Private Construction Training Seminars

Construction U offers private construction courses for your staff. Our instructors travel throughout Canada to deliver courses in-person at your location. If you prefer, we can deliver courses virtually via Zoom. We also customize courses based on your team’s learning objectives. Contact us to set up a meeting to discuss your training needs.

The following courses have been developed:

Change Order Management

Changes are an inevitable part of construction projects. Change orders can cause unnecessary project disruptions and lead to cost increases and schedule delays. This course will provide participants with best practices for successfully dealing with project changes. View Full Course Details

Civil Blueprint Reading

This is a one day course to learn how to read a set of civil construction blueprints, drawing specifications and general notes. Using various samples of civil sitework blueprints, participants will gain experience and practical knowledge for their day-to-day work on construction sitework projects. View Full Course Details

Civil Sitework Estimating

The course is designed for those interested in becoming civil sitework estimators and for workers with experience in construction that desire to improve their knowledge of sitework estimating. View Full Course Details

Communication Skills for Construction

Great communication is essential for construction leaders. This course is designed specifically for a construction context and assists participants to learn how to improve their listening, speaking and writing skills as construction leaders. View Full Course Details

Construction Business Management

Construction owners, managers, estimators, supervisors and staff will learn how to improve management and systems of their construction company. Specifically how to do strategic and business planning in construction including marketing, HR management, operations and financial planning. View Full Course Details

Construction Estimating

Designed for construction estimators and those with experience in construction who want to become estimators or improve their knowledge of estimating. Participants learn how to estimate construction projects and prepare a successful bid. View Full Course Details

Construction Law

Construction owners, managers, estimators and supervisors will develop an understanding of contract law as it relates to construction and the various CCDC/CCA and other contracts used within the industry. Participants also learn how the Builders Lien Act works and other legal means to resolve construction disputes and avoid litigation. View Full Course Details

Construction Safety for Supervisors

Participants will learn the fundamentals for building a safe workplace that is appropriate for their construction company. The course assists in familiarizing participants with WorkSafe regulations and Certificate of Recognition audit requirements. The participants will also build practical skills for supervising construction worksites, conducting toolbox talks, providing health and safety training, conducting regular safety inspections, doing safety investigations where an accident occurs and designing a safety manual. View Full Course Details

Electrical Blueprint Reading

Participants will learn how to read a set of electrical construction blueprints, drawing specifications and general notes. Using various samples of electrical blueprints, participants will gain experience and practical knowledge for their day-to-day work on construction projects. View Full Course Details

Electrical Estimating

Participants will develop skills and knowledge to estimate electrical construction projects and prepare a successful bids. View Full Course Details

Ethical Best Practices

Ethical Best Practices for Constructors is designed for all staff interested in learning the skills and principles to successfully operate ethically within the construction industry. Using case studies of ethical scenarios, participants will learn best practice standards for construction companies and how to operate ethically. View Full Course Details

Introduction to Blueprint Reading

Students will learn how to read construction blueprints, using both residential and commercial samples. Participants advance through the phases of blueprint reading in order to understand drawings, specifications and do a simple material takeoff. View Full Course Details

Motivating Young Workers

Hiring a new generation of young workers often know as Gen Z comes with a new set of opportunities and issues. This course provides leaders with helpful tips in how to recruit, onboard and motivate this new generation of talent. View Full Course Details

Negotiation and Conflict Management Skills

As constructors work with clients, subcontractors, and consultants on projects, conflicts arise and relationships may get strained. Participants will improve their skills in communication and negotiation on construction projects. Participants will learn skills to enhance their ability to de-escalate conflict, listen effectively, build mutual respect with others in a construction context, and negotiate effectively. View Full Course Details

Project Accounting and Cost Control

Participants will learn how to design and read various construction financial reports and improve the financial systems of their construction company. View Full Course Details

Project Management

Construction owners, project managers, estimators, supervisors and staff learn how to successfully manage a complex construction project. They will gain an understanding of project process and the constraints encountered by project managers. (PMBoK approach) View Full Course Details

Project Management Essentials

Participants will gain an understanding of the project processes and constraints encountered by project managers (using PMBoK approach) and how to successfully manage a complex project. View Full Course Details

Site Communications 101

Site leaders are promoted from the field. These new site leaders need to acquire the skills and knowledge needed to communicate with various project stakeholders. This course provides site leaders with hands-on training for successful communication. View Full Course Details

Site Leadership

Would you like to improve your construction site leadership skills? Participants will enhance their ability to build a collaborative team culture with their staff, improve job site productivity and complete projects on time, on budget, and safely. View Full Course Details

Site Surveying 101

Site Surveying 101 – introduction to leveling course is designed for construction personnel interested in learning skills and principals to successfully run level loops, transfer and establish benchmarks on construction sites, and determine the elevations of objects independently and/or relative to each other. All equipment for field work exercises are provided. View Full Course Details

Supervisory & Management Skills

Construction supervisors and leaders will develop an understanding of how to manage people in a construction context. Participants will improve their skills in leadership, communication and enhance their ability to build a collaborative team culture. View Full Course Details

Understanding the Builders Lien Act

Understanding how the Builders Lien Act operates and the statutory requirements of various project stakeholders for holdbacks and prompt payment is key for protecting your organization and ensuring smooth project processes and relationships. View Full Course Details

Understanding Design Build Contracts

Design Build Contracts offer the project stakeholders unique advantages compared with the standard Bid-Build Fixed Price methodology. This course provides a detailed understanding of when and how to utilize these contracts to achieve successful project outcomes. View Full Course Details

Understanding Fixed Price Contracts

Fixed Price (Bid-Build) Contracts offer the project stakeholders both advantages and disadvantages compared with other types of contracts. This course provides a detailed understanding of when and how to utilize these contracts and pitfalls to watch for to achieve successful project outcomes. View Full Course Details