Construction Engineering and Management

Vision

To be a center of excellence in construction engineering education and research, producing competent professionals who can address infrastructure challenges with sustainable and innovative engineering solutions.

Mission

• Provide quality education in construction engineering with state-of-the-art laboratories, testing facilities, and modern teaching-learning systems.
• Produce skilled construction engineers and managers with technical expertise, leadership qualities, communication skills, social responsibilities, and ethical values.
• Inculcate professional skills to function as proficient construction engineers capable of planning, designing, and managing sustainable infrastructure projects.
• Promote research and development activities in construction technology, project management, sustainable construction, and infrastructure development.

Basic Skills

PEO 1: To apply fundamental knowledge of civil engineering, construction technology, and management principles to analyze, design, and develop sustainable infrastructure solutions.

Technical Skills

PEO 2: To enable graduates to pursue higher education and research, or have a successful career in construction industries, infrastructure companies, real estate firms, or as entrepreneurs.

Managerial Skills

PEO 3: To ensure that graduates will have the ability and attitude to adapt to emerging technological changes in construction methods, project management practices, and sustainable construction technologies.

Engineering knowledge

PO 1: Apply the knowledge of mathematics, science, engineering fundamentals, and an engineering specialization to the solution of complex engineering problems.

Problem analysis

PO 2: Identify, formulate, review research literature, and analyze complex engineering problems reaching substantiated conclusions using first principles of mathematics, natural sciences, and engineering sciences.

Design/development of solutions

PO 3: Design solutions for complex engineering problems and design system components or processes that meet specified needs with consideration for public health, safety, and cultural, societal, and environmental factors.

Conduct investigations of complex problems

PO 4: Use research-based knowledge and methods including experiments, analysis, interpretation of data, and synthesis of information to provide valid conclusions.

Modern tool usage

PO 5: Create, select, and apply appropriate techniques, resources, and modern engineering and IT tools including prediction and modeling to complex engineering activities with an understanding of the limitations.

The engineer and society

PO 6: Apply reasoning informed by contextual knowledge to assess societal, health, safety, legal, and cultural issues relevant to professional engineering practice.

Environment and sustainability

PO 7: Understand the impact of professional engineering solutions in societal and environmental contexts, and demonstrate knowledge of sustainable development.

Ethics

PO 8: Apply ethical principles and commit to professional ethics and responsibilities and norms of engineering practice.

Individual and team work

PO 9: Function effectively as an individual, and as a member or leader in diverse teams, and in multidisciplinary settings.

Communication

PO 10: Communicate effectively on complex engineering activities with the engineering community and society, such as writing reports, designing documentation, making presentations, and giving and receiving clear instructions.

Project management and finance

PO 11: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of engineering and management principles and apply them to one's own work, as a team member or leader, to manage projects in multidisciplinary environments.

Life-long learning

PO 12: Recognize the need for and have the preparation and ability to engage in independent and life-long learning in the broad context of technological change.

Construction Project Management

PSO 1: Excel in planning, scheduling, and managing construction projects by applying foundational concepts of construction engineering, project management principles, and modern construction technologies.

Infrastructure & Structural Design

PSO 2: Apply principles of structural engineering, construction materials, and infrastructure development to design and execute safe, sustainable, and cost-effective construction projects.

Emerging Construction Technologies

PSO 3: Exhibit emerging construction technologies such as BIM, green building practices, lean construction, and smart construction methods to innovate ideas and solutions to existing or novel challenges in the construction industry.