What is 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.
Being a broader field Civil Engineering is divided into the following sub-categories and / or fields.
1. Structural Engineering
2. Urban Planning
3. Water Resource engineering
4. Transportation Engineering
5. Environmental Engineering
6. Geo technical Engineering
What does a Civil Engineer do?
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. A civil Engineer can be a surveyor, a technical report writer or even a project manager.
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