The work of a civil engineer

What do structural engineers do?

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n 1502 Leonardo da Vinci did a simple drawing of a graceful bridge single span of 720-foot span

The 984-foot Eiffel Tower 7,000 short tons of iron and steel 1889

The work of a civil engineer

The work of a civil engineer includes bridge construction and design,

timber, steel and concrete structures, road building and maintenance,

water supply and sewerage, building and maintenance of

river works, harbours, docks and wharves, town planning, and

municipal engineering.

ncient Rome had eleven major aqueducts,

built between 312 B.C. (Aqua Appia) and 226 A.D. (Aqua Alexandrina)

built from 14th to 17th Century

formidable 6,350 km

BC 2560

100,000 people working over a twenty year period to construct it.

hoover dam

spans 1.7 miles long clearance below the bridge is

he diameter of the main suspension cables is 36 inches

Civil Engineering Accomplishments

Brief history of civil engineering.

In the ancient world, the works of civil engineers included the Egyptian pyramids, the Roman highways, roads, aqueducts, bridges, canals, and harbors.

In 1761, John Smeaton, who designed and built the Eddy Stone Lighthouse first advertised himself as a Civil Engineer as well as created the Society of Civil Engineering (Smeatonian Society), and thus, making the public aware of the presence of civil engineers who devoted themselves to society.

Information about the work that civil engineers do