1. REGIONAL SEMINAR ON THE THEME:REGIONAL SEMINAR ON THE THEME:
GEOTECHNICAL STUDIES ANDGEOTECHNICAL STUDIES AND
CONTROL OF CIVIL ENGINEERINGCONTROL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
INFRASTRUCTUREINFRASTRUCTURE
Organised by:Organised by:Organised by:Organised by:
THETHE
REGIONAL DELEGATION OF PUBLIC WORKSREGIONAL DELEGATION OF PUBLIC WORKS
SOUTHSOUTH--WESTWEST
ATAT
TRINITY HOTELTRINITY HOTEL
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2. PRESENTATION NPRESENTATION N°°11
An Overview of theAn Overview of the
Engineering WorldEngineering World
Presented by:Presented by:
HRH Chief TAMBE John BITAHRH Chief TAMBE John BITA
Regional SubRegional Sub--Director for OtherDirector for Other
Infrastructural WorksInfrastructural Works
(PWD(PWD -- LIMBE)LIMBE)
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3. THE ENGINEERING PROCESS:THE ENGINEERING PROCESS:
IDENTIFY and
define a problem
IMPLEMENTIMPLEMENT
Solution
ANALYZE
the problem
PROPOSE solutions
Select and DESIGN
preferred solution

4. TYPES OF ENGINEERSTYPES OF ENGINEERS
CIVIL
CHEMICAL
ELECTRICAL
COMPUTER
MATERIAL
AGRICULTURAL
BIO-SYSTEMSCOMPUTER
INDUSTRIAL
MECHANICAL
AERONAUTICAL
BIO-SYSTEMS
ARCHITECTURAL
MINING

5. What is Civil Engineering????What is Civil Engineering????
Civil Engineering is a composite
of many specific disciplines.
– Structural– Structural
– Transportation
– Geotechnical
– Environmental
– Water Resources
– Construction Management

6. TYPES OF CIVIL ENGINEERSTYPES OF CIVIL ENGINEERS
STRUCTURAL
TRANSPORTATION
GEOTECHNICALGEOTECHNICAL
ENVIRONMENTAL
WATER RESOURCES
CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT

7. Structural EngineerStructural Engineer
• Designs and builds
Structures.
• Mainly designs
Bridges, Buildings,
and Tunnels

8. Transportation EngineerTransportation Engineer
• Designs
transportation
highway systems
• Models traffic flow,
Horizontal CurveVertical Curve
• Models traffic flow,
delay, etc.
• Develops timing
system for traffic
signals.

9. Geotechnical EngineerGeotechnical Engineer
• Perform site
investigations
• Foundation Design
• Tunnel Design
• Embankment Design
• Retaining Wall
Design

10. Environmental EngineerEnvironmental Engineer
• Designs and plans
prevention, control and
remediation of
environmental health
hazards.
• Environmental engineers
will frequently specialize
in one area, like Air
pollution, Water pollution,
Landfill design, etc.

11. Water Resource EngineerWater Resource Engineer
Duties
• Data collection
• Hydrologic and hydraulic modeling
• Perform watershed assessments
• Preparation of drainage and water
quality technical reports
• Conduct storm-water utilities
feasibility studies and
implementation
• Perform drainage calculations for
design discharges, open
channels, weirs and collection
systems
• perform storm water quality
related design (BMPS)

12. Construction EngineerConstruction Engineer
• Develop Pert/CPM
diagrams
• Performance
CalculationsCalculations
• Analyze Maps,
Drawings, Blueprints,
Aerial Photography,
and Topographic
maps.

13. AA
QuickQuick
AssessmentAssessment
Culled FromCulled From
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14. STRUCTURAL ENGINEERSSTRUCTURAL ENGINEERS
Who does this?

15. TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERSTRANSPORTATION ENGINEERS
Who does this?

16. ENVIRONMENTAL
ENGINEERS
ENVIRONMENTAL
ENGINEERS
Who does this?

17. GEOTECHNICAL
ENGINEERS
GEOTECHNICAL
ENGINEERS
Who does this?

18. WATER RESOURCE ENGINEERSWATER RESOURCE ENGINEERS
Who does this?

19. From: Coduto, 1999
-Ed Monahan, 1994