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Course syllabus - Renovation, Reconstruction and Extension

Scope

7.5 credits

Course code

BTA225

Valid from

Autumn semester 2026

Education level

First cycle

Progressive Specialisation

G2F (First cycle, has at least 60 credits in first-cycle course/s as entry requirements)

Main area(s)

Building Engineering

Organisation

Department of Engineering Sciences

Ratified

2025-12-18

Literature lists

Course literature is preliminary up to 8 weeks before course start. Course literature can be valid over several semesters.

Objectives

The course aims to enable students to understand and describe how a project is initiated and developed, from needs analysis to design proposal, and to compile and communicate renovation, reconstruction, and extension projects, including technical and economic aspects, for properties owned by private or public housing companies. This includes learning how to develop, design, and present a proposal for a building conversion, while applying relevant laws and regulations as well as knowledge of sustainability.

Learning outcomes

After completing the course, the student should be able to:

  1. Understand, compile and communicate how a renovation project is created and developed from needs analysis to proposal documents, including technology and finance, on a property at a private or public property company.
  2. Use laws and regulations that govern the planning and production of renovation work.
  3. Process, design and report a proposal for the conversion of a premises into a workplace.
  4. Compile and present a premises program and a design program for the project.
  5. Apply acquired knowledge about sustainable development when it comes to designing workplaces.
  6. Create a plan for technically suitable renovation, conversion and extension with a focus on sustainable construction, LCC analysis and future technical maintenance plan.

Course content

The new course ROT acts as a bridge between architecture, technology, design, sustainability and economics. Just as a structural engineer must understand both the drawing, the design goals and the budget, the course integrates the ability to both design a workplace renovation and at the same time deliver an LCC analysis and investment calculation for it. The student will use previously acquired knowledge in this course to and demonstrate an understanding of the big picture in a ROT project.

Specific requirements

75 hp from an engineering programme which includes five of following courses:

  • 2,5 credit Building Technology
  • 1 credit Building Physics
  • 2 credit BIM and Urban Planning
  • 4,5 credit Design, Economics and Construction Law
  • 2,5 credit Building Services Engineering
  • 1 credit Building design 1
  • 3,5 credit Building Production 1

Examination

PRO1, Project Report, 4 credits, grades Pass (G) or Fail (U). Learning Outcomes 1–6.

TEN1, Written Examination, 3.5 credits, grades 3, 4, 5. Learning Outcomes 1–6.

A student who has a certificate from MDU regarding disability study support, can request adaptions for the examination. It is the examiner who takes decisions on any adaptions, based on the certificate and other conditions.

Grade

Grading scale: 5, 4, 3