Civil Engineering : An Interdisciplinary Field Essay

The construction sector drives a country’s economy. In Australia, the construction industry is a major role of economic growth and is the fourth largest contributor to Australia’s gross domestic product (GDP) (ABS 2010). By 2056, economy activity is estimated to increase five times, energy consumption and manufacturing activity to triple with the population growth increase by over 50% (Akadiri, Chinyio and Olomolaiye 2012). With construction industry affecting the economy, ultimately, it also affects the social, cultural and environmental aspects of the country.

Many people around the entire world do not possess the knowledge of the different types of constructions and if there is a specific reason this construction are made in certain way or area of the world. Construction is more complex than just building an infrastructure or a facility. It takes planning, land property inspection, design, in numerous occasion financing and the process ends once the project is built and ready for use.

The world in the 21st century has grown in the way it looks the buildings, structures, bridges, canals, dams, roads and what not are taking shape!!! All the thanks to civil engineers!! A civil engineer deals with designing, construction and maintenance of the structures and needs to have scientific and technical skills to design high-end buildings that are in alignment and symbolic of the world that we currently live by.

Everywhere you step you see the works of an engineer. In nature, beavers dam a section of water off in order to build their homes. In London, Joseph Bazalgette’s major accomplishment was designing the sewer network. Engineers--like Civil--majorly contribute to our civilization. Between building bridges and designing dams, civil engineers also look into the health of the environment. They turn a “down in the dumps” place into an efficient and beautiful site.

Doctorate Programme of Civil Engineering, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember; Lecturer of Civil Engineering Department, Universitas Jember, Jember. 2 3 Professors of Civil Engineering Department, Industrial Engineering Department; Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember Surabaya, Surabaya (INDONESIA) ABSTRACT

Explain the measures that have to be taken during the construction works to minimise damage to the environment and wildlife.

Children have been described as our future, our greatest resource, and our hope for a better tomorrow. For many Americans, though, children invoke fear. They represent violence, a segment of society lacking in self-control and devoid of ethics and morals, and the failure of the family to instill traditional values, top among them being the value of human life and respect for others.

I have diligently worked on all these projects to attain something new in Structural & Earthquake Engineering. Currently, all that is on my mind is Structural Engineering, and finding a new strategy to increase Structures’ capacity and their stability under different conditions. To improve their seismic performance, to decrease their damages when they are subjected to natural disasters, to decrease the cost of their damages, and their construction, to reach the most effective approach to construct, maintain and rehabilitate different structures, I have so much on my mind, so much to experience, and numerous approaches to try; A complete list of my research interests is enumerated on my

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Division of Construction Management CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY Göteborg, Sweden 2010 Master‟s Thesis 2010:96

(Richardson, et al. 2015) Unfortunately, there seems to be a lack of formal training and preparation for individuals who assume these roles. It would seem that this trend will soon be changing; however, as evidenced by the increasing number of members in professional PM organizations and the push from higher education towards a formal path along the PM career line.

A considerable change which has occurred in the late 1990s around the world, is an increased number of regulations to minimize environmental damage. People, also have become more conscious of environmental protection and as a result there is increased demand for green architectural design which consists of eco-friendly construction. Eco friendly construction refers to building with a reduction of energy consumption, waste, pollution and degradation of the environment, to protecting health and efficiently using water resources (Dean 2003). However, a significant problem for environmentalists, architects and urban planners, is how to reduce the effects of climate change by eco-friendly

The Brilliant Idea: A replaceable, building-wide system to help hospitals, apartment buildings and office towers survive severe seismic shaking.

To enable ambitions and targets listed within white papers such as the Sustainable Development Plan (2005), the Strategy for Sustainable Construction (2008) and the Climate Change Bill (2009) there must be a continuation of the legacy of sustainable construction as demonstrated at London 2012 and Glasgow 2014. There are opportunities to embrace

Also during the semester we learned different type issues that can happen during the construction phase and the different type of construction

Sustainable development recognizes that the infinite desire for human growth cannot be supported by a finite planet; thus is appropriate to separate sustainability into three major parts, namely environmental, economic, and sociopolitical. As related to development, engineers must treat each one separately, but must understand the interdependencies of all three. According to the Professional Engineer’s Act of Ontario (PEAO), in Section 77 of the Code of Ethics, Article 2 states that “A practitioner shall regard the practitioner’s duty to public welfare as paramount.” It is clear that this systems approach to