By Joseph Brady

What Does a Civil Engineer Do?

Conduct different projects to improve and maintain roads, pipelines, dams, airports, bridges and other things

Types of Civil Engineers

Construction Engineer Geotechnical Engineer Structural Engineer Transportation Engineer Hydraulic Engineer Environmental Engineer

Construction Engineer

Design Highways Dams Airports Buildings Bridges Railroads

Geotechnical Engineer

Specialize in manipulation of earth materials

How earth materials will interact with manmade structures

Design structures’ durability during earthquakes, tornados, and other natural disasters

Build: Dikes, tunnels, dams, reservoirs, channels, and canals

Structural Engineer

Anticipate Structure dangers Build floors, beams, and columns Differs from architecture

Transportation Engineer Specialize in

aerospace, air transportation, highway, railroads, and urban transportation designs

Design traffic lights and map operation of highways

Analyze high traffic areas

Hydraulic Engineer

Specialize in water systems, such as pipelines, dams, reservoirs , drainage

Deals with collection, storage, transport, and regulation of water.

Environmental Engineer

Study environmental issues such as acid rain, global warming, ozone depletion, and water/air pollution

Specialize in recycling, radiation protection, industrial hygiene, and other public health issues

Workplace Most work at least 40 hours a week Usually work at construction sites where

there is lots of manufacturing and business

Manager Projects, work on design, construction, and teaching

What Are The Required Educational Skills?

Requires good mathematics, design, and science skills

It’s a 4 year degree to receive a bachelor’s

Certification by ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology)

Mathematic Skills Used

Engineering28%

Computer Science

21%

Physical Science

20%

Mathmati-cal Science

12%

Life Science6%

Business/Social

Science6%

Other7%

Salary

Interns $14,000-$17,000

Graduates $44,000-$60,000

Experienced Engineers

$80,000-$100,000

Managers $100,000-$125,000

Works Cited

Wikipedia.org E.how.org Wikihow.org Degreedirectory.org