222-0506 – Public infrastructure II. (VI2)

Gurantor departmentDepartment of Urban Engineering
Subject guarantorIng. Marek Teichmann, Ph.D. Paed.IGIP
Study levelundergraduate or graduate
Subject version
Version codeYear of introductionYear of cancellationCredits
222-0506/01 2019/2020 5
222-0506/02 2019/2020 5

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

Students will acquire basic knowledge in the area of public infrastructure issues, focusing on transport infrastructure, public space and completing knowledge from technical infrastructure with emphasis on general and technical requirements, including the relation of general technical requirements ensuring barrier-free use of roads and public areas.

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Summary

Subject of Public Infrastructure II. deals with the general technical requirements for the construction of public roads and public areas, which are defined by the Building Act as part of public infrastructure and which are established or used in the public interest. An integral part of this is a detailed analysis of the requirements also from the point of view of barrier-free use for individual groups of people with health restrictions - especially those with movement and visual limitations.

Compulsory literature:

EN 17210:2021 Accessibility and usability of the built environment - Functional requirements, CEN/CENELEC Brussels CEN/TR 17621:2021 Accessibility and usability of the built environment - Technical performance criteria and specifications, CEN/CENELEC Brussels CEN/TR 17622:2021 Accessibility and usability of the built environment - Conformity assessment, CEN/CENELEC Brussels

Recommended literature:

ISO 21542:2011 Building construction – Accessibility and usability of the built environment SITTE, C.: The art of building cities: city building according to artistic fundamentals. Mansfield Centre, CT: Martino Publishing, 2013. 146 pp. ISBN 978-1614275244 COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT. Manual for streets. London: Thomas Telford Pub, 2007. ISBN 978-072-7735-010 Designing streets: a policy statement for Scotland. Edinburgh: Scottish Government. 2010. ISBN 978-075-5982-646

Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.