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BUT GCCD / Civil Engineering - Sustainable Construction

Course :

  • Building work
  • Public works
  • Renovating and improving the environmental performance of buildings
  • Design office

Work-study program available from 2nd year (apprenticeship and professionalization contracts)

All our courses are open to continuing education (salaried employees, individuals or job-seekers), subject to validation of the prerequisites required and the terms and conditions of each course.

The diploma
  • Level 6: Bachelor's degree, 180 ECTS
  • Skills-based approach
  • 3-year integrated curriculum
  • International mobility made easy
  • Training strongly structured around professional situations
THE GC-CD GOAL on video
Objectives

The B.U.T. Civil Engineering and Sustainable Construction is designed to train middle managers capable of carrying out functions in the fields of contracting, project management, site organization and management.

proposed routes

The Civil Engineering department offers 4 different courses, starting in 2nd year

  • Building works course
  • Public Works course
  • Rehabilitation and Improvement of the Environmental Performance of Buildings course
  • Design Office course
target skills

The skills are common to all 4 paths, but the level of development of each skill varies according to the path chosen.

  • Develop technical solutions for all or part of a building project
  • Develop technical solutions for all or part of a public works project
  • Designing technical structures and equipment for the construction industry
  • Organizing a construction site
  • Technical management of a project throughout its life cycle
training organization

Start date: September.
Duration: 3 years.
Hourly volume: 2000h.
Hourly volume of tutored projects: 600h spread over the 3 years.
Internship: 22 weeks minimum over the 3 years
Assessment method: Continuous assessment

Work-study program: possible from 2nd year
Organization of work-study program: 3 periods of training in the GC-CD department and 3 periods in the company.

Previsional work-study calendar BUT2-GCCD-BEC-grA - PDF 101 KoDownload
BUT2-TP work-study schedule - PDF 102 KoDownload
Work-study calendar BUT3_2023-BAT - PDF 102 KoDownload
Previsional work-study calendar BUT3-GCCD-BEC-grA - PDF 101 KoDownload
Previsional work-study calendar BUT3-GCCD-BEC-grB - PDF 101 KoDownload
Alternation calendar BUT3-RAPEB-1 - PDF 102 KoDownload
BUT3-TP alternation calendar - PDF 102 KoDownload
lessons

SEMESTER 1 (all courses)

Learning and Assessment Situations (LAS):

  • SAé 1-1 : Design of a building structure
  • SAE 1-2: Engineering project
  • SAé 1-3: Simple planimetric and altimetric survey
  • SAE 1-4: Modeling a simple structural element and its loading
  • SAé 1-5 : Location and sizing of dry and wet networks for a simple structure - Quotation for a simple structure
  • SAé 1-6 : Quotation for a simple project
  • SAE 1-7 : Survey of an existing structure
  • Portfolio

Resources (materials)

  • Academic work methods and IT tools
  • Mathematics
  • Expression-Communication
  • English
  • Building technology
  • Drawing - Plan reading
  • Supporting structure
  • Civil engineering technology
  • Topography
  • Structural mechanics
  • Dry and wet networks
  • Contractors and structures in their environment
  • Construction methods
  • Costing and financial management
  • Function of building components
  • Knowledge of the main materials
  • PPP

SEMESTER 2 (all courses)

Learning and Assessment Situations (LAS):

  • SAE 2-1 : Building development/extension project
  • SAé 2-2: Roads and utilities project (VRD)
  • SAé 2-3: Complex planimetric and altimetric survey
  • SAé 2-4 : Calculation of stresses and strains of a simple structure using professional software
  • SAé 2-5 : Insulation performance of a simple structural element and solutions to satisfy hygrothermal constraints
  • SAé 2-6 : Planning simple jobs
  • SAé 2-7 : Summary of characteristics to be retained and technical documents required to monitor the life of the structure
  • SAE 2-8: Stage 1
  • Portfolio

Resources (materials)

