About Us | LSU Construction Management

About Us

The Bert S. Turner Department of Construction Management is housed within Louisiana State University’s (LSU) College of Engineering.

Construction is the largest and most diversified industry in the world. The key professionals in this vast enterprise are Construction Managers (CM) who thrive within the business side of this industry.  They are the leaders who possess the business skills, experience, and education to manage the execution of any construction work in the private or public sector. Recognizing the rising complexity of new construction projects and the increased speed of technology, the CM Department is dedicated to providing the construction industry with a graduate ready to accept the challenges of today’s global market.

What Does a Construction Manager Do?

Our graduates are managers of the construction process. They enter the construction industry in various positions with the ability to lead, problem solve and use innovative applications on their projects. They quickly become valued members of a construction team and participate in planning, cost estimating, scheduling, supervision, and commissioning of a complete facility in a timely, safe and quality manner. They possess the professional knowledge to confidently interact with professional engineers, registered architects, and owners to solve problems that may arise. Upon entering the industry you may work in the field managing the construction activities, finances, and/or the labor resources. Alternately, one can be employed at the home office managing scheduling operations, estimating, bidding, contracts, marketing, etc. As one advances in experience and performance, opportunities open up to take positions such as a superintendent, project manager, CEO or a president. Eventually, your educational background and experience will easily lend itself to you being a consultant or business owner.

More information (such as national employment projections, national salaries, etc.) can be found online at Campus Explorer.

MicroCred®

Construction Management MicroCred®

100% Online (MicroCred®)

Consists of 3 CM courses

You may start any course for this MicroCred at any time.

Admission to LSU is not required.

MicroCred® Information

Undergraduate

Bachelor of Science

Now available as a 100% Online (Bachelor of Science)!

Degree Includes:

  • Business Administration Minor
  • Technical Sales Minor
  • OSHA Construction Safety & Health Certificate*
  • Certified Occupational Safety Specialist (COSS) Certificate
  • American Institute of Constructors (AIC) Associate Construction Certification
  • LSU Distinguished Communicator Certified Courses

Scored as a five-star occupation by Louisiana Workforce Commission

Ranked as a Best Value School

BSCM Information 

Graduate

Post Baccalaureate Certificate

100% Online (PBC)

Consists of six core CM courses

Participates in graduation ceremonies

PBC Information

Master of Science

Professional path- 100% Online (MoS)

Ranked by U.S. News & World Report as one of the best online engineering programs in the U.S.

  • Ranked 16th overall
  • Ranked 12th overall among public colleges and universities in the U.S.
  • Ranked 1st for Faculty Credentials and Training
  • Ranked 12th for Student Engagement
  • Ranked 10th in engineering programs for veterans

Executive path and Research path are available only to the campus students

MSCM Information 

Doctor of Philosophy

Ph.D. in CM

Ph.D. Information

 

  

Salary Earning Potential

Average starting salary for LSU CM graduates (based on LSU Career Services graduate exit survey AY 2021-2022):

Bachelor of Science

High   $104,000

Average $61,506

Low $41,600

 

Post Baccalaureate

High   $200,000

Average $80,380

Low $39,520

 

Master of Science

High   $250,000

Average $104,955

Low $52,000

 

 

Employment Opportunities

Graduates from our program go on to do amazing things with amazing companies, locally and beyond. You can find more information below on the types of jobs, employers, and employers who recruit our graduates below.

Positions:

  • Scheduler
  • Estimator
  • Cost Control
  • Compliance
  • Human Resource Manager
  • Materials Manager
  • Equipment Manager
  • Project Manager
  • Consultant
  • Sales
  • Business Development
  • Building and Code Inspector
  • and more!

Types of Employers:

  • Industrial, Residential, Industrial or Commercial Construction Firm
  • General Contracting Firm
  • Special Trade Contractors (Plumbing, Heating, Electrical, Mechanical)
  • Real Estate Developer
  • Materials Supplier
  • Equipment Supplier
  • Engineering Firm
  • Consulting Firm
  • Local Government
  • Educational Institutions
  • Self employment
  • Sales
  • Oil and Gas
  • and more!

Our Graduates Work For:

ABC Supply Co.

 

AECOM Hunt

 

Air-Side Equipment

 

All Star Electric Inc. 

