Civil engineering is that branch of engineering concerned with the design, construction, and maintenance of stationary structures such as buildings, bridges, highways, dams, etc. The term "civil engineer" was first used c.1750 by John Smeaton, who built the Eddystone Lighthouse. Nowadays, civil engineering incorporates modern technological advances in the structures required by industrial society. The branches of the field include: surveying, concerned with the selection of sites; hydraulic and sanitary engineering, dealing with public water supply and sewage disposal, etc.; transportation engineering, which deals with highways, airports, and so on; structural engineering, which is concerned with the actual planning and construction of permanent installations; and environmental, town, or city planning, which improves existing urban environments and plans the development of new areas.
Uhandisi wa ujenzi ni tawi la uhandisi linalohusika na kubuni, ujenzi, na matengenezo ya miundo ya kudumu kama vile majengo, madaraja, barabara kuu, mabwawa, nk. "Jina ""mhandisi wa ujenzi"" lilitumiwa kwa mara ya kwanza mwaka 1750 na John Smeaton, ambaye alijenga mnara wa taa wa Eddystone." Siku hizi, uhandisi wa ujenzi hutia ndani maendeleo ya kisasa ya kiteknolojia katika miundo inayohitajika na jamii ya viwanda. Tawi la uwanja ni pamoja na: uchunguzi, kuhusiana na uteuzi wa maeneo; hydraulic na uhandisi wa usafi wa mazingira, kushughulika na usambazaji wa maji ya umma na uondoaji wa maji machafu, nk. Uhandisi wa usafiri, ambao unahusika na barabara kuu, viwanja vya ndege, na kadhalika; uhandisi wa muundo, ambao unahusika na mipango halisi na ujenzi wa mitambo ya kudumu; na mazingira, mji, au mipango ya jiji, ambayo inaboresha mazingira ya mijini yaliyopo na mipango ya maendeleo ya maeneo mapya.