Press Enter to skip to the main content

Highway Construction

Offered in partnership with the Texas A&M Transportation Institute, our 6-week Heavy Highway Construction Program prepares you for a high-wage, high-demand careers in highway construction with salaries in the $40,000 range. Through the program, students gain skills in record keeping, plan and specification reading, math, surveying and site layout, soils and compaction, and hot mix asphalt (HMA) mix placement and field testing.

Thanks to available scholarships, every student to enroll in the program to date has had their tuition covered with no out-of-pocket expenses!


Program FAQ

The program is offered at Texas A&M-RELLIS in Bryan, Texas.

You may be required to travel to the Brenham Campus to complete individual courses. Please check the course schedule for campus information regarding the course(s) you are planning to take.

If you complete the program and complete advanced certifications, you can begin your career as a heavy equipment operator, asphalt mix specialist, or paving crew member. If you want to become a supervisor, you can also reach your goals through this program.

Through this program, you get hands-on experience with industry experts at the material plants and on the equipment used to build roads. Throughout the program, you are introduced to the companies seeking to hire you for available jobs.

While the list price for the program is $8,500, students can utilize Duddlesten Scholarship, National Center for Infrastructure, Texas Asphalt Pavement Association, and Texas Department of Transportation scholarships to fund their enrollment in the program. To date, each enrolled student has had the entire program cost covered with no out-of-pocket expenses!

For registration informaiton, please contact trades@961381.com.

Students are responsible for their own transportation to classes. The following links may help students coordinate their commute to Blinn College.

Parking and Transportation
ioh4.961381.com/parking

Alternative Transportation
ioh4.961381.com/parking/alternative.html

Handicap-Accessible Transportation
ioh4.961381.com/disability/handicap-accessible-transportation.html

Contact Us

Phone: 979-830-4443
Email:

Request Info

Information Request

Are you an international student?
           

Please be as specific as possible by including details of the information you would like to request. If you have requested email correspondence, please check your email's junk mail folder for a response to your inquiry.

Please remove any special characters, email addresses, and URLs.