About this program

  • Credential Awarded: 3 Year Advanced Diploma
  • Campus: Welland
  • Code: 0708 P0708
  • Delivery Length: 3 Years
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Overview

Are you interested in an engineering career that combines the latest design techniques and computer technology to create construction projects from conception to completion?

As a Construction Engineering Technology graduate you are skilled in architectural and structural design, estimating, building codes, surveying, and project management.

Highlights
  • Gain knowledge and practical experience in architectural and structural design, sustainable construction, estimating, cost control, surveying, and project management.

  • Take part in a unique on-the-job training sponsored by an industry employer one day per week in your final term.

  • Program meets all academic requirements for the membership in the Ontario Association of Certified Engineering Technicians and Technologists (OACETT), Ontario Institute of Quantity Surveyors (OIQS) and Ontario building officials association (OBOA).

Career Opportunities
  • Architectural and civil draftsperson
  • Assistant construction manager
  • Building inspector
  • Construction surveyor
  • Estimator
  • Field supervisor
  • Purchaser
  • Quantity surveyor
  • Revit/AutoCAD operator
  • Structural detailer
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Courses

Term one (2024 Fall)
Code Course Name Credits
CAPT1432 Computer Applications 3
CAPT1434 CAD I 3
CIVL1130 Construction Estimating I 4
COMM1120 Introduction to Writing and Communicating in the Workplace 3
DRFT1126 Architectural Drafting 4
MATH1134 Mathematics I for the School of Technology Studies 4
STDV1110 The Effective Learner 3
Term two (2025 Winter)
Code Course Name Credits
CAPT1515 CAD II 3
CIVL1229 Construction Estimating II 4
CIVL1232 Statics 4
CIVL1256 Materials I 4
COMM1430 Technical Communications 3
DRFT1226 Structural Drafting 4
MATH1230 Mathematics II 4
Term three (2025 Fall)
Code Course Name Credits
CIVL1127 Ontario Building Code - Small Buildings 2
CIVL1329 Construction Estimating III 4
CIVL1356 Materials II 3
CIVL1421 Strength of Materials 3
COMM1308 Understanding Society: Communication Model 3
DRFT1326 Architectural Design I 2
MATH1330 Mathematics III for Construction 3
MECH1328 Mechanical Installation I 2
Term four (2026 Winter)
Code Course Name Credits
CIVL1198 Principles of Construction Surveying 2
CIVL1295 Sustainable Construction 3
CIVL1429 Construction Estimating IV 4
CIVL1521 Structural Steel Design 4
DRFT1426 Architectural Design II 2
MATH1235 Statistics 3
MECH1428 Mechanical Installation II 2
CIVL1228 Construction Surveying Field Practices 5
Elective Information

Completion of additional General Education elective 1 course required

Term five (2026 Fall)
Code Course Name Credits
CIVL1525 Construction Project Cost Control 3
CIVL1343 Municipal Services and Drainage 3
CIVL1529 Construction Estimating V 3
CIVL1530 Project Management I 4
CIVL1630 Entrepreneurship 3
CIVL1650 Timber Design 3
COMM1535 Construction Technical Report 2
Term six (2027 Winter)
Code Course Name Credits
CIVL1623 Project Management II 3
CIVL1629 Construction Estimating VI 3
CIVL1622 Reinforced Concrete Design 5
CIVL1632 Ontario Building Code - Large Building 3
COMM1635 Construction Technical Report II 2
DRFT1451 Drainage Drafting 3
TECH1190 Professional Ethics 3
PRAC1631 Field Placement - Applied Construction Studies 3
Program Outcomes Term: 1244
  1. Develop and use strategies to enhance professional growth and ongoing learning in the construction engineering field.

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

  3. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Admission Requirements

Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD), or equivalent including the following required course(s):
  • English – any Grade 12 (C) or (U), or equivalent
  • Mathematics – any Grade 12 (C) or (U), or equivalent
Recommended Courses and/or Skills:

These courses and skills may help you succeed academically in this program, but they are not required for admission.

  • Construction Technology – Grade 12 (C)
  • Information and Communications Technology – Grade 11 (O)
  • Physics – Grade 11 (U) or Grade 12 (C) or (U)
  • Technological Design – Grade 11 (M) or Grade 12 (M)
Selection and Ranking

Applications are evaluated based on the published admission requirements. When the applicant provides proof of meeting the requirements, an offer of admission can be issued, provided space is available in the program.

Learn more about admission decisions.

Program Requirements
Laptop Lease
  • Personally dedicated laptop computers are an integral part of our computer-integrated curriculum. All students are required to lease a high-end laptop computer from the college.
  • By leasing the laptop computer, the student is provided with continuous access to state-of-the-art application software packages that could not be made available through traditional computer laboratories or through student-owned computers.
  • The laptop configurations will include the MS Windows operating system and networking software for connection to the college network system. Application software provided by the college includes Autodesk Inventor, AutoCAD Mechanical and MCL II Robot-Programming, Revit, Civil3D, MathCAD, and WINEST. Several other application programs will be provided by the college as required throughout the program.
  • Students will be required to purchase some additional software.
  • Visit niagaracollege.ca/laptop for more information.
Transportation
  • Students are responsible for their own transportation in order to complete program requirements which may not be readily accessible by public transportation.
  • Program requirements could include co-ops, placements, volunteer requirements, practical labs, field projects, assignments, clinicals, or any other off-campus visits required as part of the program’s curriculum.

All costs associated with program requirements are the responsibility of the student.

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Availability

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International Applicants Apply
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The intensity of the program has prepared me well for the fast-paced construction industry.

Bryan Cober, program graduate
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