Definition of Civil Engineering:

Civil engineering is field of engineering sciences, related to design, construction and maintenance of buildings, dams, bridges,
tunnels, highways and other structures by the use of physical laws, mathematical equations and theories of mechanics. Civil
Engineers utilize the available resources (expertise, materials, manpower) to complete the project in the given time span keeping in
view the time, expenditure, environmental issues and physical hazards of the project.
Also known as the mother of all engineering, it is the oldest, broadest, most simple and useful of all engineering sciences. Being a
broader field Civil Engineering is divided into the following sub-categories and / or fields.
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Geo technical Engineering

Structural Engineering

3.

Transportation Engineering

4.

Water Resource engineering

5.

Environmental Engineering

6.

Earthquake Engineering

7.

Urban Planning

A Civil Engineer is responsible for planning, design, construction and/or maintenance of structures. Civil Engineer can work in
private constructions companies, governmental public works organizations or in universities as a research fellow or a teacher. Civil
Engineer is able to do the following jobs:
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To survey a site.

2.

To write a technical report about the area or a project.

3.

To plot out a Design or Plan of a structure.

4.

To plot out a Design of the foundation.

5.

To estimate costs, expenses and ensure economy.

6.

To construct a structure e.g. buildings, bridges, highways, tunnels, dams.

7.

To maintain or repair a previously build structure.

8.

To devise means of communication by construction and survey of roads, rails, highways, airports, seaports, tr
stations or freeway interchanges so that smooth and even flow of traffic (road, sea or air traffic) is maintained as well a
user rates are ensured.

9.

To design foundation for electrical transmission towers, radio signals etc.

10.

To teach students in a university.

11.

To run and manage a private construction firm.

12.

To construct canals and dams and plan water supply schemes, sewer pipes and preventing flooding.

13.

Processing and purifying organic materials, environmental impact studies, and the interface of civil engineerin
projects with the natural world.

14.

Coastal projects and management of coastal areas.

A Civil Engineer is responsible for the design of safe structures which meet standard building codes in the regions that they
are being built in. These structures must be designed with maintenance, efficiency, and other economic concerns in mind
as well to ensure that they will endure through years of use.
Having attained a four year bachelor's degree in civil engineering, one can work as a civil engineer, though this requirement
may be more in some countries and even may be less somewhere, where only a three years diploma or a certification course
may be regarded equivalent to civil engineer.

People who are interested in a career in civil engineering should plan on taking large amounts of math and science in high
school, and they should pursue degrees in civil engineering in college. For advanced positions and additional knowledge,
graduate school is strongly recommended.