This document provides definitions and descriptions of various civil engineering terms:
- Streets are thoroughfares in cities and towns wider than alleys that usually include sidewalks.
- Bridges provide passage over obstacles without closing the way beneath, for roads, railways, pedestrians, canals or pipelines.
- Highways are main roads intended for public travel between important cities and towns.
- Railroads run on rails fastened to sleepers on a ballast or solid foundation and are an energy efficient means of transport.
- Airports are aerodromes intended for commercial activities, and air transport is important for time-conscious travel.
- Ports are places where loading and unloading of ships and
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This document provides definitions and descriptions of various civil engineering terms:
- Streets are thoroughfares in cities and towns wider than alleys that usually include sidewalks.
- Bridges provide passage over obstacles without closing the way beneath, for roads, railways, pedestrians, canals or pipelines.
- Highways are main roads intended for public travel between important cities and towns.
- Railroads run on rails fastened to sleepers on a ballast or solid foundation and are an energy efficient means of transport.
- Airports are aerodromes intended for commercial activities, and air transport is important for time-conscious travel.
- Ports are places where loading and unloading of ships and
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Streets
a thoroughfare especially in a city, town, or village
that is wider than an alley or lane and that usually includes sidewalks
Bridges
A bridge is a structure providing passage over an
obstacle without closing the way beneath. The required passage may be for a road, a railway, pedestrians, a canal or a pipeline. The obstacle to be crossed may be a river, a road, railway or a valley.
Highways
Highway is defined as the main road intended for
travel by public in important cities and towns.
Railroads
Railways is an energy efficient means of transport
which runs on permanent way consisting of two parallel rails made of steel and fastened to sleepers or ties which rest on ballast or secured solid foundation. Airport and Hanger
Airport is basically an aerodrome which is
intended to be use for the commercial activities. Airport may be internal or domestic. Highways, waterways and railways are important for the development of any nation but in present age where people are time conscious, the importance of airways and air transport is not avoidable
Ports
Port can be understood as a place, where loading
and unloading of ships and boats are done. The term port is often juxtaposed with harbor, which implies a place along a coast where ships or boats can take shelter if the atmospheric conditions are not well for sailing.
Canals
an artificial waterway constructed to allow the
passage of boats or ships inland or to convey water for irrigation.
River Improvements
River engineering is the process of planned
human intervention in the course, characteristics, or flow of a river with the intention of producing some defined benefit. People have intervened in the natural course and behavior of rivers since before recorded history, to manage the water resources, to protect against flooding, or to make passage along or across rivers easier. Lighthouses
A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of
structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses and to serve as a navigational aid for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways.
Dry Docks
A dock that can be kept dry for use during the
construction or repairing of ships
Buildings
Building or housing is the most fundamental
needs for humankind. It gives us shelter. When we see or hear the “Building” word, we imagine that a building is tall and has a roof, walls, rooms, etc. However, in a broader sense, the definition of a building is structurally constructive based on bricks, sands, types of cement, water, concrete, metal, etc.
Fixed Structures for Irrigation
Irrigation is defined as the process of artificial
supply of water to soil for raising crops. It is a science of planning and designing an efficient, low-cost, economic irrigation system tailored to fit natural conditions. It is the engineering of controlling and harnessing the various natural sources of water, by constructing dams and reservoirs, canals and headworks, and finally distributing the water to the agricultural fields. Flood Protection
The art or technique of trying to control rivers with
dams etc. in order to minimize the occurrence of floods.
Drainage
Drainage is the artificial removal of water, both
surface and sub-surface. Drainage is often a major element of civil engineering and construction projects and is necessary to avoid flooding and other damage.
Water Supply
A branch of civil engineering concerned with the
development of sources of supply, transmission, distribution, and treatment of water. The term is used most frequently in regard to municipal water works, but applies also to water systems for industry, irrigation, and other purposes.
Sewage Works
a place where sewage is treated so that it can be
safely got rid of or changed into fertilizer Members of The Board of Civil Engineering
Hon. Praxedes P. Bernardo Chairman
Hon. Praxedes P. Bernardo served as member of
Professional Regulatory Board of Civil Engineering for several years under former Chairman Apollo S. Enriquez. Chairman Bernardo is a life member of PICE Lungsod ng Maynila Chapter since 1992.
Engr. Pericles P. Dakay
Pericles P. Dakay is a man of many hats, and on
any given day, a man of lesser constitution would be overwhelmed with the many roles the Dakay Construction and Development Corporation president has to play. A master in time management, PPD, as he is referred to in the office, holds a PHD in Engineering Management from the University of Missouri-Rolla, MO, earning it in 1990 with a perfect 4.0 GPA. He got his masters in Civil Engineering in 1998 in the same school, three years after graduating as a cum laude with a BS in Civil Engineering degree at the University of San Carlos. In between his bachelor’s and master’s degrees, he finished 30 of 36 hours for an MS in business management.
Engr. Romeo A. Estanero
A member of Board of Civil Engineering, a full
Professor 5 of Department of Civil Engineering in the De La Salle University. He graduated at the University of Dundee of Structural Engineering.