Proud to be a civil engg

Civil engineering is the broadest of the engineering fields. Civil engineering focuses on the infrastructure of the world which include Water works, Sewers, Dams, Power Plants, Transmission Towers/Lines, Railroads, Highways, Bridges, Tunnels, Irrigation Canals, River Navigation, Shipping Canals, Traffic Control, Mass Transit, Airport Runways, Terminals, Industrial Plant Buildings, Skyscrapers, etc.
Civil engineers build the world’s infrastructure. In doing so, they quietly shape the history of nations around the world. Most people can not imagine life without the many contributions of civil engineers to the public’s health, safety and standard of living. Only by exploring civil engineering’s influence in shaping the world we know today, can we creatively envision the progress of our tomorrows.
First “Civil Engineer” was an Englishman, John Smeaton in 1761.
Fall of 1886, “State College” (UK) established civil engineering degree.• John Wesley Gunn of Lexington received first Civil Engineering degree from A & M College (UK) in 1890.


Civil Engineering Disciplines
As a Civil Engineer a vast world of imagination and dreams are opened to us.The Field of civil engineering is so vast that one cant limit itself to any particular field and excel without having a proper knowledge of other related fields.
To Conclude we can say that “Civil Engineering is a Renaissance field that requires the knowledge of many disciplines. ”
Below we have a list of disciplines one can choose from:
* Bridge Engineering
* Construction engineering
* Environmental engineering
* Fire protection engineering
* Geotechnical engineering
* General engineering
* Hydraulic engineering
* Materials science
* Piles Engineering
* Structural engineering
* Surveying
* Timber Engineering
* Transportation engineering
* Water resources engineering
Browse through the website to find out more on specific fields

Civil Construction In India

Facts About Construction In India
# Sardar Sarovar Dam being executed by the group is the third largest in the world for volume of chilled concrete to be placed -nearly 7 million cum.
# Indira Sagar a 1000 MW Power house is the second largest surface power house in the country.
# Nathpa Jhakri a 1500 MW Power House is the largest underground power house in India.
# Tehri Dam is the third tallest rockfill dam in the world, and the largest in Asia invloving placement of over 25 million cum of all types of fill material.
# Baglihar Hydroelectric project involved construction of 30km of project road along with three bridges.
# Brahmaputra Guide Bund completed in a record time of 7 months..
# Alimineti Madhva Reddy Irrigation project is the longest underground face to face tunnel in the world.

Engineering Quotes
“The road to success is always under construction”Get it right….CIVIL ENGINEERS
We shape our buildings, thereafter they shape us.- Winston Churchill