ELEMENTS OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

ELEMENTS OF CIVIL ENGINEERING:

INTRODUCTION:

Civil engineering is the branch of engineering which deals with the planning ,designing,construction and maintenance of structure like buildings,roads,railways,airportbridges,docks,dams,water supply etc.

Civil engineering is the oldest branch of engineering which is growing right from stone age of civilization.

Branches of civil engineering:

The main branch of civil engineering are as follows :

• Surveying and Leveling

• Building planning and construction

• Advanced Construction

• Geo-technical Engineering 

• Structural Engineering

• Structural Engineering 

• Water Resource Engineering

• Environmental Engineering

• Town Planning

   Scope of Civil Engineering:

Civil engineering is the broadest and oldest branch of engineering. The main scope of civil engineering is:

• Planning

• Designing

• Estimating and costing

• Supervising construction

• Construction management

• Maintenance of structure, etc

The scope of civil engineering may be divided into two groups:

• Scope according to the fieldwork

• Scope according to the function

Scope according to the fieldwork :

• Building construction

• Construction of heavy structure

• Transportation engineering

• Water resources engineering

• Geo- technical engineering

• Environmental engineering

• Town planning

I will only explain you the three types of fieldworks.

1) Building construction:

• Constructing residents building like bungalow, row house, apartment, etc

• Constructing public building like railway station, school, college, hospital, government office, etc

2) Construction of heavy structure:

• Constructing bridge , dams

• Constructing airport, harbour, port

• Constructing tunnels, cassion, cofferdam

3) Transportation engineering:

• Constructing road, highway

• Constructing railway, runway, airport

• Traffic engineering

• Study of highway material