Broadly defined, engineering is the science-based profession by which the physical forces of nature and the properties of matter are made useful to humanity in the form of structures, machines, and other products or processes at a reasonable expenditure of time and money. Civil Engineering is a broad engineering discipline that incorporates many different aspects of engineering. As a CE, you generally would work in one of the following areas: 1. In Private Practice: Plans, designs, …
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…have knowledge of foreign languages or cultures, because many civil engineering mega projects are now overseas: Petronas Towers in Malaysia, the Channel Tunnel in Europe and the new Akashi Kaikyo Bridge in Japan, which is the longest suspension bridge in the world. Engineers with geotechnical and environmental engineering expertise remain in strong demand. Robotics and computer skills are also prized in civil engineering as automation and information technologies continue to evolve the civil engineering workplace.