Civil engineering is the oldest engineering discipline and deals with planning, designing, constructing, and managing infrastructure projects like buildings, roads, bridges, dams, water treatment plants, and more. A civil engineer improves quality of life by ensuring infrastructure is safe, functional, elegant and cost effective. Infrastructure includes fundamental structures like buildings, roads, and utilities that support a community. As a provider of infrastructure, civil engineers play a crucial role in development by designing projects efficiently. The major disciplines of civil engineering are transportation, structural, geotechnical, water resources, and environmental engineering, each focusing on a different type of infrastructure or engineering analysis.

1. General Introduction
to
Civil Engineering
MODULE 1
Manju George Mar Baselios Institute of Technology and Science, Kerala

2. Civil Engineering
 Civil Engineering is the oldest engineering discipline which is
known as the mother of all engineering.
 It deals with planning, design, construction and management of
buildings, roads, bridges, dams, tunnels, water treatment plants
etc.
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3. Who is a Civil Engineer ?
 A Civil Engineer is the one who improves the quality of life
through the production of infrastructure which must be safe,
functional, elegant and economically sound.
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4. Infrastructure
 Infrastructure is the framework of supporting system consisting
of buildings, roads, bridges, railways, airports, water supply &
drainage systems and other amenities for the comfort of people.
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5. Infrastructural Development
 Infrastructural development involves fundamental structures
that are required for the well functioning of a community and
society.
 Civil Engineers have a very crucial role to play in the
infrastructural development keeping the fundamental idea of
less space and more efficiency.
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6. Relevance of Civil Engineering in the Overall
Infrastructural Development of the Country
1. Proper planning of towns and extension areas in the cities
2. Well planned and built transportation facilities
3. Assured water supply and good drainage system
4. Better sewage system
5. Improved irrigation facilities
6. Improved education and health care facilities
7. Improved communication facilities
8. Generation of electricity from natural resources
9. Pollution free environmental condition
10. Protection from flood, drought etc.
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7. Responsibility of an Engineer in Ensuring
the Safety of Built Environment
 Engineering has always been a significant contributor to the
economical development, standard of living, well being of the
society and its impact on the cultural development and
environment.
 Citizens are entirely reliant on their premeditated products and
goods that should be robust, safe, reliable, economically feasible
and environmentally sustainable.
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8. Principles of Engineering for
Safe and Sustainable Development
1. Being creative and innovational
2. Being sure about the knowledge of needs and wants
3. Right things been done with the right decisions
4. Valuable and competent scheduling and administration
5. Commitment of risk assessment experts to safety assessments
6. Commitment in developing sustainable technologies
7. Guarantee the safety and well being to the public
8. Guarantee the well usage of society’s fund and resources
9. Social activities by engineers in public interest
10. Contributing services to worthy, non-profit groups and projects
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9. Major Disciplines of Civil Engineering
 According to scope, type of structures and activities
carried out, following are the major disciplines of
Civil Engineering.
1) Transportation Engineering
2) Structural Engineering
3) Geotechnical Engineering
4) Water Resources Engineering
5) Environmental Engineering
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10. 1. Transportation Engineering
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11. 1. Transportation Engineering
 Deals with planning, construction and management of
various transportation facilities.
 To provide safe, rapid, comfortable, convenient, economical
and environmentally compatible transport.
Sub disciplines of Transportation Engineering
1. Highway Engineering
2. Railway Engineering
3. Airport Engineering
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4. Bridge Engineering
5. Harbour Engineering
6. Tunnel Engineering

12. 2. Structural Engineering
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13.  Deals with the analysis and design of various structures like;
 Reinforced Cement Concrete (RCC) Structures
Buildings, Bridges, Water Tanks, Retaining Walls etc.
 Steel Structures
Steel Buildings, Steel Bridges, Railway Platforms,
Roof Trusses etc.
 Earthquake Resistant Structures
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2. Structural Engineering

14. 3. Geotechnical Engineering
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15.  Deals with the study of soil to investigate the properties of
soil that support a structure.
 The bearing capacity of soil is an important parameter in
the design of foundation of a structure.
 It involves assessing stability of slopes and fills, settlement
and deformation of buildings, seepage of ground water and
the risk of landslides, rock fall etc.
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3. Geotechnical Engineering

16. 4. Water Resources Engineering
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17.  Deals with the study and management of equipment,
facilities and techniques that are used to manage and
preserve water.
 Some of the areas Water Resource Engineers touch on are;
 Sources and behaviour of water
 Water supply and water treatment facilities
 Hydraulic structures like dams, canals, hydro electric
power stations etc.
 Measurement and study of rainfall, flood etc.
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4. Water Resources Engineering

18. 5. Environmental Engineering
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19.  Deals with the study of environment friendly designs to
resolve the problems of water, land and air pollution.
 Environmental Engineering involves;
 Waste water treatment
 Solid waste management
 Sewage system management etc…
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5. Environmental Engineering

20. Proud To Be A Civil Engineer
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