Construction Engineering Technology

Program Overview:

The construction industry is one of Canada's largest employers and the demand for construction managers continues to grow.

Our three-year Construction Engineering Technology advanced diploma program will provide you with the technical, business and interpersonal skills required to effectively manage construction projects of varying size and complexity, emphasizing sustainable construction practices.

Full Description:

Students in this program will gain an in-depth knowledge of construction industry including:

• Methods & Materials of Construction

• Construction Estimating

• Construction Law, Contracts & Bidding

• Project Management & Control 

• Construction Graphics & Detailing 

This program shares the first four semesters with the Construction Engineering Technician program. Semesters 5 & 6 prepare you for a wider range of career options in the construction sector.

This three-year program equips you for positions with higher levels of responsibility and accountability in such areas as construction planning, project management, estimating, budget and bid preparation, sustainable building science and engineering studies.

*If you enrol in the program in January, you are required to complete semester 2 in the summer (May to August) of the same year in order to continue into semester 3 in the fall.

Your Field Education Options:

The field experience requires students to accumulate 100 hours of construction industry-related experience over the course of their third and fourth semesters. The field experience is facilitated through the Angelo DelZotto (ADZ) School of Construction Management.

Field experience is a mandatory component of the T105 Construction Engineering Technology program. Field experience positions can be paid or unpaid. 

Program Learning Outcomes:

The graduate has reliably demonstrated the ability to:

• Develop and use strategies to enhance professional growth and ongoing learning in the construction engineering field.

• Comply with workplace health and safety practices and procedures in accordance with current legislation and regulations.

• Complete duties and assist in monitoring that work is performed in compliance with contractual obligations, applicable laws, standards, bylaws, codes and ethical practices in the construction engineering field.

• Promote and carry out sustainability practices in accordance with contract documents, industry standards and environmental legislative requirements.

• Facilitate the collaboration and interaction among project stakeholders to support construction engineering projects.

• Collect, process, analyze and coordinate technical data to produce written and graphical project-related documents.

• Coordinate and facilitate the collecting, processing, interpreting and application of survey/geomatics and layout information to implement construction projects.

• Select and use industry-specific electronic and digital technologies to support the design and construction of projects.

• Analyze and solve technical problems related to the design and implementation of construction projects by applying engineering concepts, technical mathematics and building science.

• Schedule, coordinate and monitor the progression of construction projects by applying principles of construction project management.

• Prepare estimates of time, cost, quality and quantity, tenders and bids.

• Perform, coordinate and facilitate quality control testing and monitoring of equipment, materials and methods involved in the implementation and completion of construction projects.

• Apply teamwork, leadership, supervision and interpersonal skills when working individually or within multidisciplinary teams to complete work on construction projects.