As the resources of university laboratory is limited, the paper focuses on research of virtual laboratory for civil engineering education in China. It proposes a framework of virtual laboratory software system for civil engineering, including its deployment ideas, network deployment model and curriculum framework for virtual experiments. The virtual laboratory software system is also introduced in the article. Development and application of some typical virtual laboratory courses are given dentally, including building cognitive course, virtual experiment course in construction management, a series of training courses for whole-life building software called PKPM. The virtual laboratory software system has been applied in dozens of Chinese universities, and it provides a new reference for experiment education in civil engineering.