Run a real jobsite.
Before it's real.
The Construction Project Management Academy (CPMA) is a training ground for construction project management. Take command of a real project in SiteCommand — our sandboxed construction software — with the same tools, inbox, and pressure as the job, a coach in your corner, and no way to get fired.
A career that's hiring —
no degree required
Construction management is short on people who can run a job — and it pays for the ones who can. A wave of retirements has opened thousands of roles, and the door is wide open to anyone who can prove they know the work, degree or not.
$58K / yr
Coordinator · Project Engineer · Assistant PM
Entry — no degree required
$100K+ / yr
Project Manager
A few years of reps in
$200–300K+ / yr
Senior PM · Director · VP
Senior & executive
Ranges reflect typical U.S. construction management roles, entry through executive
- How the industry works — owners, GCs, subs, and the project lifecycle
- The paperwork that runs a job — contracts, budgets, RFIs, submittals, closeout
- How the trades sequence — structural, MEP, and sitework
- How to read drawings, specs, and the CSI system
- How the money moves — change orders, pay apps, and protecting margin
- How to lead — communication, safety, and calls under pressure
Reps, not lectures.
You don't watch a course — you show up and run the project. Everything that happens on a real job happens here, on a schedule you can't fully control.
Pick your role & project
Launch a real, sandboxed SiteCommand project. Step in as Project Manager on a live higher-ed build — Superintendent and Project Accounting are on the way.
Run the job, day by day
Emails, phone calls, tasks, meetings, and end-of-day checks land on a 70-day calendar. The owner, subs, and accounting all write back. A coach walks you through each day.
Get reviewed & improve
At every phase you get a milestone job review that scores your calls, highlights what you nailed, and shows exactly what to catch next time — exportable to PDF.
A jobsite that
writes back
Every tool below is the real thing — the same software teams use to run live construction projects.
Run a real, sandboxed project
RFIs, submittals, commitments & buyout, change events, budget, daily logs — the production tools, seeded with a full directory and a live project. Nothing is faked, and nothing you do can break the real world.
A living inbox
The owner, vendors, and accounting email you on a schedule. Reply and they reply back — realistically, in character.
An AI coach in your ear
A spoken briefing at the start of every day tells you what matters and why — narrated, not buried in a manual.
Sit in on real meetings
Attend the preconstruction bid review as a live conversation. The estimator and project executive talk; when the floor comes to you, you answer. You're scored on the issues you catch — the long-lead switchgear, the steel scope gap, the price hold.
Day by day, start to finish
A 70-day build across six phases — tasks, phone calls, and end-of-day checks that arrive whether you're ready or not.
Milestone job reviews
At each phase, an AI performance review scores your decisions, flags what you missed, and exports to PDF.
A 70-lesson curriculum
The workflows and the construction knowledge behind them — deep-linked from the exact day you're living through.
Learn the craft,
then run the job
Seventy hand-written lessons across seven tracks — from how to read a drawing set to how MEP sequencing drives your schedule. Read ahead, or open the one your day just handed you.
& counting
Workflows
RFIs, submittals, buyout, change events, billing — the SiteCommand way.
Concepts
Reading drawings & specs, CSI divisions, retainage, contract types.
Building the Work
Means & methods in build sequence, sitework through commissioning.
Site & Civil
Grading, E&S/SWPPP, stormwater, utilities, ADA, entitlements.
MEP Systems
Every system as schedule logic — first fix, startup & Cx.
Contracts & Commercial
Delivery methods, AIA docs, subcontracts, liens, bonds, claims.
Professional Skills
Financial literacy, estimating, leadership, codes, and ethics.
Built for anyone stepping onto the job.
Ready to run your
first project?
Launch a sandbox, open your inbox, and take command — no experience required, no way to get it wrong for real.