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BTS Bâtiment study plan

BTS Bâtiment · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 7 hours per week

Week 1

Études et conception des ouvrages

  • List the documents that make up a building design file (plans, notes de calcul, CCTP, DPGF) and state the role of each

  • Identify the main structural systems (portiques béton, voiles, charpente métallique, bois) and match each to a typical building type

  • Read a simple plan and locate the load-bearing elements, dimensions and levels without external help

  • Calculate a basic descente de charges for a slab and beam on a two-level building

Your checkpoint

A one-page synthesis sheet: design documents, structural systems, and one worked descente de charges with units checked

Week 2

Études et conception des ouvrages

  • Apply the Eurocode-based load combinations (ELU/ELS) to a simple beam case and justify the choice of coefficients

  • Size a reinforced concrete beam section for bending using the simplified method and verify the result

  • Explain the thermal regulation requirements (RE2020 logic) and list the envelope parameters that drive compliance

  • Check a simple stair or slab for deflection and state whether the result is acceptable

Your checkpoint

A corrected calculation note covering one beam (bending + deflection) and the envelope parameters retained for a sample project

Week 3

Études et conception des ouvrages & Préparation et organisation de chantier

  • Produce a list of the technical pieces needed for a tender dossier and cross-check it against a CCTP

  • Draft a method statement (mode opératoire) for one work package, sequencing tasks and identifying temporary works

  • Identify the site installation constraints (access, grues, aires de stockage, bennes) for a given plot

  • Estimate the main quantities (métré) of concrete, formwork and reinforcement for a simple structure

Your checkpoint

A tender package checklist plus a one-page method statement for one work package, with a matching quantity table

Week 4

Préparation et organisation de chantier

  • Build a planning logic (enchaînement des tâches) for a small building and identify the critical path

  • Convert the planning into a resource histogram for labour and state the peak needs

  • Write the health and safety coordination items (PPSPS content, risques majeurs) for the same project

  • Define the quality control points (points d'arrêt, contrôles) for the structural works

Your checkpoint

A Gantt-style planning with critical path highlighted, a labour histogram, and a PPSPS outline with control points

Week 5

Conduite et suivi de chantier

  • Prepare a weekly site meeting agenda and record decisions, actions and owners in minutes

  • Set up a simple tracking tool (avancement, délais, coûts) and update it from a fictional week of site data

  • Analyse a delay scenario and propose corrective measures with their impact on the critical path

  • Describe how to receive and record a concrete delivery (bon de livraison, essais, résistance) and what to do on non-conformity

Your checkpoint

A complete simulated weekly site meeting pack: agenda, minutes, updated tracking table, and a delay analysis with corrective actions

Week 6

Conduite et suivi de chantier & Économie, gestion et communication professionnelle

  • Run a budget follow-up (dépenses engagées vs prévues) on the fictional project and flag variances

  • Prepare a situation de travaux (progress claim) with quantities and percentages justified

  • Draft a clear written communication to a client or subcontractor reporting a problem and proposing a solution

  • Identify the contractual documents that govern a dispute and the escalation steps

Your checkpoint

A situation de travaux with budget variance table and a professional written note to a stakeholder

Week 7

Économie, gestion et communication professionnelle

  • Build a cost estimate (déboursé sec, frais généraux, marge) for one work package and check the selling price

  • Compare two supplier or subcontractor offers on price, lead time and technical compliance and justify the choice

  • Explain the main contract types (forfait, bordereau, marché à prix révisables) and their risk allocation

  • Prepare a short oral presentation of a technical solution to a non-specialist client

Your checkpoint

A cost estimate sheet with selling price, a written comparison of two offers with recommendation, and a 5-slide outline for the client presentation

Week 8

Études et conception des ouvrages & Préparation et organisation de chantier & Conduite et suivi de chantier & Économie, gestion et communication professionnelle

  • Complete a full timed mock exam under exam conditions and score it by domain

  • Re-work every question missed in the mock and write the correct reasoning for each

  • Re-state the five weakest concepts from the whole plan in your own words

  • Finalise a one-page formula and reference sheet for last-minute revision

Your checkpoint

A scored mock exam with a correction log per domain and a final one-page revision sheet

Milestones

Week 2: Can size a simple beam and justify the load combinations without notes; design synthesis sheet complete

Week 4: Planning with critical path plus PPSPS outline delivered; site preparation domain self-scored at 70% or more on a 20-question check

Week 6: Simulated site meeting pack and situation de travaux produced end to end within the planned hours

Week 8: Mock exam scored 60% or more overall with no domain below 50%; correction log complete