Basics of Building Construction (3 cr)
Code: IR10021-3004
General information
- Enrollment
- 15.08.2025 - 30.09.2025
- Registration for introductions has not started yet. Registration starts :startDate
- Timing
- 25.08.2025 - 05.12.2025
- The implementation has not yet started.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 3 cr
- Local portion
- 3 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Contact learning
- Unit
- Insinöörikoulutus / Rakennustekniikka (IR)
- Campus
- Wärtsilä Campus Karjalankatu 3
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Seats
- 30 - 60
- Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Construction Engineering
- Teachers
- Jani Huovinen
- Teacher in charge
- Jani Huovinen
- Groups
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IRNS25Engineering, Civil Engineering, Construction, Full-Time Studies, Fall, 2025
- Course
- IR10021
Evaluation scale
H-5
Objective
During this study unit You will
- know how to use different sources of information in the construction industry
- use and read drawing markings
- be able to use and apply different terminology in the construction industry
- know the basic structures of a detached house, the most typical building components and their nomenclatures
- know the most typical building materials and their uses
- know the basic concepts of building physics
Content
The content of the study unit
- construction data sources, plans and drawings
- parts of the building
- the most typical structural components and their nomenclatures (substructure and foundations, subfloor, intermediate and upper floor, aquifer, external walls and partitions, supplementary structures)
- building materials
- basic concepts of building physical design
Teaching methods
Lähitunnit, harjoitustyö, itsenäinen opiskelu ja tehtävät.