<p>I just wanted to post this if anyone had any information about this major. I choose it and I am at Iowa State which I heard has a great ConE program but I dont really know what the average day is of a ConE job. I love building things and I liked the management aspect of it but on the internet I can only find info about CE so if anyone is a ConE major with job experience or knows someone info would be greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>It’s basically a harder construction management degree, yet the job prospects will be similar to that of a construction management major. In all honesty I think it would probably serve you better to do a civil eng major, or a con management major. The reason being that for a true engineering position, most companies will hire a civil - and for the construction management jobs you really only need the con management major without the harder coursework. Thus, it’s kind of a degree that is right in the middle without offering the real benefits of an engineering major. Don’t get me wrong, I know people who have done this major and landed very well paying jobs, it’s just that they work along side of people who have construction managment degrees - meaning, they probably could have had a lot more fun in college and still ended up in the same place… Just my two cents</p>
<p>Construction engineering focuses on the design of temporary structures. A practicing “construction engineer” is most likely a geotechnical engineer designing support of excavations or perhaps a structural engineer designing shoring. </p>
<p>Taking a quick glance at Iowa State’s curriculum, it actually looks like it’s a typical construction management program that you’d find embedded in a civil engineering department.</p>
<p>It’s tough to say what a typical day would be like for a construction manager. There are quite a few aspects of it which are quite different from each other that you could end up doing. There are some who are in the field managing the actual construction. There are project managers who handle the “paperwork” aspect of it. And then there are the estimators who taking drawings and estimate how much of what is needed and how much it’ll cost. Some companies will start you off on a “rotation” for a few years; you’ll spend a couple of months in each function before settling down with something long term.</p>
<p>If there’s anything specific you want to know, I might be able to help you out (been in construction management for 2+ years now).</p>