Building Construction

Professionals in the construction industry need well-trained technicians with diverse educational backgrounds. Their needs provide our graduates with a variety of exciting and rewarding career options. Architects, contractors, engineers, surveyors, testing labs, materials suppliers, colleges, and government agencies provide careers for construction technicians in design, drafting, surveying, inspection, estimating, and laboratory testing.

The construction technology curriculum covers a broad range of subjects related to the construction field, including computer aided drafting and use of microcomputers, and prepares you for immediate entry into the field.

• Career Opportunities
• Transfer Options
• Degree Requirements
• Program Chair / Faculty

Career Opportunities

Some of the firms that have hired construction technology graduates include Cornell University, SUNY Cortland, Intertek, Paul Yaman, Suit-Kote Corporation, Fred Thomas Associates, and U.S. Geological Survey.

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Transfer Options

Although the A.A.S. degree in construction technology is not designed primarily for transfer, graduates of this program have transferred to four-year bachelor’s degree programs in construction technology, forestry, and facilities management. Graduates of the construction technology program have gone on to study forestry, facilities management, and construction technology at:

• Rochester Institute of Technology
• SUNY Institute of Technology at Utica/Rome
• SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

For specific transfer information, contact the Counseling, Career, and Transfer Services office.

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Program Requirements

Program requirements are detailed in the Degrees and Certificates (pdf, 1.6MB) section of the TC3 college catalog.

All sections of the current college catalog are available online.

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