Title: Civil Engineering | WBDG - Whole Building Design Guide
Headings: Civil Engineering
Civil Engineering
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Content: consultants who focus on design work and generally spend more time in the office or working with clients, and contractors who are more involved with keeping an eye on the physical construction and are usually based on-site. Both are challenging environments, and all civil engineers are required to be innovative and logical individuals. Other essential attributes civil engineers need include: creativity, versatility, a problem-solving mind, and the ability to understand the bigger picture and to collaborate with a number of other professionals. Civil engineers design, build, supervise, operate, and maintain construction projects and systems in the public and private sector, including roads, buildings, airports, tunnels, dams, bridges, and systems for water supply and sewage treatment. Many civil engineers work in design, construction, research, and education. The duties of a civil engineer may typically include any or all of the following: Analyze long-range plans; survey reports, maps, and other data in order to plan projects. Consider construction costs, government regulations, potential environmental hazards, and other factors in planning the stages of, and risk analysis for a project.