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What is Civil Engineering?

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

Civil engineering is traditionally broken into many sub-disciplines. 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.

General Civil Engineers work closely with surveyors and specialised Civil Engineers to design grading, drainage, pavement, water supply, sewer service, dams, electricity and communications supply. It is also referred to as site engineering, which 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 and construction engineering to residential, commercial, industrial and public works projects of all sizes and levels of construction.

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