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AI now renders concepts, automates CAD and BIM tasks, reads drawings and contracts, and predicts infrastructure condition, and because licensed professionals still sign and answer for the work, training shows you how to check what these tools produce.

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AI Fluency: Framework & FoundationsAnthropic AcademyYou learn the 4D framework of Delegation, Description, Discernment and Diligence for working with AI systems, plus how generative AI works, its capabilities and limits, and effective prompting techniques. A final assessment earns a certificate.CertificateFree4 hrsElements of AI: Introduction to AIElements of AI (University of Helsinki and MinnaLearn)You learn what AI is and is not, how to frame real problems as search and game trees, how to reason about risk with Bayes' rule, and how machine learning and neural networks work, with no coding required.CertificateFreeSelf pacedOpenAI Academy: AI FoundationsOpenAI AcademyYou learn the core practices for using ChatGPT at work: writing stronger prompts, giving context, checking outputs and using AI responsibly, applied to drafting, summarizing, planning and meeting prep. Scoring 80% or higher on the assessment earns a badge.CertificateFree60 to 75 minThe ArcGIS Imagery MOOC: Foundations and FrontiersEsri TrainingYou work through ArcGIS workflows that combine imagery, remote sensing and geospatial data, practicing how to acquire, manage and analyze imagery in 2D and 3D views and with AI enhanced analysis to build information products for decisions.CertificateFreeAIA AI Firm ToolkitAmerican Institute of Architects (AIA)You rate your firm's AI maturity with a short quiz, learn 13 core AI terms with architecture examples, adapt sample AI policy templates and contract language, and plan rollout with workflow verification checklists.TrainingFreeSelf pacedGenerative AI Overview for Project ManagersProject Management Institute (PMI)You learn how generative AI differs from other AI, hear project managers explain how they use it for scheduling, risk logs and cost estimates, and practice better prompts in a ChatGPT lab.TrainingFree1 hrMaster SketchUp AI Render (SketchUp Campus)Trimble (SketchUp)You learn to turn SketchUp models into AI renders by writing detailed text prompts, fixing areas with the Erase, Paint and Sketch tools, tuning settings like Respect Model Geometry, and exporting images for client presentations.TrainingFree2 hrsMaster SketchUp Generate Object (SketchUp Campus)Trimble (SketchUp)You learn when SketchUp's Generate Object tool works well, how to prepare 2D source images, how to create 3D furniture and objects from images or text prompts, and how to organize results in the gallery.TrainingFree1 hrMicrosoft Learn: Get started with Microsoft 365 Copilot (learning path)Microsoft Learn / Microsoft CredentialsYou learn how Microsoft 365 Copilot works and how Microsoft approaches responsible AI, then use Copilot across Microsoft 365 apps to streamline communication and content creation. The last module covers best practices and ways to extend Copilot.TrainingFreeAn Introduction to AI in Architecture (AIAU course series)American Institute of Architects (AIA)You learn how AI tools work and where they fall short in architectural practice, which review and disclosure steps to apply before relying on AI output, which everyday drafting and summarizing tasks are low risk, and how data quality shapes results.Certificate$100 and upNavigating Our Intelligent Future: Planning Ethics and AIAmerican Planning Association (APA)You learn ways to make AI assisted planning decisions transparent to the public, how to spot and reduce bias in AI tools so plans stay fair, and how planners, technologists and communities can work through AI choices together.Certificate$180AGC EDGE: AI for Business Development, Marketing and SalesAssociated General Contractors of America (AGC)You use AI tools to draft and critique construction proposals and RFP responses, keep firm messaging consistent, coordinate pursuits, and start building a proposal assistant and reusable templates you can take back to your team.Training$900 and up4 hrsLeveraging AI in AutoCAD (LinkedIn Learning)LinkedIn LearningYou learn to use AutoCAD's Smart Blocks to place, replace and search blocks, run the DETECT command to turn detected geometry into blocks, and get help inside AutoCAD from Autodesk Assistant.CertificateVaries1 hrUnlock Your AI Genius with Autodesk Assistant in Autodesk Forma (Autodesk University 2025 class)AutodeskYou see the built in AI features in Autodesk Forma for construction teams, use Autodesk Assistant to pull context aware answers on issues and risk, and pick everyday tasks to automate, with a downloadable prompt library to try.TrainingVariesUsing Conversational AI for Design Inspiration with ChatGPT and Autodesk Fusion (Autodesk University 2025 class)AutodeskYou prompt ChatGPT for design concepts tied to real goals and limits, learn prompting techniques that get useful ideas, and test and refine those ideas as models in Autodesk Fusion.TrainingVaries
IntermediateBuild on the basics. Some experience or a first certificate helps.5
AI in Construction (UC Davis Continuing and Professional Education)University of California, DavisYou practice advanced prompting, build no code AI agents, pull structured data from construction documents, try computer vision for site safety and progress tracking, and design an AI workflow for your own role.Certificate$1002 hrsPreparing Your Planning Agency for AIPlanetizenYou score your agency's AI readiness, compare GovTech AI tools with a build, buy or wait framework, work through verification, bias and privacy risks, draft an AI usage policy, and finish with a phased adoption roadmap.Certificate$7956 weeksAI Application in Civil Engineering Package (ASCE on demand)American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)You watch eight recorded ASCE sessions on how AI and machine learning detect structural problems, support automated driving and rail, use drone data for transportation assets, and improve hydraulic and water quality models, then pass a post test for each.CertificatePrice not published365 daysASCE member free on demand webinars: AI and machine learning titlesAmerican Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)You choose AI focused ASCE webinars, such as using AI in construction disputes, digital twins and robotics for construction and operations, machine learning for pavement and pipeline condition, and the ethics of engineering with AI, and earn a PDH for each exam you pass.CertificateVariesThe Future of CAD Management: How AI Is Transforming AutoCAD and Civil 3D (Autodesk University 2025 class)AutodeskYou see how CAD managers use ChatGPT, Autodesk Platform Services and Dynamo to automate repetitive AutoCAD and Civil 3D tasks, enforce drawing standards, and lead a team through AI adoption.TrainingVaries
AdvancedFor experienced pros. Most require years in the field.2
Artificial Intelligence in Civil Engineering Applications (Johns Hopkins Engineering for Professionals, 565.716)Johns Hopkins UniversityYou frame civil engineering problems for AI, then build classical machine learning, small neural network, computer vision and time series models in Python, and use LLMs on engineering documents, with structural, geotechnical and coastal case studies.Certificate$5,620AGC EDGE: AI Workflow Systems for ConstructionAssociated General Contractors of America (AGC)You build structured AI workflows for construction, connecting tools such as Codex and Cowork to Procore, Autodesk Construction Cloud and Microsoft 365, organizing project files so AI output is consistent, and deciding where AI should not be used.TrainingPrice not published4 hrs

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