Practical teaching is the most effective way to cultivate students' ability of innovation and entrepreneurship. Through the establishment of practical teaching idea which centered on students' practical ability, innovation, entrepreneurship, and scientific thinking ability to build the teaching system of "three platforms, two capabilities, a train". The teaching system was studied on design model,run manner and achieved results to form a practical teaching method of "multi-level, three-dimensional, innovation and openness". The practical teaching method improved the students' practical ability and achieved the combination of the social needs and the application-oriented cultivation objectives for civil engineering.