Information Package / Course Catalogue
Agricultural Construction
Course Code: BSM453
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

To give basic principles and concepts necessary for analysis and design of all kinds of structures and facilities used in vegetable and animal production in agricultural enterprises.

Course Content

Structure concept, Structural elements, floors, Foundations, Walls, Column and Beams, Flooring, Roof systems, Project of wooden building elements, Project of steel building elements, Indeterminate structural systems, Projecting roof systems, Building projects, survey and assessment

Name of Lecturer(s)
Lec. Yasin MERCAN
Learning Outcomes
1.Identification of structure and building elements
2.To be able to evaluate effective loads the standards in building elements
3.To select the most appropriate materials for the design of agricultural buildings.
4.To identify and to solve the problems caused by building materials in agricultural buildings
5. Designing of roof systems
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Şahin, A., Ünal, H.B., 2007. Yapı Malzeme Bilgisi. Ege Üniversitesi, Ziraat Fakültesi Yayın No:568, Bornova-İzmir
2.Olgun, M. 2013. TARIMSAL İNŞAAT. Ankara Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Yayın No:1612, Ders Kitabı:564, 483 s., Ankara.
3.Balaban, A., Şen, E., 1984. Tarımsal İnşaat (Temel İlke ve Kavramlar). Ankara Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Yayınları, 904, Ankara.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Introduction, structure concept, classification of structures, building elements,
Week 2 - Theoretical
Grounds
Week 3 - Theoretical
Foundations and footings
Week 4 - Theoretical
Walls
Week 5 - Theoretical
Floors
Week 6 - Theoretical
Roofs
Week 7 - Theoretical
Designing of wooden structural elements (Midterm Exam)
Week 8 - Theoretical
Designing of steel structural elements
Week 9 - Theoretical
Statically indeterminate systems
Week 10 - Theoretical
Designing of roof systems
Week 11 - Theoretical
Designing of roof systems
Week 12 - Theoretical
Structural projects, preliminary arrangements for structure, preparing and applying of agricultural building projects, application of projects, working areas
Week 13 - Theoretical
Bill of quantities and cost estimating, sample solution
Week 14 - Theoretical
Bill of quantities and cost estimating, sample solution
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory1453112
Midterm Examination1516
Final Examination1617
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)125
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
PÇ-10
PÇ-11
OÇ-1
5
OÇ-2
5
5
5
OÇ-3
5
5
5
5
5
OÇ-4
5
5
5
5
OÇ-5
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026