Urban renewal in cold regions has raised higher demands for the cultivation of compound talents. Therefore, this paper focuses on the application of intelligent construction technology in urban renewal in Northeast China’s cold regions, analyzing the necessity and connotation of case-based teaching reform. It proposes a plan for cultivating compound talents through case-based teaching and designs a three-pronged case-based teaching method that includes class-based, research-based, and practice-based approaches. The class-based cases rely on course explanations of high-performance structures and intelligent construction skills; the research-based cases explore intelligent construction issues and technologies in cold regions through actual engineering projects, and the practice-based cases help students better understand the engineering applications of new technologies through field visits. At the same time, this paper also proposes the construction of a diverse case library, the improvement of evaluation mechanisms, and the establishment of feedback systems to ensure that case-based teaching method is practical and forward-looking. Through this teaching method, the practical abilities and innovation awareness of students have been improved, and providing a scientific path and example for cultivating compound talents in urban renewal for cold regions and for case-based teaching reform, which is expected to promote the application of case-based teaching reforms in complex engineering disciplines.