Civil Engineering

Civil engineering is a branch of engineering science that studies how to design, build, renovate not only the buildings and infrastructure, but also include the environment for the benefit of human life.
Civil engineering has a broad scope, in which knowledge of mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, geology, environment until the computer has the role of each. Civil engineering developed in line with the level of human needs and their movements, to be able to say this knowledge can turn a forest into a big city.branches of civil engineering:

    Structural: The branch that studies the structural problems of the materials used for construction. A form of the building may be made of multiple choice types of materials such as steel, concrete, wood, glass or other materials. Each of these materials has the characteristics of each. Science field studying the structural properties of the material can be selected so that eventually the material which is suitable for the type of the building. In this field studied more in depth issues related to the structural design of buildings, roads, bridges, tunnels of the construction of the foundation until the building is ready for use.

    Geotechnical: The branch that studies the structure and properties of a wide range of soil and rock in supporting a building that would stand on it. Its scope can be either a field investigation that the investigation into the circumstances of land of an area, laboratory investigations and construction planning of soil and rock, such as: embankment (embankment), excavation (excavation), tunnel soft ground (soft soil tunnel), the tunnel rock (rock / mountain tunnel), dam soil / rock (earth dam, rock fill dam), and others.

    Construction Management: Branches who studied the problem in construction projects relating to the economy, job scheduling, return on capital, the cost of the project, all matters relating to law and licensing of building up the organization of work in the field so that the building is expected to be completed on time.

    Hydrology: The branch that studies the water, distribution, control and issue. Include this area among other branches of hydrology (with respect to weather, rainfall, water flow of a river, etc.), hydraulics (the material properties of water, the water pressure, the driving force of the water, etc.) and waterworks such as ports, irrigation, reservoirs / dams ( dam), the canal.

    Environmental Engineering: The branch that studies issues and environmental issues. This field include, among others, the provision of clean water infrastructure, sewage and waste management, river pollution, noise pollution and air until recovery techniques.

    Transportation: Branch learn about the transportation system in the planning and implementation. This field include, among others, construction and management of roads, construction of airports, terminals, stations and management.

    Informatics Civil Engineering: The new branch that studies the application of Computer for computation / modeling a system in development or research project. This field include, among others, exemplified in the form of modeling Structures (Structural of material or CAD), modeling the movement of ground water or waste, environmental modeling with GIS technology (Geographic information system).
Breadth branch of civil engineering makes it very versatile in the world of work. Professions obtained from an expert in this field include: designing / implementing the construction / maintenance of roads, bridges, tunnels, buildings, airports, traffic (land, sea, air), the network system of canals, drainage, irrigation, housing, building , minimization of earthquake losses, environmental protection, water supply, land survey, the financial concept of the project, project management and so on. All aspects of life tercangkup in charge of civil engineering.
Differences of architects, lies in the position of civil engineering experts in a project. Architects donated design, ideas, possible implementation of the development on paper. Results of the draft subsequently submitted to the expert staff in civil engineering for the construction work. This stage, a civil engineering improvement / suggestion of implementation planning, coordination of the project, observing the course of the project to fit the plan. In addition, civil engineering experts also developing the concept of financial and project management on matters that affect the course of the project.
Civil engineering experts are not only dealing with the construction of a building project, but in other fields as related to informatics, allowing for memodelisasi a form with the help of a CAD program, modeling the damage caused by earthquakes, floods. This is particularly important in the developed countries as a benchmark for the feasibility of building a building that has a vital risk can be claimed many human beings as a nuclear reactor or dam, in case of failure of technical planning. The design of the building is typically modeled in the computer with the given factors such as the earthquake threat of the building and collapse the structure of the material. Role of civil engineering experts are also still in effect even though the construction phase of a building has been completed, as is the maintenance of the building facility