The National CPWD Academy is looking the training needs of Engineers, Architects, Horticulturists and workers. The main academy is located at Ghaziabad. Regional National Academy and Workers Training Centres are located in the four metros i.e. New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai.

The National CPWD Academy is located in a lush green, serene, salubrious and pollution free environment spread over 30 acres of land in Kamla Nehru Nagar, Ghaziabad nearly 30 km. from New Delhi Railway Station and 32 Km. from Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi. The Institute imparts training/refresher courses in all the aspects of public works. The academy conducts training programmes, workshops, brain-storming sessions, seminars etc. to upgrade the techno-management skills of CPWD officers as well as other Central Government Departments, State Government, PSUs etc. The training programmes are conducted in diverse streams such as Civil Engineering, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, Architecture, Computer Application and Management Techniques. A number of new courses on Green Buildings, their rating system and certification, energy efficient buildings, conservation of heritage buildings etc. have been introduced to cater to the current changing construction scenario. New courses on Horticulture have also been added.

The Regional Training Institutes are located at R.K.Puram, New Delhi, New Marine Lines, Mumbai, Salt Lake City, Kolkata and Besant Nagar, Chennai. The Regional National Academy conduct training courses for Group B & C officials. Workers Training Centres also work as part of Regional National Academy. They impart skill improvement training to workers and Group D staff. The skill development courses for workers are conducted in associated with “Construction Industry Development Council”. After completion of the training, certification of the workers is also done through “IGNOU”.