Civil engineering

1. TOPIC- CIVIL ENGINEERING
RAJKIYA ENGINEERING
COLLEGE, BIJNOR
SUBJECT- TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION
Submitted by:
NAME - AFZAAL AHMAD
ROLL NO.- 2107350000005
BRANCH- CIVIL ENGINEERING
YEAR-2nd (3rdsemester)
Submitted To:
ASHU TOMAR
(ASSISTANT PROFESSOR)

2. CONTENTS…..
1. Civil engineering…..?
2. History
3. Civil engineers……?
4. Major area of specialization
5. 7 Wonders of civil engineering

3. CIVIL ENGINEERING…..?
 Oldest engineering disciplines.
 Includes the conception, design
construction and management
of all type of structures.
 Also deals with ‘Transportation
system’ for goods & people.

4. At last but not the least------
 It controls the environment
for maintenance and
improves the quality of life.
 Broadest field of engineering
trade.

5. HISTORY
 In ancient it was used as surveying
for flood prediction.
 ‘JOHN SMEATON’ was first
civil engineer in 1761.
 ‘Seven wonders of the world’ are
all the feats of civil engineering.

6.  Statistics says that- ‘ Civil engineers saved more lives then all the
doctors’ in the history by development clean water & sanitation
system.
 ‘ IIT Roorkee’ (1847)isthesecondand‘ Collegeof engineering
Pune’ (1854)is the third oldest engineering college in ASIA.

7. CIVIL ENGINEERS…..?
Civil engineer is one who---
 Build the structure that meet
function , looks cost and
reliability specification.
 Solve regional pollution or
environmental issues.

8.  Gives a new direction to the world through his incredible ideas
& innovative construction.
 Plan design and supervise construction of transportation system,
water system and communication networks.

9. MAJOR AREA OF
SPECIALIZAT IO N
 Town & Country Planning
 Environmental Engineering
 Geotechnical Engineering
 Structural Engineering
 Transportation Engineering
 Water resources Engineering

10.  Bridge Engineering
 Hydraulic Engineering
 Survaying Engineering
 Timber Engineering
 Construction Management

11. TOWN PLAN N IN G
 It integrates the land use
planning and transportation
planning to improve the
built economic and social
environment of communities.

12. REQUIRMENT-
 Selection of proper site.
 Survey (Including the selection of area.)
 Proper design of town.
 Near from city, Highway, Railway Station, Airport.

13. IMPORTANCE-
 Makes the life style convenient & easier.
 Makes best use of land capacity & resources to its maximum.
 Ensures the best living standard of the common man in town.

14. 7 WON DERS OF CIVIL
ENGINEERING

15. WORLD TRADE
CENTER , NEW YORK
 Also known as the WTC or
the Twin Towers.
 was a complex of seven
buildings in Lower
Manhattan in New York City
before attack at sep11,2001.

16. TOUR EIFFEL, PARIS
 It is an iron tower built
beside the Seine River in
Paris.
 one of the most recognizable
structures in the world.
 Aglobal icon of France.

17. EMPIRE STATE
BUILDING, NEW YORK
 It is a 102-story Art Deco
skyscraper in New York City.
 W
as the tallest building for more
than forty years, from its
completion in 1931.
 After destruction of the World
Trade Center in 2001, it again
became the tallest building in
New York City.

18. STATUE OF
LIBERTY, NEW YORK
 Liberty Enlightening the World,
commonly known as the Statue
of Liberty.
 was presented to the United
States by the people of France in
1886.

19. METROPOLITAN
MUSEUM OF ART,
NEW YORK
 It has a permanent
collection containing more
than two million works of
art.
 The main building, often
referred to simply as "the
Met," is one of the world's
largest art galleries.

20. GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE,
SAN FRANCISCO
 Golden Gate Bridge construction
commenced on January 5, 1933.
 The Golden Gate Bridge is one of
the longest suspension bridges in
the world.
 The bridge consists of two towers
of 746 feet this makes it 191 feet
higher than the Washington
Monument.

21. BURJAL ARAB,
DUBAI
 The BurjAlArabalso
known as Towerof theArabs.
 It is the fourth tallest (321m)
hotel in the world.
 The Burj Al Arab stands on
an artificial island 280 m
(920 ft) out from Jumeirah
beach.

22. THANKS.
Beprideas beinga Civil Engineer
.