The Assignment on Civil Engineering

Civil Engineering 1
ECF - 90: ASSIGNMENT 1 – GLOBAL LEARNING/WRITTEN
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Civil Engineering 2
Engineering as an Umbrella
My chosen engineering major is Civil Engineering. The reason why I selected Civil Engineering
is that civil engineers not only design engineering marvels, but they also design things that are
built physically making them creative in their unique way. It is very interesting to know that civil
engineering surrounds the world we are living in, from flushing the toilet to walking on a bright,
looking at a dam, standing on top of a tall building, all are civil engineering1. As a civil engineer,
one gets to see the design come to life, from software or paper to real life. It is very fulfilling
knowing that I took part in the construction of something tangible that assists the society entirely
such as pipelines, seaports, airports, electric transmission lines, highways, tunnels, bridges,
railroads, sewage plants, canals, dams, and water systems.
Some of the roles of civil engineers in the industry include planning, designing, and overseeing
the maintenance and construction of facilities and building structures such as tunnels, railways,
roads, and bridges. They are designed and build large buildings and complicated structures such
as airports, hospitals, train stations, and multi-story building2. The primary areas of specialization
in the civil engineering field include Engineering Geosciences, Geoinformatics, Hydraulics and
water resources engineering, Structural Engineering, Construction Engineering, Coastal
Engineering, Materials Engineering, Urban Engineering, Transpiration Engineering,
Environmental Engineering, and Geotechnical Engineering.
According to the civil engineering job advert by Murphy Group, the starting salary is £30,000 a
year and the different job duties include using computer modeling software and data from maps,
tests, and surveys to create project blueprints. The technology and application references are
1 Anonymous, 2020. Research Guides: Civil Engineering: Professional Organizations.
Guides.lib.umich.edu, p. https://guides.lib.umich.edu/c.php?g=282899&p=1885112.
2 Kirschenman, M. & Brenner, B., 2010. Education for Civil Engineering: A Profession of
Practice. Leadership and Management in Engineering, Volume 10, pp. 54-56.