Department of Building Engineering
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.
If you would like to discuss an area of research in more detail, please contact by e-mail: krzysztof.schabowicz@pwr.edu.pl

- 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
