Higher Technical Professional Course in Sustainable Building Rehabilitation

The graduate of this course will be a professional that can work, alone or integrated in a team and have the necessary skills to take on responsibilities to support tasks in: the development of design works; the planning, preparatio and management of construction works. In particular, in the field of sustainable refurbishemnet of buildings.

Mathematics.

The main employers will be: Construction companies; Urban rehabilitation societies; Design and urban studies service companies; Central and local government; Consulting firms; Development management companies.

Portuguese

Knowledge: specialized knowledge of the structure, components and specialties involved in the development of construction projects, fundamental knowledge of the specificities of building rehabilitation projects, specialized knowledge of the solutions, technologies and systems that make up a building, specialized knowledge of the sequence of construction activities , fundamental knowledge of construction processes, in particular those specific to the area of building rehabilitation, comprehensive knowledge of the procedures provided for in current legislation, specialized knowledge of tools and methodologies for assessment and certification of sustainable construction,, specialized knowledge of IT support tools to the activity, comprehensive knowledge of those involved in the construction sector, specialized knowledge of mathematics and physics, fundamental knowledge in terms of oral and written communication.
Skills: interpret and analyze the written and drawn parts of a project, Identify and apply the legislation relating to each different situation, strictly control the materials, solutions and construction systems, identify and propose more sustainable alternative materials, solutions and systems, analyze the instructions for requests for construction authorization, organize project and construction meetings, assess the sustainability of design solutions and alternative solutions in the construction phase, identify and evaluate the implications and constraints of the use/application of materials, solutions and construction systems, analyze and evaluate constructive nonconformities, Identify and apply financial/fiscal support instruments for rehabilitation.
Attitudes: demonstrate the ability to optimize resources, demonstrate autonomy for the systematization of procedures through computer tools, demonstrate the ability to work in a team, demonstrate leadership skills, demonstrate the ability to adapt communication to the characteristics of those involved, demonstrate the ability to continuously check calculations , demonstrate conflict management capacity and effectiveness, demonstrate availability to develop proactive supervision, demonstrate capacity and availability to delegate powers, demonstrate availability, courtesy and respect for a set of principles and rules of an ethical and deontological nature, demonstrate capacity to identify and resolve difficulties and unforeseen events in the application of project solutions.

Licenciatura em Engenharia Civil