Can a Construction Engineer become a Professional Engineer?

Question

What responsibilities would qualify a Construction Engineer to sit for the Civil P.E.?

Answer 1

Basically what everyone else has already said. Yes, a Construction Engineer can become a PE. Graduate from an ABET accredited school, pass the FE, work 4 years under the supervision of a PE and take the Priciples and Practice Exam. As for qualifying experience, I know in Calif. your degree counts as 4 years, or 2 years if its an Engr. Tech. degree and your work experience which needs to be verified. All of your experience needs to be professional type responsilbilies. You may want to check with the State Licensing board for all work exp that will count towards licensure.

Answer 2

First get the Civil Engineering degree and work in the field for the minimum time, then take the PE test. PE implies experience and absolute competence. All PE's I've worked with were seasoned professionals. It take a life's effort to qualify just in one discipline of engineering. The field of civil construction is a huge factor also.
Why not call a Civil PE and ask that question?

Answer 3

Construction engineering concerns the planning and management of the construction of structures such as highways, bridges, airports, railroads, buildings, dams, and reservoirs. Construction of such projects requires knowledge of engineering and management principles and business procedures, economics, and human behavior. Construction engineers engage in the design of structures temporary, cost estimating, planning and scheduling, materials procurement, selection of equipment, and cost control.

Construction Engineering is differentiated from Construction Management from the standpoint of the use of math, science, and engineering to analyze problems and design a construction process. Construction engineers build many of the things that people use everyday. Construction engineering involves many aspects of construction including: commercial, residential, bridges, airports, tunnels, and dams.

Construction Engineers are educated to design and build structures that are necessary for everyday life. There are only a handful of schools that offer a major in Construction engineering. For most Construction engineering jobs a Bachelor of Science is required and some construction experience. In order to work on projects that will be used by the public a construction engineer has to get a professional engineering license. The "Fundamentals of Engineering" and "Principles and Practice" exams must be passed, and other requirements met, for a construction engineer to receive a Professional Engineering license.

As an aside - just because you've passed the license requirements for one state (or country) does NOT mean you're automatically approved to work in another. Usually, you have to re-take at least part of the exams required for the new location, and work for some time in the new jurisdiction under a licensed professional engineer IN YOUR DISCIPLINE (basically, to get familiar with how things are done there, instead of where you came from).

Answer 4

If you are currently working under a PE, then that counts as experience. If you don't have a degree from an ABET accredited University, then you will need 8 years under a PE for starters. Then you have to pass the FE, which if you haven't taken college level physics and mechanics, will take tremendous effort. Then you have to pass the PE. The FE is the harder of the two.

If you do have an ABET degree in engineering, that counts for four years, and then you need 4 years under a PE, have to pass the FE and the PE.

Answer 5

If your degree is from an accredited university, you would need to work for a registered engineer and have 4 years worth of professional level responsibility (this often takes more than 4 years).

Check with your state registration board for detailed requirements. More info can also be found at these web sites.

Answer 6

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