2017.01.20 Exam Subjects List

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Construction engineering I - exam subjects

(1st semester, year 2016-2017)

1. Making buildings
1.1 Building performance and construction
1.2 Sustainable buildings’ characteristics
1.3 Material life cycle
1.4 Systems to assess sustainable buildings

2. Formwork
2.1 What is the formwork? How much percentage does it represent in the total
construction cost of a project?
2.2 Formwork – technical conditions
2.3 Formwork – economical conditions
2.4 Formwork – functional conditions
2.5 Name the loads acting on the horizontal formworks in vertical direction
2.6 Name the loads acting on the vertical formworks in horizontal direction
2.7 Describe and draw the components of the formwork (general, coupled wall+slab)
2.8 Briefly describe the types of sheathing
2.9 Briefly describe the modular panels formwork system + drawing of one panel (with
all its components)
2.10 Briefly describe the large panels formwork

3. Shoring elements
3.1 Enumerate the shoring elements for the proper formwork placed in a vertical plane
for walls and columns
3.2 Enumerate the shoring elements for the proper formwork placed in a horizontal
plane

4. Formwork systems
4.1 Formwork for plain concrete foundations using wood panels (technological
operations)
4.2 Reinforced concrete foundation formwork using PERI systems (technological
operations)
4.3 Formworks for reinforced concrete columns using CMS system (technological
operations)
4.4 Formworks for reinforced concrete walls using large panels (technological
operations)

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4.5 Formworks for reinforced concrete slabs modulated plywood panels (technological
operations)

5. Formwork removal and moulds


5.1 Rules that must be followed when stripping formworks
5.2 Formwork removal schedules
5.3 Casting beds and forms
5.4 Job site precast construction
5.5 Precast concrete consolidation
5.6 Fibrous reinforcing
5.7 Reinforcing a simple concrete beam (including drawing)

6. Concrete reinforcement
6.1 Concept of reinforcing and classification
6.2 Material properties
6.3 Types of steel for concrete
6.4 Fabrication and erection of reinforcing bars
6.5 Reinforcement bending (including mechanism of a stirrup bending machine)
6.6 Fibrous reinforcing

7. Concrete composition and mix


7.1 The concrete mix
7.2 From raw materials to Portland Cement – draw a scheme
7.3 Types of mixture design for concrete (describe them briefly)
7.4 Slump test description
7.5 Types of admixtures (describe them briefly)

8. Cold and hot weather concreting


8.1 Cold weather concreting
8.2 Hot weather concreting

9. Concrete placement
9.1 Mixing and transporting concrete
9.2 Placing equipment
9.3 Placing and consolidating concrete
9.4 Placing and finishing floor slabs
9.5 Placing concrete walls
9.6 Concrete curing methods

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