  • Mathematics
  • Expression-Communication
  • English
  • Drawing - Plan reading
  • Secondary trades technology
  • Topography
  • Civil engineering technology
  • Structural mechanics
  • Heat and water transfer in walls
  • Construction methods
  • Site organization and management
  • Quality safety environment
  • Granular materials, soils and road reuse
  • Binding materials, concrete and asphalt mixes
  • Environmental assessment of materials and equipment
  • PPP

SEMESTER 3 (all courses)

Learning and Assessment Situations (LAS) :

  • Suivi-PT-SAÉ S3
  • SAE Portfolio S3
  • SAÉ Building
  • SAÉ Travaux Publics
  • SAE Structure modeling
  • Sizing for comfort
  • SAE Site organization
  • SAÉ Diagnostic

Resources (materials)

  • Mathematics 3
  • Expression-Communication 3
  • English 3
  • Advanced Building Technology 1
  • Multi-criteria analysis and LCA
  • Civil engineering technology 3
  • Layout techniques for linear structures
  • Building stability 1
  • Geotechnics 1
  • Building physics and energy 1
  • Methods, Management 3
  • Technical management and pathologies
  • Personal and Professional Project 3

SEMESTER 4 (all courses)

Learning and Assessment Situations (LAS) :

  • Suivi-PT-SAÉ
  • REH company follow-up
  • REH project follow-up
  • SAÉ Portfolio
  • SAÉ Building
  • SAÉ Travaux Publics
  • SAE Structural justification
  • Sizing for comfort
  • SAE Site organization
  • SAÉ Maintenance
  • S4 internship

Resources (materials)

  • Mathematics 4
  • Expression-Communication 4
  • English 4
  • Advanced Building Technology 2
  • Civil engineering technology 4
  • Building stability 2
  • Geotechnics 2
  • Building physics and energy 2
  • Methods, Management 4
  • Deconstruction
  • Structural failure
  • Personal and Professional Project 4
  • INFO
  • DAO

SEMESTER 5 - BEC course (Design Office)

Learning and Assessment Situations (LAS) :

  • Suivi-PT-SAÉ S5
  • SAÉ Collaborative design project (BIM) based on an architectural project: development of technical building solutions
  • SAE Collaborative design project (BIM) based on an architectural project: development of technical solutions TP
  • SAE Collaborative design project (BIM) based on an architectural project: dimensioning
  • SAE Portfolio S5

Resources (materials)

  • Mathematics 5
  • Expression - Communication 5
  • English 5
  • Business management and labor legislation
  • Total cost
  • Technical solutions and the BIM approach
  • LCA from material to structure
  • Civil Engineering Technology 5
  • Engineering structures and special works
  • Structural mechanics 3
  • Building stability 3
  • Geotechnics 3
  • Building physics and energy 3
  • Personal and Professional Project 5
  • Programming
  • Architectural sketch

SEMESTER 6 - BEC course (Design Office)

Learning and Assessment Situations (LAS) :

  • Suivi-PT-SAE S6
  • REH company follow-up
  • REH project follow-up
  • SAE Design Project (PFE)
  • SAE Portfolio S6
  • Internship S6

Resources (materials)

  • Project management

SEMESTER 5 - RAPEB(Rehabilitation and Improvement of Environmental Performance of Buildings) course

Learning and Assessment Situations (LAS) :

  • Suivi-PT-SAÉ S5
  • SAÉ ERP building rehabilitation project (BIM)
  • SAÉ Rehabilitation feasibility study
  • SAE Maintenance and operation of an existing building
  • SAE Portfolio S5

Resources (materials)

  • Mathematics 5
  • Expression - Communication 5
  • English 5
  • Business management and labor legislation
  • Total cost
  • Technical solutions and the BIM approach
  • LCA from material to structure
  • Structural mechanics 3
  • Building stability 3
  • Geotechnics 3
  • Building physics and energy 3
  • Operation and maintenance programming
  • Circular economy
  • Personal and Professional Project 5
  • Regulatory context
  • Building with bio-sourced materials
  • Building physics and energy 4

