Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Civil Construction)

University of Technology Sydney

Civil construction engineers specialise in the construction of large projects such as high-rise apartments or office blocks. They require high-level skills in communication, leadership, critical thinking and project management.

You’ll learn all the key skills you need to become a professional civil engineer, as well as gain an understanding of human resources, finance, environmental planning and law. This includes how to support the preparation of development applications and environmental impact assessments. With cross-faculty subjects, you’ll also learn the details of building services such as lifts, air conditioning, cabling, IT and telecommunications.

You’ll learn how to design large infrastructures and facilities and managing their construction. This will involve understanding the properties of soils and building materials such as concrete, steel, and timber.

Some of the key cross-faculty subjects you will study include, learning the details of the different systems forming a building-like structure, the face of a building, internal partitions, mechanical, mechanical, electrical and plumbing.