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Department of Building Engineering is divided into three teams with following reaerch interests:
comprehensive surveys and technical condition assessments of general and industrial construction facilities,
laboratory and "in situ" tests of building materials and elements,
non-destructive tests of materials and structures,
technical expertise and designs of masonry buildings, timber frame buildings, prefabricated and monolithic reinforced concrete buildings,
strengthening of masonry, timber, and reinforced concrete system buildings and structures,
measurements of the accuracy of execution, using the metric and geodetic methods, of any building objects, as well as the evenness of plaster, floors, walls, floor slabs deflections, etc.
design for moisture protection and thermal renovation of general construction objects and historic buildings,
technical consulting, supervision and acceptance of works in the field of general construction,
inspections of the technical condition of buildings,
assessment of the technical condition of the building structures.
analysis of thermal energy consumption in residential, public, and industrial buildings and optimisation of energy consumption,
analysis of the possibilities of shaping the annual energy balance of buildings,
energy certification of buildings,
energy audits of buildings for various purposes, thermal modernisation projects of buildings, including historic ones, technical advice on the design and implementation of the thermal envelope of buildings,
thermal image building inspection, thermal and humidity diagnostics of building envelopes limiting the heated volume of buildings, including application active thermography to identify inclusions materials in building partitions,
thermography of buildings (including aerial thermography with drones),
tests in the climatic chambers (each 30m3) of building materials and partitions, as well as reinforced concrete elements under different heat and moisture conditions.
expertise in the correctness of interior microenvironments in residential, public and industrial buildings,
tests of physical, chemical and biological corrosion of construction materials and products. Testing of machinery, equipment and other products for which the following are important varying temperature operating conditions,
tests of thermal conductivity of buildings materials,
thermal, moisture, mycological and construction expertises of buildings, building elements, and interiors,
numerical calculations of thermal bridges, computer calculations and analysis of temperature distribution in building elements, including at the stage of building design,
computer simulations and hygrothermal analysis (WUFI) of the building envelope for different purposes, including at the stage of building design,
expertise and technical condition assessments of residential and general construction facilities,
expertise and assessments of the technical condition of industrial construction facilities, including industrial halls, industrial structures (transportation galleries, chimneys, reinforced concrete silos, foundations for machines, etc.), dynamic analyses of structures
restoration design of historic buildings,
designs for the reconstruction and modernisation of industrial buildings,
selection of modern materials for structural and reinforced concrete repairs,
designs to strengthen the structure of large-panel prefabricated buildings, among others due to paraseismic influences,
optimisation tasks of building structures
numerical static-strength analysis of public buildings and historic structures.
If you would like to discuss an area of research in more detail, please contact by e-mail: piotr.berkowski@pwr.edu.pl
new technological and organisational solutions in the design and implementation of construction works, including the search for methods that increase the efficiency of construction works,
methods of managing construction processes (investment preparation, construction implementation, use process) in adjustment to the requirements of the European Union,
research on the probabilistic nature of construction processes,
analysis of the impact of time dispersion on the efficiency of construction processes,
verification of organisation methods that take into account time couplings in construction practice,
inspecting of existing building state (defects detecting, degree of technical wear estimation, renovation, major repairs, modernization, refurbishment, technical maintenance management),
engineering consultancy (technical consulting and auditing services like Bank Investment Supervision, Feasibility Study, Technical Due Diligence, Civil Expertise, Technical Close Out Audit, Tenancy Management),
modelling of the development of accident situations in construction,
modelling of risk assessment of accidents, and dangerous incidents at workplaces using scaffoldings
analysis of the causes of occupational accidents at work in construction,
modelling the virtual construction environment in terms of occupational safety,
use of virtual reality for research and training of construction workers.
If you would like to discuss an area of research in more detail, please contact by e-mail: mariusz.szostak@pwr.edu.pl