Program Description
If a hard hat and building big stuff is for you, consider our two-year Civil Engineering Technology: Construction Management program. Take an in-depth look at construction principles and practices, equipment and management-related topics. Our on-the-job practicum readies you to assist in planning, organizing, directing, controlling and evaluating construction projects. Manage blueprints, contract documents and budget from start to finish, and according to schedule.
Your first year of training covers the basics of building engineering technology. In the second year, you’ll specialize in construction principles and practices, construction equipment and management-related topics. A work attachment with industry participants provides you with a measure of on-the-job exposure and training in carrying out a project to completion.
Admission Requirements
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- High School Diploma or Adult High School Diploma or GED Diploma of High School Equivalency
- Geometry and Applications in Mathematics 112 and Functions and Relations 112
- One (1) additional science from the following:
- Biology 112 or 122
- Chemistry 112 or 122
- Physics 112 or 122 (Recommended)
Career Possibilities
Construction management technologists are employed by residential, commercial and industrial construction companies, and by construction departments of companies outside the construction industry. As a graduate of this program, you may be employed with construction firms as one of the supervisory personnel and as a quantity surveyor (estimator). With experience, you may obtain a position as a superintendent, project manager, or inspector on construction projects.
NOC Codes
0711 - Construction Managers
2231 - Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians
2234 - Construction Estimators
Specific Considerations
This is a L.I.V.E. program. NBCC L.I.V.E. students have a world of knowledge at their fingertips via the NBCC wireless network. Classes that use the L.I.V.E. program are different from traditional classes because students may find themselves completing class assignments online or maintaining an electronic journal. When not in the classroom, students can still communicate with their classmates and instructors in an electronic medium, measure their knowledge through online tests, or simply conduct research on the internet. To find out more about how L.I.V.E. works, click here
Many universities give credit for courses completed in this program; however, assessment is normally completed on an individual basis.
Accreditations
Civil Engineering Technology: Construction Management is accredited as follows:
| Organization: | CCTT |
| Accreditation Period: | 2013 |
| Information: | The Canadian Council of Technicians and Technologists nationally accredits this program at the technologist level |
Articulations
Civil Engineering Technology: Construction Management has developed articulation arrangements with other institutions as follows:
| Institution: | Cape Breton University |
| Articulation Period: | 2009-2014 |
| Information: | Graduates receive two to three years full credit toward a Bachelor of Engineering Technology degree or a Bachelor of Technology degree depending on the engineering diploma they hold from NBCC and the engineering or technology option they wish to pursue at Cape Breton University. |
External Certifications
Civil Engineering Technology: Construction Management graduates may have an opportunity to aquire the following external certifications upon meeting the external agencies certification requirements and paying any required fees to the external agency:
| Institution: | NBSCETT |
| External Certification: | On-going |
| Information: | Certification by the New Brunswick Society of Certified Engineering Technicians and Technologists with two years of acceptable work experience |