Contents

  • Civil engineering.....?
  • History...?
  • Civil engineers...?
  • Major area of the specialization
  • 7  wonders of civil engineering

Civil engineering...?

At last but not least-----
  • It controls the environment for maintenance and improves the quality of life.
  • Broadest  field of life engineering trade. 

History

  • In ancient it was  used  as surveying  for flood  prediction.
  • "JOHN SMEATON" was first civil engineer in 1761
  • Seven wonders of the world are all the feats of civil engineering.
  • Statistics says that - Civil engineers saved more lives  then all the doctors in the history by the development  clean water & sanitation system
  • "IIT Roorkee"  (1847)  is the second and college of engineering pune (1845) is the oldest  engineering college in ASIA.


Civil engineers...?  

    Civil engineers on e who-----
  • Build the structure  that meet function, looks cost reliability specification.
  • Solve regional pollution or environmental issues.
  • Gives a new direction  to the world thorough his incredible ideas  & innovative construction.
  • plan design and supervise construction of transportation systems, water systems and communication networks.


Major areas of specialization

  • Town & country planning
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Geo-technical engineering
  • Structural  engineering
  • Transportation Engineering
  • Water resources Engineering
  • Bridge engineering
  • Hydraulic Engineering
  • Survaying Engineering
  • Timber Engineering
  • Construction  management


Town planning :-

  • It integrates the land use planning  and transportation planning to improve the  built economic and social environment of communities.

Requirement

  • Selection of proper site
  • Survey
  • Proper design of town
  • Near from city, highway, Railway station, Airport. 

Importance

  • make the life style  convenient & easier
  • Makes best use of land capacity & resources to its maximum.
  • Ensures the best living standard of the common man in town.

Wonders of civil engineering

World trade center, NEW YORK  :-
   

  • Also known as the  WTC or the TWIN TOWERS
  • Was complex of seven buildings in lower  Manhattan in New York city  before attack at sep 11, 2001



Tour Eiffel,PARIS :-

  • It is an iron tower built beside the Seine River in Paris
  • One of the most recognizable structures in the world
  • A global icon of France.



Statue of LIBERTY,New York :-

  • Liberty enlightening the world, commonly known as the Statue of Liberty
  • Was presented to the United States by the people  of  France in 1886


Burj Al  Arab, DUBAI  :-

  • The Burj Al Arab also known as Tower of the Arabs.
  • It is the fourth tallest(321 m)  Hotel  in the world
  • The Burj Al Arab stands on an artificial island 280 m out from  Jumeirah  beach.