People in the Civil Engineering department learn throughout their time in college many different things. They learn how to distinguish and work in several different topics within Civil Engineering, such as Transportation, Structures, Hydrology, and Environmental. Students often work on how to construct and design buildings, bridges, dams, roads, and other infrastructure. Students learn the basic mathematical procedures for each field of Civil Engineering as well as the different requirements for projects.
People who get Civil Engineering Degrees usually go on to work for either governmental organizations, like a city, county, state or federal branch of the government or they go on to work for private contractors such as Granite Construction. These people may go on to build huge infrastructure projects or small ones such as piping underground. They may build everyday houses or large skyscrapers that touch the heavens.
Honestly I am not sure what drew me to the field of Civil Engineering. I guess I saw a need in fixing infrastructure and decided to take it, or perhaps it was the draw of making a place that will last throughout the ages and be a monument for future generations. Perhaps I was drawn in by the idea of an ever changing landscape that would better the future of the world and those who live after myself.
One of the companies that I find to be doing exciting and groundbreaking work (literally) is Granite Construction, a construction company that is working here in Tucson to try to improve the local infrastructure. Hensel Phelps is another company that I am interested in ever since they came to a club meeting for ASCE and talked about the projects that they have been working on and how they oversee projects and ensure communication between all groups of a project. Lastly, M3 Engineering is also another company that I found very interesting and worth my time listening to as they talked about building various buildings and bridges across the United States and Tucson, again I heard them at my ASCE meeting.
One journal source that I found was the ASCE journal itself, the large professional club periodically publishes a journal that is peer reviewed and covers almost all segments of civil engineering. Another journal is called Roads and Bridges and focuses on exactly what it sounds like it should focus on, roads and bridges. Lastly another journal is the Journal of Civil Engineering and Construction Technology which focuses on improvements in the civil engineering field and the construction field. All three of these can be found in online magazine forms or a hard copy through a subscription to the journal.
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