Title: 5 top reasons why civil engineering is the best career | Institution of Civil Engineers
Headings: 5 top reasons why civil engineering is the best career
5 top reasons why civil engineering is the best career
1. Civil engineering is SO varied
2. Civil engineering is a creative career
3. Civil engineering is a real team effort
4. Civil engineering takes you around the world
5. Civil engineering makes a tangible difference to people’s lives
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Content: I have written legal documents, made announcements on the trains, repaired Santander bikes and explored underground stations,” he says. Meanwhile, Tara Fraser ’s civil engineering career has included abseiling off bridges and mast structures, inspecting Ministry of Defence facilities, and working on airports and laboratories. “There’s so much variety,” says Fraser. “ Where else can you be working inside an office and out on site, all in the same day?” 2. Civil engineering is a creative career
If you think that creativity can only be found in an arts career, you’d be wrong. The vast number of different designs for buildings, bridges and other structures shows how civil engineers have to think outside the box to solve a wide range of challenges. “I had no idea how creative civil engineering was until I got to university and my first project was to build a pasta bridge,” says Cat Salvini. “It’s creative. Whether it’s bringing a drawing on paper to life to working out how to thread a tunnel through the congested ground below the feet of Londoners,” adds Sakthy Selvakumaran .