Civil engineering technology program gets accreditation in Sudbury.

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Cambrian College's civil engineering technology advanced diploma program has received a five-year accreditation from Technology Accreditation Canada.

That means the program met the standards set out by the aforementioned organizations.

"Accreditation is a really important part of what we stand for as a college," said Cambrian president Bill Best. "These are external validations of the things we do."

The fact that Cambrian is receiving five- and six-year accreditations shows the faith these accrediting bodies have in the college, he said.

When a post-secondary institution receives a conditional accreditation, where they need to make changes, it's usually for two years.

Civil engineering technology program co-ordinator Jeff Walker said a lot of work went into securing the accreditation for his program.

"As we go through the accreditation process, we learn of things that we need to work on in our program, things that could use a little bit more revitalization," he said.

"One of those was our civil engineering lab, where we talked about the fact that it could be...