The invention discloses a steel plate concrete column and a construction method, and the method is characterized in that a plastic skin aluminum core lead wire is built in on a steel bar before concrete is poured, unhardened concrete is heated by utilizing an electromagnetic inductive method, and when the concrete is hardened, the shrinkage of a steel plate is greater than that of the concrete, i.e., prestressing force is applied to a steel tube by the concrete. Before the concrete is poured, an inbuilt conducting tube is connected with an anode power supply, the steel bar is connected with a negative power source, the power source is switched on in the process of pouring the concrete, and free water in the concrete is discharged through different electric potential distributions formed in the concrete. The steel plate concrete column provided by the invetnion has the advantages of high intensity, light weight, good plasticity, shock resistance, fatigue resistance, and the like; and the construction method provided by the invention has the characteristics that templates are omitted, labor and materials are saved, the construction is convenient, no season restriction exists, and the like.