The new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation has a huge impact on the form, division and organization of the construction industry. Civil engineering specialty in local colleges and universities is important bases for talents training. Against this background, it is a very critical issue to train talents who can meet the needs of industrial development in the new era. This article mainly presents some explorations and reflections in the process of upgrading the traditional civil engineering specialty of local colleges and universities under the background of emerging engineering education, in order to continuously improve the professional construction level and the technical level and influence of the construction industry, provide reference for the transformation and upgrading of civil engineering specialty in other local colleges and universities.