Construction Management (for Internationally Educated Professionals) Program (Postgraduate) (T403)

Our program meets the construction industry's needs with a unique combination of:

• Courses offered on Thursday afternoons, and all day Friday and Saturday, allowing students to continue working during the program
• Communications upgrading
• Industry-approved courses that prepare students for construction management positions in the Canadian construction industry
• Canadian construction industry orientation and experiences

This three-semester graduate certificate program provides applied education for construction management positions in the construction sector. Candidates will receive graduate-level training that builds on their internationally acquired education and experience to enable them to successfully enter the Canadian construction workforce.

This three-semester graduate certificate program includes a work term semester to help students make the transition into the job market.

The graduate has reliably demonstrated the ability to:

1. Develop and use strategies to promote continuous professional learning in the construction industry.
2. Monitor and support workplace health and safety practices and procedures which are compliant with current legislation and regulations.
3. Assess construction project operations for compliance with contractual obligations, applicable laws, standards, bylaws, codes and ethical practices in construction methodology.
4. Analyze and monitor construction processes to ensure that sustainability practices are implemented in accordance with contract documents, industry standards and environmental legislative requirements.
5. Establish and manage relationships among diverse project stakeholders to achieve construction project goals.
6. Manage the production, storage, retrieval and communication of project-related digital documents according to best practices, to meet construction project deadlines and goals.
7. Perform a feasibility study to inform decisions in the planning phase of a construction project.
8. Schedule, manage and evaluate the progression of construction projects by applying the principles, practices and tools of construction project management to complete projects on time and within budget.
9. Prepare estimates and manage procurement processes to control costs in accordance with best practices in construction project management.
10. Develop and oversee quality assurance and control processes involved in the completion of construction projects to meet project specifications and industry quality standards.
11. Analyze and manage project risks to mitigate their impact throughout the construction project lifecycle.
12. Formulate human resource management strategies to optimize personnel requirements for construction project completion.
13. Build and lead multidisciplinary teams throughout the construction project lifecycle to accomplish construction project goals.

† Amounts listed are the total of tuition, materials, student service and ancillary fees for the three semesters of programs starting in fall 2017. Fees are subject to change for programs starting in fall 2018 and at later dates.

International students: Visit the International Fees and Related Costs page for more information.