demonstrating these provisions with design examples. Anchor types, applications and common construction issues important to the structural engineer are also discussed.

This diploma thesis is processed in the form of design documentation for implementation of building. Solved building is a library in Veselí nad Moravou, cadastre unit Veselí-Předměstí. Building includes three above-ground floors and one underground floor. Floor plan is in shape of rectangular. Beside regular departments of library, study rooms, conference room and office parts, there is also a cafe and a bookstore. The structural system of a building is designed from cast-in-place concrete frame with filling from ceramic blocks Porotherm 30 Profi. Horizontal structural system is from cast-in-place reinforced concrete point-supported slabs. Part of facade is from glass and part is with contact thermal insulation system with mineral wool insulation. Roof construction is designed as flat green roof.

Different means and methods exist in the construction industry to erect bridge superstructures. In planning and execution of the complex construction operations the effects of the chosen erection method need to be considered to achieve a safe and economical process. Failures of bridges under construction have underlined the importance of this issue. Hence, constructability issues need to be considered from the very beginning of projects. Structural analysis mathematically models geometry, boundary conditions, and other structural details, material properties, and so-called actions and incorporates factors of safety. Aforementioned actions, i.e. loads or restraints of deformations may act only temporarily during construction, depending on the method and sequence of erection. However, these construction loads can create considerable stresses in the unfinished structure prior to completion when it still lacks additional redundancy against failure. Furthermore, time-dependent material properties such as creep, shrinkage, and relaxation play a major role, especially in segmental construction. A case study is provided as an example of how constructability issues are dealt with in engineering practice. The Wilson Creek Bridge is a five-span cast-in-place concrete segmental bridge that was erected with Balanced Cantilever Construction. The bridge superstructure incorporated a camber to account for time-dependent deflections in final alignment. Form travelers were used in an alternating manner about the bridge piers to construct cantilever arms that were finally connected at midspan. These travelers remained in place until the box girder segments had reached sufficient strength to be post-tensioned to their predecessors. Casting cycle duration on this project was one week. / Master of Science

This diploma thesis deals with design and elaboration of project documentation of library. The building is located on plot No. 6167/2 in Žďár nad Sázavou, number of cadastre unit 795232. The library have three above-ground floor and basement. Irregularly-shaped floor plan of the library is in the shape of the letter "K". In addition to the individual departments of the library, there are study rooms, a multifunctional hall, an information center and a café. Structural system is designed as a cast-in-place concrete frame with a ceramic blocks infill. Horizontal structures are made of cast-in-place reinforced slab. Building has ventilated facade with mineral wool insulation. Roofs constructions are designed as flat green roofs.

The topic of the diploma thesis is the elaboration of project documentation for the construction of a fire station with almost zero energy consumption. The building will serve as a fire station type P4 with the scope of the JPO I unit - a unit of the fire department with a territorial scope, usually within 20 minutes drive from the place of deployment. The designed building is a detached object with two above-ground and one underground floor. The building is designed as a reinforced concrete skeleton. It consists of two operating units. The administrative and operational part has three floors. In this part, the main entrance to the building is on the 1st floor, oriented on the south side. The technical rooms of the fire department are located on the first floor and are functionally connected to the administrative part. Exit garages, a car wash and a dryer are also attached to it. Prior to the elaboration of the project, a visit to the regional fire station in Trnava and a consultation with the director of this station took place regarding the needs and requirements of the fire department.

The objective of the diploma thesis is a design and check of load-bearing concrete structure of multi-storey residential building. The building is located in Brno. The total ground plan’s dimensions are 39,32 x 22,58 metres, total height of the building in the highest point is 10,29 metres. The object is three-storey building with rectangular plan with partial basement designed as cast-in-place concrete frame and two above-ground floor designed as reinforced concrete walls and masonry walls. Load-bearing floor structures are designed as reinforced concrete slabs. Drawing documentation is included.

A indústria da construção civil vem assumindo um papel determinante no desenvolvimento econômico do país e vivenciado um crescimento exponencial que exige das empresas uma dedicação crescente na busca por novas tecnologias construtivas e ferramentas que auxiliem na gestão de empreendimentos. Sistemas construtivos racionalizados que repercutam na melhoria dos produtos com a redução de custos são essenciais para manter a competitividade no setor. O sistema construtivo de vedações verticais em concreto armado moldadas in loco confere uma alternativa na produção de habitações em larga escala caracterizada pela redução de custos e alta produtividade originando uma cadeia produtiva que auxilia no planejamento e controle da produção em obras. O presente trabalho tem como objetivo contribuir para o planejamento e o controle da produção de edificações que utilizam em seu processo o sistema construtivo anteriormente citado, propondo um modelo de organização da produção baseado na redução da variabilidade dos processos produtivos por meio do fluxo contínuo da produção, que proporcione o trabalho ininterrupto no canteiro de obras. A proposta associa os princípios que sustentam a filosofia produtiva da Lean Constrution, e recomenda um modelo para o planejamento operacional de curto prazo, que defina os fluxos produtivos pela aplicação de ritmos constantes nas atividades mediante o nivelamento dos recursos de mão-de-obra envolvidos no processo produtivo com a introdução de células produtivas que proporcionam lotes otimizados de trabalho, constituindo células de trabalho. / The construction industry has a decisive role in economic development of the country and experienced exponential growth requires dedication growing companies in the search for constructive new technologies and tools that will assist them in managing exposures. Constructive rationalized systems that reverberate in improvement of products with reducing costs is critical to remain competitive in the industry. The constructive system using cast-in-place concrete vertical panels confers an alternative in the production of large-scale housing characterized by reduced costs and high productivity that provides a productive chain which assists in the planning and production control in workplaces. This work aims to contribute to the planning and production control buildings that use its constructive system previously cited, proposing a model organization of production based on reducing variability in productive processes through streaming production, providing uninterrupted work on site. The proposal combines the principles supporting the production philosophy of Lean Constrution, and recommends a template for the short-term operational planning, defining workflows by applying patterns appearing in activities by the leveling of labour resources involved in the production process with the introduction of work cells that provide small batches of work.

