Application of Technical Engineering Skills in Civil Engineering

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Case Study: Application of Technical Engineering Skills in Civil Engineering
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Application of Technical Engineering Skills in Civil Engineering
Introduction
Construction engineering is a technical job which requires an individual to maintain
and apply certain technical engineering skills to enable them to provide top quality
performance during construction. Every particular employee is expected in an organization to
provide quality work which would improve the image and performance of the organization.
This paper focuses on several aspects such as the roles and responsibilities of civil engineer
such as management of construction of construction sites. It also explain other elements such
as the effective communication with various stakeholders, causes and effects of non-
conformance, issues which require specialist expert, principles of safety engineering, the
properties, performance, safe working limits and failure modes and the state and
developments in the engineering industry. The above issues have been discussed as below.
1. Identify the scope of your own area of expertise, responsibility and technical skills in
the organisation, relating this to one or more engineering disciplines. Document this
information succinctly.
My area of expertise is civil engineering. The civil engineering area constitutes a wide
range of jobs. The jobs roles ranges from construction of dams, bridges and tunnels to
highways. However, civil engineers have numerous roles and responsibilities. There are two
key elements in the field of civil engineering that is contracting and consulting engineering.
The contracting engineers play a significant role in the management of the physical
construction site and transformation of a proposed development into architecture. The
consulting engineers on the other hand are tasked with the designing of specific projects.
Further civil engineering includes other key areas of specialisation and they are all vital for a

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successful completion of a particular project. As a civil engineer, the roles and
responsibilities may include;
The first responsibility is to evaluate a site location including the area surrounding the
site. Such an assessment involves investigation and search and later check to find out whether
the site is feasible for construction purposes. Another key role of the civil engineers is to
design vital variables, plan and even design certain key needs that has to be changed before
the construction commences. Civil engineers also play a key role in the execution of all the
engineering projects (Zaharim et al.2010).The other role and responsibility of civil engineer
involves monitoring all the staff members at a construction site including the causal laborers.
In the construction sites, the civil engineers should keep an open dialogue with all the
subcontractors and consultants such that if an issue arises, they have a responsibility to
resolve. Lastly, civil engineers have a responsibility to keep all client’s requirements in mind
and design a detailed layout of particular project.
2. Communicating effectively with relevant stakeholders and others, plan out
and use a systematic approach to conducting investigations, analysis and solution of
broadly defined engineering and related problems, ensuring to schedule and prioritise
engineering and related activities, and to interpret, apply and verify compliance with
relevant legislation, standards and codes of practice, including practices for OHS and
sustainable engineering, applying research and communication techniques to access
external reference material and assistance as required. Document the communication
with others, and the systematic approaches planned and used through the occasion,
including adjustments required, the research and communication techniques, and the
legislation applied to the task.
Communication to the various stakeholders is important to help in planning out,
analysis and solution of broadly defined engineering and related problems, ensuring to