Essays on Engineering: Industry, Development and Research

This document presents a collection of essays addressing various aspects of civil, architectural, and environmental engineering. The essays cover topics such as the integration of entrepreneurship in engineering education, the impact of BIM and GIS on the construction industry, the role of engineers in developing countries, and areas benefiting from research and development. The essays explore infrastructure development, technological advancements, and the challenges and opportunities within the industry. They highlight the importance of innovation, sustainability, and the evolving skills required for engineers. The document provides insights into the current state and future directions of the field, emphasizing the need for continuous learning and adaptation to meet industry demands. These essays are contributed by a student to be published on Desklib, a platform providing AI-based study tools for students.

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Essay B
Introduction/Essay Plan
 Essay topic: Enterprise and entrepreneurial activity has no space in civil, architectural
and environmental engineering
 Thesis statement: Integration of entrepreneurship and engineering tends to generate a
combination of not only high quality but also a robust professional able to attend to an
avalanche of issues
 Body
o Argument: Entrepreneurship in engineering can be attained through incorporation
of entrepreneurship skills in engineering students through various means
o Evidence: Online platforms and physical entrepreneurial education has enhanced
entrepreneurship skills and understanding among engineering students
 Conclusion: Incorporation and integration of entrepreneurship and engineering calls upon
the attention of the various stakeholders
A blend of ways to deal with entrepreneurship education is important to convey the encounters
and learning that lead to imaginative and enterprising alumni. Luckily, with high enthusiasm for
enterprise among learners, there is a chance to catalyze understudy mindfulness as well as
enthusiasm through short, captivating encounters. With that in mind, Epicentre is expanding on
the accomplishment of NCIIA's Invention to Venture workshops via preparing and conveying
"understudy envoys" at various organizations, where they hold occasions, run competitions as
well as represent the way toward turning into a trailblazer (Giachetti, 2016).

Neck and Greene (2011) advocate for growing ideas of showing business enterprise from a
procedure based methodology with known sources of info and yields to a strategies based
methodology that bolsters cycle and imagination. Others are contemplating the consolidation of
enterprise modules in which designing critical thinking happens with regards to a business
opportunity.
The rise of internet learning assets has been especially valuable for conveying computerized
content both all through the classroom. For example, the Stanford Technology Ventures
Program's Entrepreneurship Corner (ECorner) offers a huge number of video cuts that are
effectively joined in classroom talks, understudy research, and introductions. Epicentre is
expanding on the accomplishment of ECorner and making little learning modules with business
enterprise related substance (Doppelt, 2017). Online seminars on business additionally permit
staff and understudies far expelled from energetic enterprising environments to get to a wide
scope of teachers and content, and empower personnel to invest more energy sustaining
advancement.
In conclusion, an everlasting strategy which is inclusive of governments, bosses and instructive
organizations (like colleges) is required so as to diminish expertise confound successfully. Just
bringing together instruction and the working scene can ensure achievement. People need to
enter the activity advertise with a suitable, adjusted blend of learning and aptitudes that will
permit over the expert life further instruction so as to adapt to the new requests.

Essay C
Introduction/Essay Plan
 Essay topic: BIM and GIS and the changing digital environment in the engineering,
design and construction industry
 Thesis statement: The concept of the digital environment has the ability to change
everything from the tools used to the skills needed and the manner clients are served
 Body
o Argument: BIM and GIS are completely overhauling the phase of the construction
industry with the new technology that comes along with them
o Evidence: BIM and GIS are increasing the speed of doing work hence saving on
time, cutting on costs as well as improving the quality of output hence greater
client satisfaction.
 Conclusion: Even greater and more dynamic changes are anticipated with the
introduction of GIS and BIM in the engineering, design and construction industry.
The construction industry is taking a new shape even though slowly but definitely faster than it
was doing previously. Pressure for change in the industry comes from numerous complimentary
directions including:
 Evolving expectations of clients
 New technological capabilities
 New generation of professionals and craftsmen
 Supportive legal frameworks
 Booming start-up environment; and

 Launch of large infrastructure projects
Building information modeling (BIM) ought to be viewed as the foundation of the better
approach for working activated and focused by the advanced procedure given that distinctive
components, (for example, different programming, rambles, development motors, building and
framework gear) ought to at last be associated with it. Generally speaking BIM – particularly 5D
coordinating arranging and spending plan – is relied upon to trigger noteworthy enhancement
potential (direct costs, quality, delays, security, and picture) along the full development esteem
chain (plan, operations constructions, decimation) (Edirisinghe, 2018).
This potential can be additionally improved if conceivable associations with the BIM are utilized
and consequently if BIM goes about as a central focal coordination philosophy and cockpit of a
given undertaking (and not just as a "siloed" programming). We gauge that in this case around 15
per cent to 25 per cent all out cost reserve funds are attainable. Recent developments likewise
associate BIM and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) setting off extra chances. Imperative
to see, BIM likewise fills in as an empowering agent for the industrialization of procedures and
parts (Ngo, Mitchell, Marchant, Plume and Newton, 2017).
Conclusion
While it generally remains a need, the emphasis on BIM will shift from one development player
to another contingent upon their position on the esteem chain. For occurrence, advertisers,
temporary workers, gear makers or office the board administrators will consider BIM in an
unexpected way. Likewise even among contractual workers, building and foundation players,
diverse BIM methodologies will be utilized. This will probably trigger a removal in esteem catch
along the chain. General temporary workers may profit more from higher-effectiveness

designing and better overseen venture lead times just as decreased waste; building material
providers may see a portion of their volumes lessen. This may push upward joining and further
convergence of building material providers to trap value.

