GCCD GOAL / Civil Engineering – Sustainable Construction

• Level 6: bachelor's degree level, 180 ECTS credits
• Competency-based approach
• Three-year integrated program
• Facilitated international mobility
• Training strongly structured around professional situations

The Civil Engineering and Sustainable Construction B.U.T. program aims to train middle managers capable of performing duties in the areas of project management, project supervision, organization, and site management.

The Civil Engineering department offers four different tracks starting in the second year.

• Construction Career Path
• Public Works Course
• Course: Rehabilitation and Improvement of the Environmental Performance of Buildings
• Career path Design office Design

The skills are common to all four courses offered, but the levels of development for each skill vary depending on the course chosen.

• Develop technical solutions for all or part of a building project
• Develop technical solutions for all or part of a public works project
• Dimensioning civil engineering structures and technical equipment
• Organize a construction site
• Providing technical oversight of a structure throughout its entire life cycle

Start date: September.
Duration: 3 years.
Number of hours: 2,000.
Number of hours for supervised projects: 600 hours spread over the 3 years.
Internship: minimum of 22 weeks over the 3 years.
Assessment method: continuous assessment

Work-study program: possible starting in the second year
Work-study program structure: three training periods in the GC-CD department and three periods in the company.

SEMESTER 1 (all courses)

Learning and Assessment Situations (LAS):

• SAé 1-1: Construction design studies for a building project
• SAé 1-2: Civil engineering project
• SAé 1-3: Simple planimetric and altimetric survey
• SAé 1-4: Modeling a simple structural element and its loading
• SAé 1-5: Locating and sizing dry and wet networks for a simple structure – Specifications for a simple structure
• SAé 1-6: Estimate for a simple project
• SAé 1-7: Inventory of an existing structure
• Portfolio

Resources (materials)

• Academic work methods and computer tools
• Mathematics
• Expression-Communication
• English
• Building construction technology
• Drawing – Reading plans
• Supporting structure
• Civil engineering technology
• Topography
• Structural mechanics
• Dry and wet networks
• Speakers and publications in their environment
• Construction modes
• Costing and financial management
• Function of building components
• Knowledge of key materials
• PPP

SEMESTER 2 (all programs)

Learning and Assessment Situations (LAS):

• SAé 2-1: Building development/extension project
• SAé 2-2: Road and utilities network project (VRD)
• SAé 2-3: Complex planimetric and altimetric survey
• SAé 2-4: Calculating stresses and deformations in a simple structure using professional software
• SAé 2-5: Insulation performance of a simple building element and solutions to meet hygrothermal constraints
• SAé 2-6: Planning simple tasks
• SAé 2-7: Summary of key characteristics and technical components required for monitoring the life of the structure
• SAé 2-8: Stage 1
• Portfolio

Resources (materials)

• Mathematics
• Expression-Communication
• English
• Drawing – Reading plans
• Secondary trade technology
• Topography
• Civil engineering technology
• Structural mechanics
• Heat and water transfer in walls
• Construction modes
• Site organization and management
• Quality, safety, environment
• Granular materials, soils, and road recycling
• Binding materials, concrete, and asphalt mixes
• Environmental assessment of materials and equipment
• PPP

SEMESTER 3 (all courses)

Learning and Assessment Situations (LAS):

• Follow-up-PT-SAÉ S3
• SAE Portfolio S3
• SAÉ Building
• SAÉ Public Works
• SAÉ Structural Modeling
• SAÉ Sizing for comfort
• SAÉ Site organization
• SAE Diagnostics

Resources (materials)

• Mathematics 3
• Expression-Communication 3
• English 3
• Advanced Building Technology 1
• Multi-criteria analysis and LCA
• Civil Engineering Technology 3
• Techniques for installing a linear structure
• Stability of structures 1
• Geotechnics 1
• Building Physics and Energy 1
• Methods, Administration, and Management 3
• Technical management and pathologies
• Personal and Professional Project 3

SEMESTER 4 (all tracks)

Learning and Assessment Situations (LAS):

• Follow-up-PT-SAÉ
• REH company monitoring
• REH project monitoring
• SAE Portfolio
• SAÉ Building
• SAÉ Public Works
• SAE Structural justification
• SAÉ Sizing for comfort
• SAÉ Site organization
• SAE Maintenance
• S4 internship

Resources (materials)

• Mathematics 4
• Expression-Communication 4
• English 4
• Advanced Building Technology 2
• Civil Engineering Technology 4
• Stability of structures 2
• Geotechnics 2
• Building Physics and Energy 2
• Methods, Administration, and Management 4
• Deconstruction
• Structural failure
• Personal and Professional Project 4
• INFO
• DAO

SEMESTER 5 – BEC Course (Design Engineering Offices)

Learning and Assessment Situations (LAS):

• Follow-up-PT-SAÉ S5
• SAÉ Collaborative design project (BIM) based on an architectural project: development of technical solutions for buildings
• SAÉ Collaborative design project (BIM) based on an architectural project: development of technical solutions for public works
• SAÉ Collaborative design project (BIM) based on an architectural project: dimensioning
• SAE Portfolio S5

Resources (materials)

