Built

Environment

Construction

produces buildings and infrastructure

which form the built environment

Coliseum in Rome

Windsor Castle

Built environment is shaped by

• Climate and geology• Economy• Government• Culture and fashion• Technology• Customers

Customers need facilities

to demonstrate Government power

Grand Arc in Paris

London Town Hall

Customers need facilities

to provide housing

Housing developmentBallater Scotland

Add picture of low rise housing

Unité d'habitation in Marseille

Customers need facilities

to house religious activities

Pantheon in Rome

Salisbury Cathedral

Customers need facilities

to undertake manufacturing

Gillette Factory in Reading

Customers need facilities

for commercial activities

Home Insurance Building Chicago

Oracle shopping complex-Reading

Canary Wharf London

World Financial Centre New York

Customers need facilities

to provide schools and universities

Abbey school Reading

Henley Business SchoolUniversity of Reading

University Halls of Residence

Customers need facilities

to provide health care

Royal Berkshire Hospital

Green patient labAnshen + Allen & SKANSKA

Customers need facilities for

TransportEnergyWaste treatmentWater supplyCommunication

Heathrow Terminal 5

Processing plant

Electricity distribution

Architecture

Aims to produce buildingsAims to satisfy users’ needs and produce artInvolves many distinct technologies and complex junctions between them

Civil Engineering

Aims to construct infrastructure safelyTends to be large and technically challengingOften constructed in challenging

environments