1.2 Civil Engineering

Civil Engineering

Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, sewerage systems, pipelines, structural components of buildings, and railways.

Civil engineering is considered the second-oldest engineering discipline after military engineering, and it is defined to distinguish non-military engineering from military engineering.

Civil engineering takes place in the public sector from municipal through to national governments, and in the private sector from individual homeowners through to international companies.

What is Civil Engineering?

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Sub-disciplines of Civil Engineering

There are a number of sub-disciplines within the broad field of civil engineering. 

General civil engineers work closely with surveyors and specialized civil engineers to design grading, drainage, pavement, water supply, sewer service, dams, electric and communications supply. 

General civil engineering is also referred to as site engineering, a branch of civil engineering that primarily focuses on converting a tract of land from one usage to another. Site engineers spend time visiting project sites, meeting with stakeholders, and preparing construction plans.

Civil engineers apply the principles of geotechnical engineering, structural engineering, environmental engineering, transportation engineering, construction engineering, materials science  engineering, surveying, coastal engineering, municipal or urban engineering, forensic engineering and hydraulic engineering(water resource engineering) to residential, commercial, industrial and public works projects of all sizes and levels of construction.

Civil Engineering

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