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DENIS SASSOU N’GUESSO UNIVERSITY

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HIGHER COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE, URBANISM,
AND CIVIL ENGENEERING ( ISAUBTP )
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ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT
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Option : Civil Engineering


Level: Licence 2

Text:
A civil engineer is an engineer who specialises in the design and construction of
buildings, structures and infrastructure in the civil field. It carries out public and
private civil works, strategic infrastructures such as roads, bridges, railways,
tunnels, dikes, riverbanks, ports, airports. It follows all phases of a building's life
cycle, from design to execution, from renovation to routine maintenance and
extraordinary maintenance.
In the project preparation phase, the civil engineer is responsible for the
production of drafts, plans and construction projects, on paper and computer,
using CAD software. It collects topographic data on the construction site, in
order to carry out the analysis of the terrain and its hydrogeological
characteristics.
A civil engineer then carries out structural calculations, prepares feasibility
studies, draws up estimates of time and costs, studies the construction equipment
to be used (reinforced concrete, steel, bricks, etc.). When defining the details of
the executive project, the civil engineer is required to comply with the standards
that govern the construction sector, especially from the point of view of
environmental impact and constraints related to the landscape.
The civil engineer then monitors the actual construction work: he communicates
with the builders, subcontractors and site managers, for example to check that
the technical specifications are met, that the equipment used complies with the
guidelines and that the occupational health and safety standards are applied.
They also offer effective technical solutions to solve any problems that may arise
on the construction site.
The career of a civil engineer can develop in different directions: some of the
main specializations are structural and geotechnical engineering, hydraulic
engineering, infrastructure and transportation engineering.
Another branch offers interesting development prospects is earthquake
engineering, which is responsible for verifying the level of seismic safety of
strategic buildings and infrastructures and studying seismic adequacy and
improvement interventions.
All areas provide access to vertical progression, which leads an expert civil
engineer to occupy management and management roles, for example as a project
manager, or to supervise and coordinate the site activity as a works manager.
A civil engineer can also turn to consulting and work independently, possibly
opening their own engineering practice. He can also undertake an academic
career in engineering schools, thus devoting himself to research and teaching, or
in the commercial sector, for companies that produce construction technologies
and materials, construction and earthmoving machinery.

Exercise 1: Translation
THEME: Translate into French the following passage
The professional and personal skills required in civil engineer job offers are as
follows:
• Knowledge of construction techniques and materials;
• Skills in the design, construction management, estimation and testing of
civil works;
• Knowledge of technical drawing, design and structural analysis software
(such as CAD and BIM);
• Ability to perform hydrogeological surveys and analyses of a construction
site;
• Knowledge of technical standards on construction;
• Management and organizational skills;
• Problem-solving skills

VERSION: Translate into English the following Text.


Texte:
Pour travailler comme ingénieur civil il faut disposer d'un diplôme en génie
civil. La formation académique prévoit l'étude de matières communes à d'autres
branches de, l’ingénierie, comme les Mathématiques, la physique, la mécanique,
la chimie et l’informatique, ainsi que d’autres matières plus spécifiques, la
topographie, géotechnique, l’hydraulique, techniques de constructions et
matériaux de construction.
La maîtrise des instruments informatiques tels que les logiciels CAD et
de Building Information Modeling revêt une importance croissante pour la
profession. Les ingénieurs civils utilisent des logiciels pour le recueil et l'analyse
des données, pour la conception de la construction, pour simuler la résistance
d'une structure aux sollicitations internes et externes, pour produire la
documentation de construction.
La connaissance des normes techniques et des réglementations du bâtiment
constitue un autre aspect important de la formation d'un ingénieur civil : elles
ont en effet un impact direct sur les activités de construction d'ouvrages civils,
comme les normes sur les appels d'offre pour les ouvrages publics, la législation
en matière d'urbanisme et d'environnement, les normes de sécurité sur le
chantier.

Exercise 2: Wh-questions
1- What are areas of application in Civil Engineering?
2- What is the main role of a Civil Engineer ?
3- Quote at least four skills required to be a Civil Engineer ?
4- In which social domain can we find the best job opportunities for Civil
Engineers?

Exercise 3: Match up
Part 1 Part 2
1- Civil Engineering systems A- Plan, design, manage large construction projects

B- the contemporary term for sanitary engineering,


though sanitary engineering traditionally had not
2- Civil Engineering included much of the hazardous waste management and
environmental remediation work covered by
environmental engineering.
C- "more directed toward building a better future for the
3- Civil engineering discipline
next generations"
D- involves planning and execution, transportation of
4- Environmental Engineering materials, site development based on hydraulic,
environmental, structural and geotechnical engineering.
E- "optimized to minimize negative impacts without
5- Sustainable Engineering
exhausting resources available in the natural
environment"
F- the application of physical and scientific principles for
6- Construction engineering
solving the problems of society, and its history is
intricately linked to advances in the understanding of
physics and mathematics throughout history.
G- the application of physical and scientific principles
7- Green Engineering
for solving the problems of society, and its history is
intricately linked to advances in the understanding
of physics and mathematics throughout history.
H- a discipline that promotes the use of systems thinking
8- Civil Engineers
to manage complexity and change in civil engineering
within its wider public context.

Exercise 4: Blank filling

WORDS BANK: international, junior engineers, major, salary, skills,


starting, independent, generates, professional, civil engineer, degree,
job
Text:
Participating in the construction of …1… works such as motorways, railways,
tunnels and dikes is one of the main reasons for …2… a career as a civil engineer:
it …3… great satisfaction and …4… prestige. In addition, the …5… has the
opportunity to design works and infrastructures abroad, thus developing an
…6… career.
There are many …7… offers for civil engineers, not to mention the possibility of
working as an …8…. consultant. The …9… required are high, and the path to
obtaining a civil engineering …10… is undoubtedly difficult, but the …11… is
high, even for…12…, and it increases as experience develops.

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