SEMESTER 6 - RAPEB (Rehabilitation and Improvement of the Environmental Performance of Buildings)SEMESTER 6

Learning and Assessment Situations (LAS) :

  • Suivi-PT-SAE S6
  • REH company follow-up
  • REH project follow-up
  • SAE Heavy building rehabilitation project (PFE)
  • SAE Portfolio S6
  • Internship S6

Resources (materials)

  • Project management

SEMESTER 5 - TP (Public Works) course

Learning and Assessment Situations (LAS) :

  • Suivi-PT-SAÉ S5
  • SAÉ Urban Design Project-BIM
  • SAÉ Counter-study and works supervision from OS to lifting of reservations in TP
  • SAE Maintenance and operation of a structure
  • SAE Portfolio S5

Resources (materials)

  • Mathematics 5
  • Expression - Communication 5
  • English 5
  • Business management and labor legislation
  • Total cost
  • Civil Engineering Technology 5
  • Engineering structures and special works
  • Management Methods 5
  • Construction contracts
  • Operation and maintenance programming
  • Circular economy
  • Personal and Professional Project 5

SEMESTER 6 - TP (Public Works) course

Learning and Assessment Situations (LAS) :

  • Suivi-PT-SAE S6
  • REH company follow-up
  • REH project follow-up
  • SAE Project for the construction of a TP structure (PFE)
  • SAE Portfolio S6
  • Internship S6

Resources (materials)

  • Project management

SEMESTER 5 - BAT (Travaux Bâtiment) course

Learning and Assessment Situations (LAS) :

  • Suivi-PT-SAÉ S5
  • SAÉ Drawing up a building project summary (BIM)
  • SAÉ Counter-study and supervision of building works from OS to lifting of reservations
  • SAE Building maintenance and operation
  • SAE Portfolio S5

Resources (materials)

  • Mathematics 5
  • Expression - Communication 5
  • English 5
  • Business management and labor legislation
  • Total cost
  • Technical solutions and the BIM approach
  • LCA from material to structure
  • Management Methods 5
  • Construction contracts
  • Operation and maintenance programming
  • Circular economy
  • Personal and Professional Project 5
  • Building with bio-sourced materials
  • Inspection and diagnosis of structures and equipment

SEMESTER 6 - BAT (Travaux Bâtiment) course

Learning and Assessment Situations (LAS) :

  • Suivi-PT-SAE S6
  • REH company follow-up
  • REH project follow-up
  • SAE Building construction project (PFE)
  • SAE Portfolio S6
  • Internship S6

Resources (materials)

  • Project management
business sectors and professions

Companies in the building and public works sector, local authorities, project owners, developers, architects' practices, inspection offices, structural, thermal and fluid engineering consultancies:

  • Site manager / foreman,
  • Project manager, SPS coordinator,
  • Assistant project manager / project owner,
  • Energy diagnostician,
  • Design draftsman,
  • Technical Services Manager,
  • Assistant Design Engineer,
  • Modeller / BIM Coordinator...
further studies
  • Engineering schools,
  • At university (Licence - Master - PhD),
  • Professional license.
recruitment and admission

Application in January on Parcoursup

BAC Général: recommended specialties

  • Mathematics + Physics-Chemistry or Engineering Sciences
  • any other specialty, subject to review

General BAC obtained before 2021:BAC S

BAC Technologique :STI

Evaluation criteria for admission :

  • Feedback from teaching staff, class council and motivation for the course of study
  • French and language notes
  • First and final year grades in science subjects

All our training courses are open to continuing education(employees, individuals or job-seekers), subject to validation of the required prerequisites.Access can also be gained through Validation of Acquired Skills and Experience (VAE, VAP or VES). Contact theContinuing Education Departmentof the University of Montpellier - Nîmes Office

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