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Construction management prepares you to lead the future of infrastructure through hands-on learning, cutting-edge technology, and strong industry partnerships. As a workforce-ready graduate, you will be able to manage complex construction projects that shape communities. Let's build a future together!

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Construction Management

Construction Management is the discipline of planning, coordinating, and delivering construction projects, ranging from buildings and highways to energy and infrastructure systems. You will learn how to integrate engineering principles, business management, and field operations to ensure projects are completed safely, on time, within budget, and to high-quality standards.

In the field

As a construction manager, you will oversee the entire lifecycle of a project, including scheduling, budgeting, safety, quality control, and coordination among stakeholders. You'll make a direct impact by delivering essential infrastructure, improving community resilience, and ensuring safe and efficient construction practices.

Get Hired

Construction management is a high-demand field with strong job growth nationwide. As a graduate, you can pursue roles such as project manager, superintendent, project engineer, field engineer, estimator, scheduler, and construction consultant.

Construction managers are hired by general contractors, specialty contractors, developers, and public agencies. Examples include: Kokosing, Beaver Excavating, Whiting-Turner, Turner Construction, Skanska, Kiewit, AECOM, and state Departments of Transportation such as WVDOT.

focus areas

Construction Project Management

You will focus on planning, scheduling, estimating, control, asset management, and leadership of construction projects.

Digital Construction & BIM

You will focus on building information modeling, digital delivery, emerging technologies, and data-driven construction practices.

Sustainable Construction

In this focus area, you will study the social, economic, environmentally responsible practices in construction, including embodied carbon and lifecycle thinking.

Infrastructure & Heavy Civil Construction

In this area, you will learn about transportation systems, earthwork, and large-scale infrastructure projects.

NATURE OF PROGRAM

The WVU Construction Management program blends classroom instruction with hands-on, project-based learning to prepare you for leadership roles in the construction industry. The curriculum will teach you to integrate technical knowledge, management skills, and emerging technologies, ensuring that you are prepared to address modern challenges in construction and infrastructure development.

Coursework

This four-year degree-program prepares you for a variety of careers in the federal and state agencies, consulting and engineering firms, non-profit organizations, municipalities, research or treatment facilities.

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Questions?

For more information about the environmental engineering program,
contact Fei Dai by email Fei.Dai@mail.wvu.edu or by phone 304-293-9940.