what is a civil engineer?
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A civil engineer is the one who plans, designs, and constructs such things as roads, bridges, and dams.
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Civil engineering does include the study of underground water, water movement, contamination, water replenishing and storage.\n\nThe study of contamination and replenishment of a water supply has become a major concern for cities which may have to buy water outside of the city limits. Radon is a hazard for many wells today and growing concern.
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i would say civil engineering. it always seemed the most interesting to me. (building roads, bridges, etc.) and i think the demand is pretty  consistent every year.
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Make the job attractive and pay according to the skill or knowledge or both that the job deserves.Where I work in Aerospace in an area where both practical skill,knowledge and experience is required all work experience pupils are told Engineering is a great job with work for anyone but do not expect the correct level of pay or expect to be treated in a civilised manner. Engineers in this country are classed as glorified cavemen/cavewomen and The Craftsmen /Women and Tradesmen/Women are treated disgustingly.This I believe is also the case in other important jobs.
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1.  If it is about civil engineering then it would be to finish getting my bachelors faster rather than go to school and pursue a dead end relationship during my college years.\n\n2.  I've noticed that civil engineering jobs are becoming more and more strict in terms of allowing people to practice in the field.  If you only have an associates, you might not even get a job in civil engineering.  Perhaps only as a drafter or something similar and the pay will not even be close to an entry level civil engineering position.\n\n3.  After college, 4 years to become a Professional Engineer (PE).
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When you are an engineer.
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Architectural engineers apply the skills of many engineering disciplines to the design, construction, operation, maintenance and renovation of buildings while paying attention to their impacts on the surrounding environment.
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Engineering.  Think, highways, bridges, dams and other government projects. \n\nhttp://www.leegreen.com/projects/index.html\n\nhttp://engineering.thingamajob.com/jobs/Colorado/Civil-CAD-Drafter-Designer/831562?vendor_id=29
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Well, I was going to suggest that a live-in job is just the thing for a student.  But for a civil engineer, specifically, I would say a live-in job where there is construction or renovation to be done, where you could help part-time in exchange for room and board, and still have time to study.  If you lived near here, we have a project or two . . .
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Construction and building inspectors examine buildings, highways and streets, sewer and water systems, dams, bridges, and other structures to ensure that their construction, alteration, or repair complies with building codes and ordinances, zoning regulations, and contract specifications.\n\nThis website has the job outlook for construction/building inspectors
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Try the ASCE research library it has some good articles on civil engineering.\nYou will have many options to choose for example you can choose bridges
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Check the internet for the Society of Civil Engineers in your country.  In the US, it is found at\n\nhttp://www.asce.org/asce.cfm\n\nThey can provide for you all manner of resources of how civil engineering works in your particular country/culture.\n\nYou can also look HERE\n\nhttp://search.yahoo.com/search?p=career+civil+engineer&fr=FP-tab-web-t&toggle=1&cop=&ei=UTF-8\n\nfor a range of info regarding Civil Engineering as a career. :)\n\nBest wishes! :)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Works_Administration\n\nheres a webpage i found, i dont know whether it answers your question or not....but it explains about the administration...\n\nhttp://www.civilworks.com/\nhttp://www.usace.army.mil/civilworks/\n\nand here are some website, perhaps after go through the pages, you will have a brief idea about civil works\n\ni think its all about buildings and stuff...for the public usage, like building bridges, roads, etc....\n\ndoes that answer your question? i hope yes....
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The satisfaction of having helped make the world better. Building that water treatment plant, or designing that sewer system, or building that hydro-electric dam, and so on. \n\nAlso, the glory of having designed and built that bridge, or that dam, or that building. Civil engineers make a relatively permanent and lasting product that we can see and touch. A new drug that we just made isn't something that we can walk on, or feel. A better computer chip isn't something that we can hold. Each will be made in huge quantities and distributed far and wide and will never be seen by their designers again. These are both worthy and noble undertakings, but civil engineers like stone, and soil, and steel, and concrete.  So the satisfaction of the finished product plays a large role.\n\nThe other attractive part of civil engineering is the application of physics and mathematics in a practical way. Moreover, the math and physics can often be employed outside, beyond the confines of the flourescent light of the office building.\n\nThat is why.
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An engineer specializes in applying theoretical and abstract concepts to solving practical, real-world projects in real-time.\n\nEngineers have strong mathematical ability and numeracy. They highly quantify all problems as they resolve them. The language of engineering is math and the sentences are equations.\n\nFinancial engineers analyze and resolve finance-related problems using math analysis and modelling. Common tools are partial differential equations (to analyze time changing variables as in marketing and stock-trading) , probability and stochastic (to deal with the 'chance' factor with precision in risk management) and computer software such as Mat Lab to create reusable and fast computational algorithms.
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Architecture deals with designing buildings so they look pretty and Civil engineering deals with building them so they don't fall with the first wind they face. Civil engineering involves more math, phisics, chemistry in order to choose good materials for the construction and architecture involves drawing and design. So i guess it depends on what you like more, drawing or calculating. And money... it depends on where you work.
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let's see...\n\nElectrical engineering... obviously the best (I'm one hehe)... the highest average salary of any type of engineer. They analyze circuits and the signals the circuits process. They can branch out into things like power supplying or microcomputers. There's a broad scope of things you can get into... if you like electronics you can use your knowledge to do research and development of fiber optics and telecommunications... if you like power generation you can deal with distribution.\n\nComputer engineers are just more specialized electrical engineers, with a little more background in computer science and how operating systems and processors work.\n\nNuclear engineers specialize in nuclear power and radioactive energy. One of the main cases of study for them is the effects of nuclear radiation on the environment.\n\nAerospace engineers are specialized in design of flying machines like airplanes and what not. They're big on physics and the aerodynamics of flight, as well as jet propulsion and fuel... they also dabble a little in electronics.\n\nBiomedical engineers are half electrical engineer / half biology major. They deal with equipment and contraptions that are effective for the medical industry. It's important that they have a background in medicine and electricity so they can put these together.\n\nMechanical engineers deal with the study of machines, motors, servos... just the manufacturing and usage of all kinds of moving parts in places from factories to cars.\n\nCivil engineers are specialized in the design of buildings and structures. The difference between an architect and a civil engineer is an architect can tell you what he wants to do but a civil engineer tells you what you CAN do. They do a lot of analysis on the stability of structures like bridges and roads and find a lot of work in government projects.\n\nIndustrial engineers are not technically "engineers," but are a cross between management majors and engineers, in  that they are geared towards the business side of manufacturing goods through industry. They have to have knowledge of the processes of manufacturing products as well as the business in the world market.