• Mathematics 5
• Expression – Communication 5
• English 5
• Business management and labor law
• Total cost
• Technical solutions and BIM approach
• LCA of the material in the structure
• Public Works Technology 5
• Engineering structures and special structures
• Structural Mechanics 3
• Stability of structures 3
• Geotechnics 3
• Building Physics and Energy 3
• Personal and Professional Project 5
• Programming
• Architectural sketch

SEMESTER 6 – BEC (Design Engineering Offices) course

Learning and Assessment Situations (LAS):

• Follow-up-PT-SAE S6
• REH company monitoring
• REH project monitoring
• SAÉ Design project (PFE)
• SAE Portfolio S6
• S6 internship

Resources (materials)

• Project management

SEMESTER 5 – RAPEB Course (Renovation and Improvement of Building Environmental Performance)

Learning and Assessment Situations (LAS):

• Follow-up-PT-SAÉ S5
• SAÉ ERP building renovation project (BIM)
• SAÉ Feasibility study for rehabilitation
• SAÉ Maintenance and operation of an existing building
• SAE Portfolio S5

Resources (materials)

• Mathematics 5
• Expression – Communication 5
• English 5
• Business management and labor law
• Total cost
• Technical solutions and BIM approach
• LCA of the material in the structure
• Structural Mechanics 3
• Stability of structures 3
• Geotechnics 3
• Building Physics and Energy 3
• Programming, operation, and maintenance
• Circular economy
• Personal and Professional Project 5
• Regulatory context
• Construction using bio-based materials
• Building Physics and Energy 4

SEMESTER 6 – RAPEB Course (Renovation and Improvement of Building Environmental Performance) MASTER 6

Learning and Assessment Situations (LAS):

• Follow-up-PT-SAE S6
• REH company monitoring
• REH project monitoring
• SAÉ Major building renovation project (PFE)
• SAE Portfolio S6
• S6 internship

Resources (materials)

• Project management

SEMESTER 5 – Public Works Course

Learning and Assessment Situations (LAS):

• Follow-up-PT-SAÉ S5
• SAÉ Urban Development-BIM Design Project
• SAÉ Counter-study and monitoring of OS work until the lifting of reservations in public works
• SAÉ Maintenance and operation of a structure
• SAE Portfolio S5

Resources (materials)

• Mathematics 5
• Expression – Communication 5
• English 5
• Business management and labor law
• Total cost
• Public Works Technology 5
• Engineering structures and special structures
• Methods Management and Administration 5
• Works contracts
• Programming, operation, and maintenance
• Circular economy
• Personal and Professional Project 5

SEMESTER 6 – Public Works Course

Learning and Assessment Situations (LAS):

• Follow-up-PT-SAE S6
• REH company monitoring
• REH project monitoring
• SAÉ Construction project for a public works structure (PFE)
• SAE Portfolio S6
• S6 internship

Resources (materials)

• Project management

SEMESTER 5 – BAT Course (Building Construction)

Learning and Assessment Situations (LAS):

• Follow-up-PT-SAÉ S5
• SAÉ Preparation of the summary (TCE works) of a building project (BIM)
• SAÉ Counter-study and monitoring of OS work until building reservations are lifted
• SAÉ Building maintenance and operation
• SAE Portfolio S5

Resources (materials)

• Mathematics 5
• Expression – Communication 5
• English 5
• Business management and labor law
• Total cost
• Technical solutions and BIM approach
• LCA of the material in the structure
• Methods Management and Administration 5
• Works contracts
• Programming, operation, and maintenance
• Circular economy
• Personal and Professional Project 5
• Construction using bio-based materials
• Inspection and diagnosis of a structure and equipment

SEMESTER 6 – BAT Course (Building Construction)

Learning and Assessment Situations (LAS):

• Follow-up-PT-SAE S6
• REH company monitoring
• REH project monitoring
• SAE Building Construction Project (PFE)
• SAE Portfolio S6
• S6 internship

Resources (materials)

• Project management

Companies in the construction and public works sector, local authorities, project owners, developers, architectural firms, inspection agencies, structural, thermal, and fluid engineering firms:

• Site manager / construction supervisor,
• Chargé d'affaires, SPS coordinator,
• Assistant project manager / project owner,
• Energy diagnostician,
• Draftsman-designer,
• Head of Technical Services,
• Assistant Design Engineer,
• BIM Modeler/Coordinator...

• Engineering schools,
• At university (Bachelor's – Master's – PhD programs),
• Professional license.

Application in January on Parcoursup

General high school diploma: recommended specializations

• Mathematics + Physics-Chemistry or Engineering Sciences
• any other specialty after reviewing the file

General high school diploma obtained before 2021: Science high school diploma

Technical High School Diploma:STI

Admission evaluation criteria:

• Assessments by the teaching team, opinions of the class council, and motivation for the program
• French and language notes
• High school grades in science subjects

All courses are available as continuing education(for employees, individuals, or job seekers), subject to validation of the required prerequisites.Access is also possible through the Validation of Acquired Experience (VAE, VAP, or VES) program. Contact thecontinuing education department at the University of Montpellier – Nîmes offices.