"importance of civil engineering"?
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We'd live in huts, and have to take boats across rivers without it.  Civil engineering is one of the most important jobs in modern civilization.
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I'm an Electronics and Computer Engineer.  Look at government positions for a Civil Engineer first and I think you would like the opportunities there.
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i would say civil engineering. it always seemed the most interesting to me. (building roads, bridges, etc.) and i think the demand is pretty  consistent every year.
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Just about any field of engineering is performed in a nice, air conditioned office, behind a desk and computer screen.  However, design engineers are responsible to see that their designs are implemented properly and perform the desired function.  For the civil engineer, that will necessitate travel to the job location not only for preliminary site surveys but to review work in progress and to resolve problems that develop during construction.  But this may only be a small percentage of your time.\n\nIf you decide to go into civil engineering, I highly recommend that you also become certified in structural engineering.  A civil engineer may be able to build a road, but they can't build bridges.  It will require additional study, but will be well worth it.\n\nBy the way, electrical engineers many times have to go outside, too.  I know.  I am one.
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Every thing is designed based on some constraints. A good design would take care of all constraints and then deliver. A civil engineer can design roads for the next 100 years and completely maintenance free but then he would not be able to meet the constraints of land requirement, budgets and a feasible time frame for completion of the project, and not to forget the one major factor the technology available.\nThus you see vast difference in civil designs of public utility structures of developing and developed nations. Both the designs are suitable according to the above mentioned constraints.
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it's important in engineering work such as calculating how high objects move or what's their max speed.
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you can use the articl in managment field of engineering or industrial engineering .they are able to control the perojects better than civil engineers.but searching the pdf files in internet need to charje the owner site, you have to go to your university site center becuse thay may be pay the charje of this articles
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Thesis - Building codes and inspections are important measures for our safety.\nSupporting points -\nPeople complain about the cost of building permits.\nContractors complain about waiting on inspections.\nPoor construction, bad concrete, poor house designs result in huge losses due to building failures.\nInspectors insure that houses are huricane resistant along the coast, bridges are made with good concrete, etc\nThen expand on each point.\nConclude by summarizing the points and rephrasing your main point as a conclusion of the supporting points.  That is, say something like, "Because buildings fail from bad engineering or construction and inspectors help prevent that, I conclude that building codes and inspections are important measures for our safety."\nRead my essay on structure and organization.\nhttp://www.geocities.com/scientific_arts_of_monroeville/essays/structure.html
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Infrastructure implies many things - roads, bridges, power, irrigation systems, dams, electricity distribution systems etc. As such, some of the investment in infrastructure does positively impact the agriculture sector. There are both tangible and intangible rewards over the long term that come from investing in infrastructure. The agriculture sector will certainly benefit from investing in infrastructure. Investments in developing the agriculture sector are equally important since production of better crops, higher yields do benefit the country. Note that a great number of Indians find gainful employment in the agriculture sector in rural areas. As such, investments in the agriculture sector cannot be ignored either.
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Yes, Steve is right. It is also important not just for safety reasons, but for economic reasons as well. It is important in the design of your project if it is worth to build it in the selected area or due to geological considerations it may be more economic to build it somewhere else. You need to know the cost of your project before you start, and so you need to know the foundations where you are going to build, and this is the geology. \nYou would not like to estimate your costs of digging a tunnel with a machine designed to strip away loose or poorly consolidated sediments while you may have a granite instead (as an example). So, just for estimating your cost and the best approach to design your project, you need to know the geology, BEFORE the project begins.\n\nThere are many examples out there, where engineers avoid paying geological studies and they the end up paying 2 and even three times as much money as they have anticipated because they had to deal with unforeseen geological problems.
