Certificate Program
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Interested in registering 5 or more engineers for this program? Contact us for information and rates.

Sponsored by ASCE Continuing Education and the Construction Institute.

Certificate Courses: You must complete the four core courses and one elective course listed below.

Core Courses:

  1. Construction Contract Administration
  2. Project Planning and Scheduling
  3. Estimating Quantities for Lump Sum Projects
  4. Lump Sum Price and Bid Development

Elective Courses: Choose 1 elective (more coming soon):

How it Works:

  • Complete all (5) OnDemand courses within 1 year
  • Earn a certificate of completion after all (5) courses are finished

INSTRUCTORS: 
Douglas D. Gransberg, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE
Nils J. Gransberg, Ph.D., DBIA, A.M.ASCE
Carla Lopez del Puerto, Ph.D, CCC, DBIA
Dominique Pittenger, Ph.D.
Ricardo Tapia, Ph.D, PMP

Educational Goals

The Construction Engineering Certificate Program prepares professionals in a variety of construction related roles to effectively manage contracts, plan and schedule projects, providing an introduction to estimating quantities and pricing, based upon a lump sum bid model. Electives allow for further tailoring to provide additional expertise as needed, based on participants’ particular roles and baseline knowledge.

This program focuses on providing practical knowledge in construction engineering, specifically aimed at addressing industry gaps between typical undergraduate civil engineering education and the necessary skills to work effectively in the construction industry. This includes enhancing knowledge of construction means and methods, and the application of best practices to meet industry demands. The program's flexible, asynchronous format supports working professionals learning at their own time and pace, and helps learners acquire the skills to work effectively in multidisciplinary teams.

Benefits and Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this program, you will be able to:

  1. Explain the fundamentals of construction contracts and how elements of construction procurement systems (delivery methods, procurement and award, payment, etc.) drive contract administration requirements for typical projects.
  2. Apply the fundamental elements of construction administration and apply best practices through all phases of typical projects.
  3. Describe appropriate project controls to set and attain budget, schedule, safety, quality, production, and performance goals of typical projects.

Assessment of Learning Outcomes

Achievement of the learning outcomes by attendees will be assessed through?a?short post-assessment (true-false and multiple-choice questions).

Who Should Attend?

  • Entry-Level Civil Engineers
  • Project Engineers
  • Construction project owners, contractors, administrators
  • Non-engineering construction professionals
  • Project Managers
  • Design consultants
  • General contractors
  • Capital projects staff
  • Architects

Are you interested in a course coming soon? Or is there a topic we should do a new course on? Let us know so we can speed up our development process and also notify you when it’s ready! Email us at [email protected]

How to Earn your CEUs/PDHs and Receive Your Certificate of Completion

This program is worth 2.6 CEUs/26 PDHs. To receive your certificate of completion, you will need to complete all 5 courses within 1 year.

How do I convert CEUs to PDHs?

1.0 CEU = 10 PDHs [Example: 0.1 CEU = 1 PDH]

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