The new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial changes has had a huge impact on the shape, division of labor and organization of the civil engineering industry, and the traditional practical teaching models can no longer meet the needs of talent training in the development of the new era. At the same time, the Ministry of Education is actively promoting the construction of emerging engineering, the reform of professional talent training mode of "double first-class" universities is imminent. Under the background of emerging engineering education, improving students’ practical ability and innovation ability are essential for the cultivation of composite talents. In order to adapt to the new requirements for higher engineering education under the background of emerging engineering education reform, production practice, as an important course for cultivating students’ engineering practical ability, needs to keep pace with the times. In recent years, the College of Civil Engineering of Tongji University has taken into account the development trend of intelligent bridge construction, followed the latest development and hot issues in the field of bridge engineering construction, and carried out a bold reform of the production practice mode in response to the disadvantages of the traditional practice mode, such as "outdated practice theme, one-sided management and assessment mode, single teaching method and old-fashioned output". Relying on the major bridge engineering internship base under construction in China which is close to the frontier of engineering practice, and using the digital teaching method of "combining virtuality with reality", the college has gradually formed a frontier internship theme, refined management procedure, diversified teaching methods and efficient results teaching model through five years of practical teaching exploration from 2017 to 2021. The new model is centered on student development, oriented to diversified output, and explores refined control and evaluation methods to guarantee the quality of producing practice and promote students to harvest multifaceted results. Since its application, the teaching model has been widely praised by students and internship units, and provides reference for the construction of innovative talents training based on the concept of emerging engineering in double first-class universities.