Civil Engineering

Civil Engineering is to attain the implausible

The American Society of Civil Engineers nominated the greatest achievement of the 20th century across the globe to achieve the unachievable fleets in the field of civil engineering. These greatest civil engineering marvels are the tunnel constructed between England and France beneath the waters of the English channel, the CN Tower in Toronto or the Itaipu Dam in Brazil and Paraguay or the Empire State Building in New York to name a few you just get stunned and mesmerized. The excellence and the functionality of these projects do affect our daily lives of today.

Civil Engineering is all about designing, planning, the construction, the supervision to maintain the quality of the physical structures, be it dams, or the canals, the seaports, the buildings, or the roads and even the power plants and the airports

To be a civil engineer

Creativity and curiosity are the two things that an aspiring civil engineer should always possess. If you are analytical and always with a nose for details and above all a team player is sure to shine in the field of civil engineering. Civil engineers need to be good communicators as it involves interaction with various people across a wide range of occupation. Interpersonal skills of civil engineers count a lot as you need to understand in details what the client is looking for. Creativity should be always supported by the correct engineering data down the tiniest details along with your ability to plan and execute leads you a successful civil engineer.

As a civil engineer, you are usually deployed in various construction sites, or manufacturing plants or laboratories and offices. It involves a lot of outdoor work, maybe spending the entire day on the construction sites which usually are situated in far off places away from towns and cities and very much daily travelling is required for a civil engineer.

Civil engineering encompasses multiple disciplines

There are a lot of aspects to dig into. Civil engineering d covers a large segment of specialization which can be sub categorized like that of Structural engineering, environmental engineering, coastal engineering, bio engineering, Geotechnical engineering , Water resource engineering and others. Of these the most popular for the purpose of employment is the construction and of engineering designs, construction of residents and that of heavy civil construction.

 

Job prospects are vast and numerous

Job opportunities are available both in the public and the private sector. In the present scenario India is on the need for the development of more infrastructures. Great prospects lie ahead for the civil engineers in public sectors like the Indian Railways, National Highway Authority, the various municipal bodies, the defense forces of our country, the housing and the development authorities and many more. But finding jobs in the private sectors is much more as compared to the public sector. So as a fresher you can search jobs in various road projects, the building construction, the innumerable consultancy firms or the housing societies. Moreover, civil engineers are in demand in developed countries like Canada and Australia

A fresher in the stream of civil engineers can expect at least Rs.30,000- Rs.40,000 per month depending on the organization and the rank. After acquiring some years of experience they are promoted as a supervisor with a salary hike of Rs.50,000 – Rs.90,000 per month. Someone having 15-20 years of experience is sure to draw more than 1 lac per month.

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