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The document discusses various specializations in civil engineering including structural, geotechnical, transportation, water resource, environmental, and construction engineering. It provides examples of major specialties within each specialization such as concrete technology, earthquake engineering, and hydraulic engineering.

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Engineering Design

The document discusses various specializations in civil engineering including structural, geotechnical, transportation, water resource, environmental, and construction engineering. It provides examples of major specialties within each specialization such as concrete technology, earthquake engineering, and hydraulic engineering.

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Specialisations

Structural engineering
• This branch of civil engineering encompasses the structural analysis and design of
structures. It is the responsibility of the structural engineer to analyze and design
a structure that will safely bear or resist the stresses, forces and loads. The design
must satisfy the project specifications while meeting all safety regulations. The
structure must endure massive loads as well as natural disasters and climate
changes.
• Major specialties:
• Concrete technology
• Earthquake engineering, the behavior of structures subject to seismic loading
• Wind engineering, the analysis of wind and its effects on the built environment
• Architectural engineering, application of engineering principles to building design
and construction
• Ocean engineering, the design of offshore structures
Geotechnical engineering
• In geotechnical engineering, the engineer studies soil, foundations,
and bearing capacities. The engineer will study the behavior of the
earth materials and how they will affect a structure that is to be
constructed. They will also evaluate pre-existing structures that are
showing signs of problems with the earth materials under or near the
structure.
Major specialties:
• Foundation (engineering), the engineering of below ground
foundations that support superstructures
Transportation Engineering
• Engineer who specialize in transportation engineering will work with the
planning, construction and management of transportation facilities. They
will design and implement the infrastructures that deal with transportation
in order to provide a safe, comfortable, convenient, economical and
environmentally compatible mode of transport.
Major specialties:
• Traffic engineering, a branch of transportation engineering focusing on the
infrastructure necessary for transportation eg signal
• Highway engineering, a branch of engineering that deals with major
roadways and transportation systems involving automobiles. Highway
engineering usually involves the construction and design of highways
• Railway systems engineering
• Airport
• Seaport
Water resource engineering
• This deal with the design and construction of hydraulic structures. These structures
include dams, canals and water distribution system. The engineer is responsible for
the design of the structure as well as the implementation and safety precautions
that must be closely adhered to when dealing with hydraulic structures.
• Major specialties:
• Hydraulic engineering, concerned with the flow and conveyance of fluids, principally
water; intimately related to the design of pipelines, water supply network, drainage
facilities (including bridges, dams, levees, channels, culverts, storm sewers), and
canals.
• 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—to manage the water resources, to protect against flooding, or to make
passage along or across rivers easier.
• Coastal engineering, the study of the processes ongoing at the shoreline and
construction within the coastal zone, often directed at combating erosion of coasts
or providing navigational access.
• Groundwater engineering involves the analysis, monitoring and often modelling of
groundwater source to better understand how much remains and if the water can be
used for e.g. recharging reservoirs and irrigation.
Environmental engineering
• is the study of environment friendly designs, pollution and their resolutions and sewage
management. Many engineers focus solely upon the crisis of pollution and coming up
with solutions as well as determining new and inventive ways for sewage management
and other environmental entities.
• Major specialties:
• Ecological engineering, the design, monitoring and construction of ecosystems
• Fire protection engineering, the application of engineering to protect people and
environments from fire and smoke
• Sanitary engineering, the application of engineering methods to improve sanitation of
human communities
• Wastewater engineering, . A wastewater engineer determines the best way to transport
or collect rainwater for human populations. Wastewater engineering also deals with the
transportation and cleaning of blackwater, greywater, and irrigation water. Wastewater
treatment and water reclamation are areas of concern in this field.
• Municipal or urban engineering, civil engineering applied to municipal issues such as
water and waste management, transportation networks, subdivisions, communications,
hydrology, hydraulics, etc.
Construction Management

• deals with the planning, construction and maintenance of structures.


Construction engineering is the planning and execution of designs
from site development, environmental, structural, transportation and
structural engineers.
• They must ensure that the plans that have been designed by other
engineers are implemented to their exact specifications. Construction
engineers will supervise field work during the entire project.
• They are in a sense a cross between an engineer and manager as they
will oversee the project from start to finish and handle any problems
that come up throughout the duration of the project
Identified set of challenges include
Next step
• Form groups of 3 to 4 people
• Look for problems around you
• Fix the problem to be solved
• Brainstorm few solutions to the problem

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