Building Construction

Purdue Polytechnic Institute (one of 10 colleges at Purdue University)

Building construction management (BCM) prepares students for a challenging and rewarding career in management or project management within the construction industry. Through interactive classes and hands-on projects, BCM students experience all aspects of a construction project.

Classes focus on leadership and organization as well as materials and processes. They also include the latest industry technologies, including building information modeling.

The Purdue Polytechnic Institute is one of 10 academic colleges at Purdue University. The Polytechnic specializes in team-based labs where you’ll test ideas, take things apart and put them back together — only better. You’ll learn side-by-side with professors who have worked in the industry and thrive on combining theory, imagination and real-world application. In this innovative environment, you'll learn by doing - gaining deep technical knowledge and applied skills in your chosen discipline coupled with problem-solving, critical-thinking, communication and leadership skills employers desire.