A indústria da construção civil vem assumindo um papel determinante no desenvolvimento econômico do país e vivenciado um crescimento exponencial que exige das empresas uma dedicação crescente na busca por novas tecnologias construtivas e ferramentas que auxiliem na gestão de empreendimentos. Sistemas construtivos racionalizados que repercutam na melhoria dos produtos com a redução de custos são essenciais para manter a competitividade no setor. O sistema construtivo de vedações verticais em concreto armado moldadas in loco confere uma alternativa na produção de habitações em larga escala caracterizada pela redução de custos e alta produtividade originando uma cadeia produtiva que auxilia no planejamento e controle da produção em obras. O presente trabalho tem como objetivo contribuir para o planejamento e o controle da produção de edificações que utilizam em seu processo o sistema construtivo anteriormente citado, propondo um modelo de organização da produção baseado na redução da variabilidade dos processos produtivos por meio do fluxo contínuo da produção, que proporcione o trabalho ininterrupto no canteiro de obras. A proposta associa os princípios que sustentam a filosofia produtiva da Lean Constrution, e recomenda um modelo para o planejamento operacional de curto prazo, que defina os fluxos produtivos pela aplicação de ritmos constantes nas atividades mediante o nivelamento dos recursos de mão-de-obra envolvidos no processo produtivo com a introdução de células produtivas que proporcionam lotes otimizados de trabalho, constituindo células de trabalho. / The construction industry has a decisive role in economic development of the country and experienced exponential growth requires dedication growing companies in the search for constructive new technologies and tools that will assist them in managing exposures. Constructive rationalized systems that reverberate in improvement of products with reducing costs is critical to remain competitive in the industry. The constructive system using cast-in-place concrete vertical panels confers an alternative in the production of large-scale housing characterized by reduced costs and high productivity that provides a productive chain which assists in the planning and production control in workplaces. This work aims to contribute to the planning and production control buildings that use its constructive system previously cited, proposing a model organization of production based on reducing variability in productive processes through streaming production, providing uninterrupted work on site. The proposal combines the principles supporting the production philosophy of Lean Constrution, and recommends a template for the short-term operational planning, defining workflows by applying patterns appearing in activities by the leveling of labour resources involved in the production process with the introduction of work cells that provide small batches of work.

Vid byggnation av betongväggar på vatten- och reningsverk används dom tvåmetoderna platsgjutna och prefabricerade väggar. Metoderna ger liknande resultatmen skiljer sig avsevärt i genomförande. Vi har därför valt att studera ämnet och draslutsatser om vilken metod som är att föredra.För att studera ämnet valde vi Skebäcks Reningsverk i Örebro som studieobjekt därdom båda metoderna att uppföra nya mellanväggar i betong har använts i sambandmed ombyggnation av befintliga bassänger.Vi har valt att studera kostnader och arbetsmiljöfrågor kring dom två olikabyggmetoderna.Som underlag för kostnadsberäkningen har vi använt Wikells Sektionsdata samtprisuppgifter från leverantörer. För att studera arbetsmiljön har intervjuer genomförtsmed två yrkesverksamma betongarbetare. Intervjuerna gav sedan underlag för enenkät som skickades ut till yrkesverksamma betongarbetare.Vår studie visar att prefabricerade väggar beräknas ge en lägre byggkostnad änmotsvarande platsgjuten vägg vid ett reningsverk. Studien visar även attbetongarbetare föredrar prefabricerade lösningar ur arbetsmiljösynpunkt. Fysisktpåfrestande moment undviks och tiden som spenderas på arbetsplatsen minskar vidprefabricerade betongelement. / When building concrete walls at water and wastewater treatment plants , the twomethods are cast-in-place and prefabricated walls. The methods give similar resultsbut differ considerably in implementation. We have therefore chosen to study thesubject and draw conclusions about which method is preferable.To study the subject, we chose Skebäcks wastewater treatment plant in Örebro as astudy object where both methods of constructing newpartitions in concrete havebeen used in connection with the reconstruction of existing basins.We have chosen to study costs and work environment issues around the twodifferent construction methods. As a basis for the cost calculation, we have usedWikell's Sektion Data and price information from suppliers. To study the workenvironment, interviews were conducted with two professional concrete workers. Theinterviews then provided the basis for a questionnaire that was given to professionalconcrete workers.Our study shows that prefabricated walls provide a lower construction cost than thecorresponding cast-in-place wall at wastewater treatment plant . The study showsthat concrete workers prefer prefabricated solutions from a work environment pointof view. Physically stressful moments are avoided and the time spent in theworkplace is reduced when building with prefabricated concrete walls.