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Engineering Profession

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What is Civil Engineering (aka Mother of Engineering)?

Designing, constructing, and maintaining physical and naturally built environments including public works such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, sewage systems.

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Salary for Civil Engineers

Average Entry Level: $59,892

Average Annual: $95,490

Top 10% Average: $133,320

Source: payscale.com (May 2022), National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimate (May 2021), and United States Department of Labor (May 2021)

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How did we get here?

1716 - French scholars and researchers wrote standards on the mechanics of materials, machines, and hydraulics,
1756 - John Smeaton, the first man to call himself a civil engineer, designed Eddystone Lighthouse. Smeaton’s work was backed by thorough research, and his services were much in demand.
1771 - Smeaton founded the Society of Civil Engineers to bring together experienced engineers, entrepreneurs, and lawyers to promote the building of large public works, such as canals and railways.
1818 – Group of British men founded the Institution of Civil Engineers.

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Five Main Types of Civil Engineering

bridges, roads, railways, and services such as drainage and electrics

improve recycling, waste control, water and air pollution control and public health

bridges, towers skyscrapers, homes, and public works

carry out tests and analyses to assess risk to humans and the environment from construction

provide environmentally friendly, safe and sufficient transportation methods to any project

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Contributions

2,717 ft tall Burj Khalifa in Dubai

Donghai Bridge, China. 20.2 miles

Highway intersection, Dubai

Tokyo airport

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Contributions

Three Gorges Dam in China's Yangtze River

Shades Mountain Filter Plant, Vestavia, Alabama

Fresno County, California Canal

Theodolite

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Courtesy: Venus Glenn