Center for Advanced Construction Studies

Name

Center for Advanced Construction Studies

Legal name

Centre des Hautes Études de la Construction (CHEC)

Website

https://chec.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1957

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Higher Education - Engineering Specialization

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113), Other Technical and Trade Schools (611519), Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (611310)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Construction, Engineering & Skilled Trades Licensure Prep (EDAAANAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Engineering & Technical Professions (PE, Engineering CPD) (EDAAALAF), Construction & Trades Licensure (Contractor, Electrician, Plumber, HVAC CE) (EDAAALAH)

Keywords

• Postgraduate engineering education
• Construction engineering training
• Civil engineering specialization
• Structural engineering programs
• Professional engineering school

Headquarters

HQ city

Arcueil

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Tuition and training fees: CHEC generates revenue through tuition fees for its postgraduate engineering programs. The school also receives funding through the taxe d'apprentissage (apprenticeship tax) from French companies in the construction sector.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

CHEC (Centre des Hautes Etudes de la Construction) is a French postgraduate engineering school founded in 1957 that delivers one-year specialized certification programs transforming civil engineering graduates into operational engineers for the construction sector. The school offers four core programs: CHEBAP (reinforced and prestressed concrete), CHEM (steel structures), CHEB (timber structures), and CHEMEX (construction execution methods), taught by approximately 60 practicing engineers from major French construction companies.

Product overview

CHEC (Centre des Hautes Etudes de la Construction) is a postgraduate engineering training center offering four specialized certification programs: CHEBAP (reinforced and prestressed concrete), CHEM (steel structures), CHEB (timber structures), and CHEMEX (construction execution methods). Founded in 1957, the institution provides intensive one-year postgraduate programs that transform civil engineering graduates into specialized engineers directly operational in the construction industry.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Named customers3 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Bouygues ConstructioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor construction company participating in governance (board and improvement council), providing teaching staff, sponsoring end-of-study trips, and rewarding best projects. Companies are strongly involved in school management.
• EiffagecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEiffage participates in governance, provides teaching staff, and sponsors student activities including the end-of-study trip.
• Vinci ConstructioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVinci Construction participates in school governance and provides teaching staff for the specialized engineering programs.
• EDFcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEDF contributes to nuclear civil engineering option at CHEBAP, providing industry expertise for the 80-hour specialized teaching module.
• EPFminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with EPF engineering school for coherent and complementary training offerings in civil engineering education and research.
• Polytech NetworkminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnerships with Polytech Clermont-Ferrand, Grenoble, Lille, Orléans, Marseille, and Sophia for complementary engineering education.
• Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational partnerships coordinated through AUF framework for recruiting foreign students, mainly from francophone countries.
• ENSGC and ESCT (Vietnam)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational partnerships in Vietnam for student recruitment from francophone programs.
• ESIB and Université Libanaise (Lebanon)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational partnerships in Lebanon for student recruitment from francophone programs.
• ENIT and ESPRIT (Tunisia)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational partnerships in Tunisia for student recruitment from francophone programs.
• Écoles Mohammedia and Hassania and EMG (Morocco)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational partnerships in Morocco for student recruitment from francophone programs.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• CESI École d'Ingénieurs: Network of French engineering schools with construction and civil engineering specializations, often delivered through apprenticeship routes. Competes for the same corporate-sponsored postgraduate cohort via taxe d'apprentissage funding.
• EPF (École d'ingénieurs généraliste): Generalist French engineering school that has partnered with CHEC for coherent and complementary civil engineering offerings. Competes for some of the same postgraduate structural-engineering candidates, particularly in project management and methods.

Direct peers

• ESITC Caen: French specialized engineering school focused on construction and public works, producing immediately operational engineers for the BTP sector. Closest regional peer to CHEC's CHEBAP and CHEMEX value proposition.
• ENSTIB (École Nationale Supérieure des Technologies et Industries du Bois): French engineering school specialized in timber/wood, partner with CHEC's CHEB program. Direct peer on the timber-construction specialization and on the diplôme d'ingénieur pathway for wood engineers.
• ESTP Paris: France's leading grande école specialized in construction, public works and structural engineering. Most direct competitor to CHEC, offering a broader engineering curriculum that overlaps heavily with CHEC's CHEBAP, CHEM and CHEMEX content, and competing for the same graduates and corporate partners.
• École des Ponts ParisTech: Top French grande école for civil engineering, structures, and construction, awarding the diplôme d'ingénieur. Overlaps directly with CHEC's structural specialization at a higher research intensity, competing for postgraduate candidates and partnerships with major French construction firms.

Broad incumbents

• Arts et Métiers ParisTech: Major French engineering school with strong mechanical, structural and industrial engineering programs. Competes for top engineering graduates and offers adjacent structural and construction execution content at greater scale than CHEC.
• Mines ParisTech (Mines Paris – PSL): Elite French engineering school with civil, energy, and materials engineering programs. Competes for the same top engineering graduates and overlaps with CHEC's structural and nuclear-adjacent content.
• Polytech Network: Network of polytechnic engineering schools within French universities that supply CHEC's incoming students (Clermont-Ferrand, Grenoble, Lille, Orléans, Marseille, Sophia). Overlap in civil engineering curricula and share student-recruitment pipelines with CHEC.
• INSA (Institut National des Sciences Appliquées): Network of French public engineering schools (Lyon, Toulouse, Rennes, Rouen, etc.) that produce large volumes of civil engineering graduates and act as a primary recruitment source for CHEC's own cohorts. They offer overlapping structural content at much larger scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/chec-centre-des-hautes-etudes-de-la-construction

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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