Certificates

Construction Management Certificate

Colorado State Continuing Education has created a valuable professional program in Construction Management that offers you a way to increase your construction management knowledge and learn the content that is covered in an undergraduate degree in construction management.

Successful completion of this program provides the conceptual knowledge of the undergraduate experience. Colorado State University is a leader in providing construction management education.

Benefits

Developed in response to a growing need for trained managers in a rapidly growing and changing industry, this program:

• Enables you to obtain a professional certificate from the Rocky Mountain region's leading university offering construction management education.
• Facilitates learning from faculty members at Colorado State along with experts in the industry.
• Helps start or further your career in a convenient educational setting one evening per week.

Who Should Attend

If you desire a career in the construction field, this program will help you gain knowledge essential to success in the field. Or, if you work in the construction industry and are seeking the competitive edge to further your career, this certificate will greatly increase your competency, and ability to compete and advance.

Industry-related professionals who would benefit from the program include:

• Accountants and CPAs
• Attorneys
• Insurance assessors
• Marketing professionals
• Property appraisers, realtors, and lenders

Program Outline

Our seven-month program provides a comprehensive overview of the following construction topics:

• Construction engineering and materials
• Methods and systems
• Material science
• Structural design - reinforced concrete, structural steel, and wood timber framing
• Mechanical/Electrical systems
• Smart/Green Buildings and Sustainability
• Construction economics
• Processes, procedures, and protocols
• Estimating
• Scheduling
• Project management

Profile of Faculty

Instructors and nationally renowned guest speakers bring breadth and depth of professional experience to the classroom. Core faculty for the program include:

Our Students

Students who have attended our certificate program are employed by the organizations listed below (partial list):

• Adolfson & Peterson Construction
• American Civil Constructors
• Ash & White Construction Company
• Aurora Public Schools
• Colorado Department of Transportation
• City of Boulder- Open Space & Mountain Parks
• City of Commerce City
• Colorado Association of Home Builders
• Corporate Express
• De Falco Lee Construction
• Delwest
• Delwest Holding Inc.
• Denver Water
• Elward Construction
• Guida Construction
• H+L Architecture
• Home Depot's EXPO Design Center
• Intrawest
• Keller Homes, Inc.
• Kenny Electric
• Kiewit Western Co.
• Ludvik Electric
• Meadow Homes
• Metro Wastewater Reclamation District
• Porter-Cable Tools
• Poudre School District
• Pulte Mortgage
• Qwest Communications
• Raytheon Polar Services
• Richmond American Homes
• Saunders Construction
• SEMA Construction, Inc.
• Storage Tek
• Sturgeon Electric Co., Inc.
• Swanson Rink Inc.
• The Weintraub Organization
• The Weitz Company
• Turner Construction Company
• Wells Fargo Bank
• Wickes Lumber