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Hope this helps...\n\nConstruction engineering concerns the planning and management of the construction of structures such as highways, bridges, airports, railroads, buildings, dams, and reservoirs. Construction of such projects requires knowledge of engineering and management principles and business procedures, economics, and human behavior. Construction engineers engage in the design of structures temporary, cost estimating, planning and scheduling, materials procurement, selection of equipment, and cost control.\n\nConstruction Engineering is differentiated from Construction Management from the standpoint of the use of math, science, and engineering to analyze problems and design a construction process. Construction engineers build many of the things that people use everyday. Construction engineering involves many aspects of construction including: commercial, residential, bridges, airports, tunnels, and dams. It is an extremely large industry that provides jobs to many and continues to grow. Currently there are nearly 6 million people working on construction in the United States (http://www.ndsu.edu/ndsu/academic/factsheets/eng_arch/consteng.shtml). Construction engineers are in high demand so it easy for a CE to get a job in any part of the country.
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In old days, infrastructure was rather concentrated for military use that's why one of oldest civil engineering college is in Roorkee (now IIT) adjacent to Military Campus. Civil Eng today is syno of infrastructure including building, dam, residential, commercial, blast resistant, earthquake safe, irrigation, drain, sewerage, drinking water etc. Once an architect decides the possible use of space, this is the duty of Civil Eng to analyse options , design for its safety and durability (including economics contrary to non engineer), construct at site, supervise etc. It also involve innovativeness for designing and can make lot money during construction of buildings for industry or individual (like a business). Today in my opinion , transportation, earthquake and concrete technology are in more demand. Normally Govt colleges offer a degree, only a few pvt college venture for civil engg may be in name of infrastructure. If one does not have much inclination to electronics or IT then Civil ngg is godd to opt. To get admission is through competition and look at the place / state for adission policy, IITs are certainly best but otehr colleges are also worth studying.
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after political pork barrel pandering/pondering, the possibilities of placement are prepared\n\nthen civil engineers spend many hours calculating how big each piece of the structure should be to make it safe, and how large a foundation will be needed so that it doesnt fall over or sink into the ground.\n\nafter that its just construction
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I would just focus on one or the other.  Civil engineering and architechure are actualy very diffrent.  Civil (structural) engineers design the structure of the building they use alot of math and physics to determine if a structure will be able to hold the loads placed upon it.  Architects on the other hand design the layout of the building.  \n\nI think your best option would be to earn a bachelors degree in what you are most interested in and then after you have a better feel of what you will do choose what field you want to get your masters degree in.  Who knows what you will want to do then.
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Well, as a retired engineer, I wouldn't brand yourself so narrowly as a geo....what?   Identify yourself as a civil engineer and your job opportunities might explode, then you can choose geo...whatever if it is offered to you.  You will find that whatever discipline you call yourself associated with ,you at some time in your engineering career, will work on the fringes of that dicipline and likely outside of it as you do your homework (it never stops). I graduated as a Mechanical Engineer and worked both in Aeronautical engineering and Civil engineering as well as mechanical engineering.  Don't constrain yourself with titles.
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There are some basic sub-fields under "Civil Engineering" that can help explain what civil engineers do.\n\nTransportation Engineering--Railroads, Roads, Traffic, highway & transportation planning, multimodal transport, intelligent vehicles\nEnvironmental Engineering--Air, Water, Soil, Landfills, groundwater, hazardous & non-hazardous waste management, site cleanup & remediation clean water, waste water, environmental impact, pollution identification, mitigation & remediation\nWater/Wastewater--Sewer or Water Systems including pump stations and treatment plants\nStructural--Buildings, Bridges, skyscrapers, offshore structures\nGeotechnical--foundation engineering, soil & rock mechanics, slopes, retaining walls, tunnels\n\nBasically Civil Engineers design and do research on the topics above.
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Very few civil engineers spend time in the field.  As a guesstimate, I would say over 90% of civil engineers are design engineers and spend all of their time in the office.\n\nThe civil engineer is the designer not the director of the project.  As such, when the civil engineer is in the field, he is there to provide information on the design intent, not to direct the work.\n\nIn contrast,  A foreman is a manager of a work crew and is  always a field position. \n\nIf we look at primary "work places", i.e., where do they spend the majority of their time.  A foreman, may be at a desk, but it is a desk in "the field" at the project site.  The civil engineer's primary workplace is at a desk in a office building not at the project site; maybe not even in the same state.