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Civil Engineering
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Civil engineering is the broadest of the engineering
fields. Civil engineering focuses on the infrastructure of the world which
include Water works, Sewers, Dams, Power Plants, Transmission Towers/Lines,
Railroads, Highways, Bridges, Tunnels, Irrigation Canals, River Navigation,
Shipping Canals, Traffic Control, Mass Transit, Airport Runways, Terminals,
Industrial Plant Buildings, Skyscrapers , etc. Among the important subdivisions
of the field are engineering, irrigation engineering, transportation
engineering, soils and foundation engineering, geodetic engineering, hydraulic
engineering, and coastal and ocean engineering.
Civil engineers build the world’s infrastructure. In doing
so, they quietly shape the history of nations around the world. Most people can
not imagine life without the many contributions of civil engineers to the
public’s health, safety and standard of living. Only by exploring civil
engineering’s influence in shaping the world we know today, can we creatively
envision the progress of our tomorrows.
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