Dec 06, 2025  
2025-2026 University Catalog 
    
2025-2026 University Catalog

Construction Engineering Concentration in Civil Engineering

Location(s): West Lafayette


Construction engineers help build a better world by designing, planning, and managing structures, such as highways, bridges, airports, railroads, buildings, dams, and reservoirs. Construction of such projects requires knowledge of engineering management principles and business procedures, economics, and human behavior. Construction engineers engage in the design of structures along with cost estimating, materials procurement, equipment selection, and applying science with engineering methods.