Category: Civil Engineering

Prepare and submit three conceptual truss elevations based on the project constraints listed below to connect the WAEC building to the adjacent Robert C. Byrd Biotechnology Science Center. These conceptual elevations can be hand-drawn (neatly) or generated using any CAD software of your choosing. For each layout, confirm that it = 0 and that the…

The field of civil engineering should be taken more seriously, considering the role that it plays in society. Unethical standards, such as requiring people to pay to practice the profession, have the potential of affecting the quality of work output. Such situations occur because people who tend to pay lack the necessary qualification required to…

I believe in constant improvement, driven by evidence and feedback. My perspective on teaching has strongly been influenced by my experiences as a project manager of a major construction engineering company. In this position, I was a decision-maker and a consumer of the products supplied by the system that prepares graduate engineers for the profession.…

This report provides an outline of why railway infrastructure development is an important part of urban development and the multidisciplinary nature of its design and construction process (‘Engineering the Railway Industry,’). This report also includes an overview of a life cycle assessment of railway infrastructure, focusing specifically on the steel rail component of the track…

Introduction Today, Hong Kong enjoys reputations being a vibrant cosmopolitan that takes role of a global financial hub. Dated back to the 60s, Hong Kong was still a fish village with sluggish economy. Then you may question who has contributed to such a great morph. Undoubtedly, the Hong Kong local construction industry has played a…

Introduction Physics is one of the broadest, most profound and most closely related human sciences to nature. It has went with human considering since antiquated civilizations, where knowledge have attempted to clarify characteristic marvels seen and attempt to know their causes and laws. The definition of material science has shifted from the Greeks to the…

Charles Lapworth quoted: All that comes above the surface lies within the province of geography; all that comes below that surface lies inside the realm of geology. Geology is the study of the Earth, its components, the composition of those materials, and the influence of natural forces on those materials. A basic understanding of geology…

Overview Hundred years before, the world was looking for the development of mankind through various sections. As a result of that the field of engineering is started through the skills of the past people. They started to explore the solutions for their every simple to solve in a technical way. Because of that the technology…

Civil Engineering is the plan and development of open works, for example, dams, spans and other enormous foundation ventures. It is perhaps the most established part of designing, going back to when individuals first began living in quite a while and started forming their surroundings to suit their needs. When engineering began, Engineers constructed dividers,…

Entering senior high school is a new milestone for students with new sets of of challenges and responsibilities. One of these challenges is choosing what course one should pursue in college. There are a multitude of careers or courses to choose from ranging from the sciences to the humanities and other fields. If your mind…