Civil Engineering
BE in the field of Civil Engineering - 4years, Clayton campus
Double degrees with - Arts, Biomedical Science, Commerce, Law, Science
What is civil engineering?
Civil engineers design, build, maintain, manage and operate the infrastructure for the benefit of the society. Various types of Infrastructure within the civil engineering discipline include highways and railways, buildings and structures of all kinds, foundations, tunnels, airports, road systems and harbour facilities for transportation of goods and people, space stations, power generation facilities, water and wastewater treatment plants and distribution systems.
What do civil engineers do?
A good way of understanding the role of civil engineers is to consider your morning shower.
The water came from a water supply system of dams, a network of pipes and the buildings housing the water treatment plants, all designed by civil engineers. They also designed the sewerage system that carries and treats wastewater from houses and industry and commercial buildings, and the storm water drains that carry away excess rainfall.
Civil engineers designed the school you attend, the multi-storey building where you work, the roads you travel on, the bridges you cross and the transmission lines that deliver your electricity.
Civil engineering has several major specialisations: structures, water, transport and geotechnical engineering.
Structural engineers design buildings, bridges, airports, railways, towers, off-shore platforms and tunnels, and ensure that the structures are structurally sound under extreme environmental conditions such as wind, waves and earthquakes.
Water engineers manage water supply systems for people, agriculture and industry, develop projects to control flood waters, design dams, spillways and pipe networks, manage rivers and develop systems to collect and treat wastewater and control and use storm water. They also develop urban water-sensitive designs.
Transport and traffic engineers plan the future travel needs of city and country areas, investigate alternative transport technologies and maximise the safety and efficiency of existing systems.
Geotechnical engineers advise on foundation design, support structures, stability of slopes, tunnel design and construction, and the suitability of materials for infrastructure projects.
A civil engineer might:
- Design a water supply system for a new city
- Talk to community leaders about the best way to solve a transport problem
- Develop new ways of treating and re-using storm water and wastewater to preserve precious resources
- Manage the maintenance of large bridges that link a city’s major roads
- Provide emergency water supply, sanitation system or community housing for refugees or displaced people
- Develop safer roads and cars
- Design works to control erosion in rivers and protect people from the devastation of floods
- Investigate, design and manage the construction of a multi-storey building
- Design a new road or freeway and manage its construction
- Develop mathematical or physical models of river and tidal currents to investigate the viability of a new port
- Run training courses for other engineers to keep them abreast of specialist skills
- Provide technical advice to a community group about developing a project for recycling storm water use
- Develop the concept of a ‘green building’ that is environmentally sensitive and efficient
- Interpret and organise specifications, drawings, plans, construction methods and procedures for an innovative foundation system for unstable soils
- Develop new materials for use in construction
- Work with a consortium to design an eco-tourism resort.
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