 

Alliance Safety Council

 

America’s Home Place

 

AOS Interior Environment 

 

Apache Industrial Services

 

APC Construction, LLC

 

ARCO Design/Build

 

Ardent Services

 

Arkel International LLC

 

Associated Builders And Contracters, Inc. New Orleans 

 

Associated Builders and Contractors, Pelican Chapter

 

Austin Commercial 

 

B & K Construction 

Company LLC

 

Baker GCI 

 

Baker Gulf Coast Industrial

 

Barber Brothers 

Contracting Co. LLC

 

Barriere Construction, A CRH COMPANY

 

Belzona of Baton Rouge, Inc

 

BL Harbert International

 

Block Companies            

 

Boh Bros. Construction 

Co. LLC

 

BoMac Contractors LTD.

 

Bottom Line Equipment

 

Broadmoor LLC

Bronco Industrial Services, LLC

 

Brown & Root Industrial Services

 

Burns & McDonnell

 

Builder’s First Choice 

 

C.D.W. Services, LLC 

 

Caddell Construction Co. (DE), LLC

 

Cajun Industries LLC

 

Cash Construction Company, Inc.

 

Claymar Construction 

 

Coleman Roofing and Construction

 

Commercial Contracting Corporation

 

Concrete & Aggregates Association of Louisiana

 

ConocoPhillips

 

Contractors EducationalTrust Fund

 

Cost Segregation Services Inc.

 

D’Arcy Vicknair, LLC

 

Diamond D Industries

 

DR Horton, Inc

 

DSLD Homes 

 

Duininck Golf 

 

Duke Energy

 

Durotech Construction

 

Durr Heavy Construction, LLC 

 

Dynamic Group

 

Excel 

 

First Horizon Bank

 

Five S Group LLC

 

Flatiron Construction

 

Fluor Enterprises, Inc.

 

Grady Crawford Construction 

 

Great River 

Industries

 

Group Contractors, Inc.

 

Haag & Trammell Inc. 

 

Hajoca

 

Harvey Builders

 

Hensel Phelps 

 

Himmel’s Architectural Door & Hardware 

 

Holder Construction

 

Holmes Building Materials 

 

Ikon Constructions LLC

 

RNGD

 

Inncircles Technolgies Inc.

 

Instrument Piping Technologies LLC

 

Insulation Incorporated

 

ISC Constructors LLC

 

JB James Construction 

 

Joeris General Contractors

 

JR Construction Solutions, LLC

 

Juneau Construction Company

 

Kastan Martin 

 

Kiewit

 

Kingham Dalton Wilson, Ltd.

 

Los Alamos National Laboratory 

 

Louisiana AGC

 

Louisiana CSI LLC 

 

Louisiana State University 

 

LPL Solar LLC

 

M.R. Pittman Group, LLC

 

Manson Construction Co.

 

MAPP

 

MMC Corp

 

Moeller Purcell Construction Company

 

Moore Industries, LLC

 

Moran Construction Consultants, LLC

 

Moss & Associates 

 

 

O’Donnell/Snider Construction

 

Ordner Construction

 

Pala-Interstate

 

Pala-Interstate, LLC

 

Pat Williams Construction, Inc.

 

PCL Civil Constructors 

 

Performance

 

Petrin LLC

 

Phelps Dunbar

 

Primoris Services Corporation

 

Quanta Services 

 

Ratcliff Construction

 

Regal Construction LLC

 

Remedial Construction Services, L.P.

Repcon Inc.

 

River Parish Contractors

 

Roy Anderson Corp

 

Ruppert Landscape

 

Russell Marine LLC

 

Ryan Gootee General Contractors

 

Sasquatch Waste

 

Satterfield & Pontikes

 

Sealevel Construction 

 

Southland Holdings

 

Stoa Group, LLC

 

Structural

 

Stuart & Company General Contractors

 

Summit Industrial Construction, LLC

 

Sunland Construction 

 

T3 Industrial Solutions 

 

The Brandt Companies, LLC

 

The Lemoine Company, LLC

 

The Personnel Consulting Group

 

The Walsh Group & Archer Western

 

The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company

 

Theresa B. Jones Consulting

 

TNT Quality Construction, LLC

 

Trade Construction Company 

 

Triad Electronics 

 

Turner Industries 

 

U S Roofing Systems LLC

 

United Rentals

 

US Fusion

 

Valero

 

Vaughn Construction

 

Waskey

 

Wesley Construction Company, Inc

Wharton Smith

 

Woodward Design+Build

     
       

 

 

     
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       

ACCE LogoAmerican Council for Construction Education
Our construction management undergraduate degree program was established in 1972 and has been accredited by the American Council for Construction Education (ACCE) since 1982. The construction management MS graduate degree program has been accredited by the ACCE since 2016.