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What is Civil Engineering?

You know everything you see as you go about your day? Civil engineering was involved in all of it. The roads and highways you drive on, the buildings you see, the shopping centres you shop in, the drains that the down pipes on your house run off into, civil engineering was involved in their development. Civil engineers are why we all have the basic needs, facilities and infrastructure we have today.

The design, construction, and maintenance of all the infrastructure around us is what civil engineering involves. Think buildings, roads, highways, bridges, intersections, railway stations, railway lines, airports, pipelines, dams and reservoirs, sewage systems, tunnels and even flood mitigation. And to do all this, civil engineers use math, mechanics, physics and problem solving.

There are 5 key areas for civil engineering…

 

Engineering construction & project management

This is also known as construction engineering management and is a key area of civil engineering. It crosses the gap between the design team, the procurement team and the construction team to direct and organise each part of the project, from research and planning to completion.

 

Structural engineering

Structural engineering centres on the framework (or the ‘bones’) needed to build a structure after it has been designed. This structure could be a building, bridge, tower, pier, etc. Structural engineering focuses on the stability, strength, rigidity, and susceptibility of structures.

 

Geotech engineering

Before anything can be built on land the soil, sand, rock, or clay needs to be assessed, and the outcomes of the assessments reported on and factored into the design of both above ground and below ground structures.

 

Water engineering

Water engineering focuses on water based projects (of course), and more specifically the supply of clean water, disposal of waste and sewage water and also the prevention of flood damage. Engineers in this area don’t just focus on the design and development of the project, but also on the operation and maintenance after completion.

 

Transport engineering

This covers the planning, design, construction, operation and maintenance of transport facilities. It’s about improving efficiency and effectiveness of moving and transporting people and freight.

Source: Civil Made