Essay D
Introduction/Essay Plan
 Essay topic: Work of civil, architectural and environmental engineers in developing
countries
 Thesis statement: Civil, architectural and environmental engineers play a role in the
improvement of the infrastructure of a country
 Body
o Argument: Infrastructure development is a role significantly achieved by civil,
architectural and environmental engineers in developing countries
o Evidence: Civil engineers provide effective roads, railways and air terminus
networks while architects design buildings that are not only cost effective but also
sustainable to the occupants. Environmental engineers deals with hygiene,
sanitation and health of the occupants of the built spaces and structures
 Conclusion: Research and Development in advanced concepts in infrastructure
development would be a milestone in quality in civil, architectural and environmental
engineering industry if attained
A developing country in this context means a major part of the development is with regard to
development of infrastructure, adoption of green environment, moving towards smarter cities,
and reallocation of resources accompanied by renewal of the sources of energy (Pons, de la
Fuente and Aguado, 2016). The areas of convenience of civil engineers specifically in
developing countries include:

1. Mainly to evade urbanization there will be a great deal of infrastructural ventures including
new transportation courses -
a. Working of roadways re-establishing old ones, intra City Street ventures etc. This might be
ideal for architects working in both Govt n private areas and tasks are accessible through offering
and contracts.
b. Railway courses improvement and new courses which is great to one's working in for the most
part government since it's under focal government. Metro is real advancement these days which
gives scope for both private n open area engineers (Eastman, 2018).
c. Arranging and reestablishment of airplane terminal in different urban communities, this again
like expressways has scope for both open n private designers.
An Architect can add to country working by giving distinctive lodging arrangement custom-
made towards person's salary and the state and nearby government spending plan.
Cost control and the executives begins from configuration, even upkeep cost can be decreased
from the plan arrange.
Structure of vitality effective building will likewise lessen vitality utilization per working from
the national matrix, along these lines expanding the quantity of houses that be fuelled.
Environmental engineers serve to offer insights to the challenges and propose solutions to such
issues as water supply, sanitation, and hygiene and disease transmission in the developing
countries. In so doing, they serve to improve on the health of the occupants or dwellers of the
developing countries which in the end offer more benefits socially, economically as well as
socio-economically (Eastman, 2018).

In conclusion, architectural, civil and environmental engineering has more responsibilities and
role to play in developing countries as compared to developed countries. Through their services,
the infrastructure as well as the sustainability of such countries is enhanced besides improving on
their skills as they solve challenges of various natures and degree.

Essay E
Introduction/Essay Plan
 Essay topic: Areas of civil, architectural and environmental engineering industry that
would benefit from Research and Development
 Thesis statement: Research and Development enhances quality in civil, architectural and
environmental engineering industry
 Body
o Argument: Infrastructure development is the greatest challenge civil, architectural
and environmental engineering is the development
o Evidence: There are no effectively working urban transportation, energy and
water supplies, communications as well as waste management systems
 Conclusion: Research and Development in advanced concepts in infrastructure
development would be a milestone in quality in civil, architectural and environmental
engineering industry if attained
One of the areas that pose the greatest challenge in civil, architectural and environmental
engineering is the development of advanced concepts that can be used for infrastructure. The
current practise of handling urban transportation, energy and water supplies, communications as
well as waste management os pegged upon inventions which were developed almost a century
ago (Darko and Chan, 2016). In the greatest and largest cities of the world, such old inventions
are precisely not well suited to handling the current problems and in the minute communities of
the developing world there has ever been a type of hand-me-down makeshift quality to the form
of investments in infrastructure.

New technology for use in infrastructure may possible aid the civil, architectural and
environmental engineering industry in bringing to an end the endless patching and cutting of the
more than one hundred year old systems and may as well offer whole new market opportunities
in the global sphere. There should be research and development that is done and concentrated on
the development of infrastructure within the research community of an institution of higher
learning (Leite et al., 2016).
Such programs, research and development should encourage university units which are skilled in
the areas of emerging technologies in the exploration of ways of creating new or otherwise high
performing systems for the various infrastructures. Such technologies as new ceramics, genetic
engineering, biotechnology as well as advanced microelectronics ought to ve incorporated into
the research and development with the civil and architectural engineering faculties (Leite et al.,
2016).
In conclusion, civil, architectural and environmental engineering has numerous areas of research
especially with regard to improvements in the infrastructure. Such areas need to be carefully
identified and the required focus and attention attached to it ensure new and better ways of
approaching the existing challenges are established.

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