Construction Engineering

A Construction engineering programme combines aspects of both - Civil Engineering and as well as of Construction Management. A construction engineer is a type of a civil engineer who designs, manages and oversees projects within the construction industry.

One of the major differences between Civil Engineering and Construction Engineering is that the former lays more emphasis on design work, thus leading students a career as a design professional.

A construction engineer designs, manages and oversees projects within the construction industry. The type of projects they might work on ranges from designing a drainage and sewage system to constructing a building or developing railroads or roadways. The type of construction projects that construction engineers work can be listed down as under:

• Building - commercial housing or business building
• Electrical - electrical systems
• Mechanical - plumbing, heating or air conditioning
• Highway or Heavy - bridges, airports, highways or water waste

With strong analytical skills, these engineers are good at putting together a good team to finish a project.

Interested candidates can pursue Construction Engineering at the UG as well PG level. The eligibility criteria is given below.

UG level: Aspirants must have passed 10+2 with minimum 60% aggregate marks and should have studied Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics as core subjects.

PG level: Candidates must have completed BE/BTech in Construction Engineering/Civil Engineering with a minimum passing percentage in an aggregate of the subjects studied at undergraduate level.

The basic course curriculum of construction engineering is as follows. Please note that the topics/syllabus/course curriculum given below is just an overview and will vary from college to college.

Undergraduate:

Building and Town Planning	Earthquake Engineering
Building Construction Materials	Foundation Engineering
Concrete Technology	Functional efficiency of buildings
Construction and Project Management	Geology and Geotechnical Engineering
Construction Management	ICT Tools and Security
Construction methods and equipment	Modern construction material
Construction planning and control	Structural systems and design
Creativity and Innovation	Transportation Engineering
Environmental Engineering	Engineering Graphics
Basic Sciences	Computing techniques
Mathematics	Building drawing
Fundamental principles to study the behavior of solids, fluids and soils	Laboratory classes

 

Electives candidates can choose for in third year of Construction Engineering:

• Modern Structural Materials and Systems Design
• Advanced Construction Techniques
• Shoring, Scaffolding and Form Work
• Advanced Concrete Technology
• Construction Personnel Management
• Construction Project Management
• Project Safety Management
• Quality Control & Assurance in Construction
• Quantitative Techniques in Management
• Contract Laws and Regulations

 

Postgraduate:

Semester I	Semester II
Construction and planning	Construction Methods and Equipment Management
Contracts, Administration and Arbitration	Safety Management in construction
Life Cycle Costing of Infrastructures	Advanced concrete Technology
Irrigation Water Distribution Systems	Environment and Energy Management
Laboratory Practice I	Laboratory Practice II
Semester III	Semester IV
Seminar III	Progress Seminar
Projects Stage I	Projects Stage II

Construction engineers typically work in a variety of areas within the construction industry. This includes areas like contracting and design. Management training with construction engineering can lead to positions as a cost engineer, a project superintendent, an operations manager or a safety and design engineer.

Successful graduates and postgraduate of Construction Engineering get recruited across various sectors in India like Healthcare, Transport and communication infrastructure, construction and property, construction and property etc. Here are some of the top profiles you can expect to land into after completion of the programme.

Tunnel Construction Engineer	Construction Planning engineer
Resident Construction Engineer	Consultant
Construction planning Engineer	Lecturer/Professor
Site engineer	Quality Control Engineer
Technical field engineer	Planning Engineer
Construction engineer	Supervisory Engineer

Some of the top companies hiring construction engineers are:

L&T	Maytas Infra Ltd
Ashoka Buildcon	Essar Group
DLF	Gammon India Ltd.
TATA Consulting Engineers Ltd	Land Transport Authority etc
Schlumberger	Jacobs Engineering
Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd	Shapoorji Pallonji
Jacobs Engineering	Jones Lang LaSalle

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