With more than one-third of America's major roads being in either poor or mediocre condition, engineers have their hands full designing repairs and replacement structures all around the country. Fortunately, there are plenty of ways civil engineer services can be…
Over the past few decades, climate change has begun to affect the landscape of the earth. As the years progress, the topography of the earth will only change more as water levels rise, reducing the amount of land available in…
Working in industries like mining, oil and gas, construction, and automotive can be rewarding, but also highly dangerous. This is especially true with more than 4,095 dams being deemed "unsafe" in American by the American Society of Civil Engineers. Fortunately,…
Every body of water, from rivers to ponds, has a watershed. That is the area of land that sheds water, or drains, into a specific receiving water body, typically another lake or river. Watershed management refers to the process of…
In a civil engineering management system, pavement's relative ability to serve traffic over a period of time determines its official pavement performance. The process of pavement evaluation is used to find its level of performance, and it typically consists of…
Light Detection and Ranging, known as LiDAR technology, utilizes light to in order to create a map of almost any kind of physical environment. The technology uses precise pulsed laser beams, allow it to produce incredibly accurate images of environments…
In any country, the infrastructure is what holds up civilization and allows people and goods to move between cities. The transportation infrastructure, roadway design, and structural design need to be constantly evaluated. Even in wealthy countries like the United States,…
The world's first roads were built around 4000 BC and roadway design has evolved quite a bit in the millennia since. The Romans were one of the first people to construct modern-looking roads, paved with stones and reaching from Europe…
Civil engineers demonstrated feats in structural design when they created some of the largest dams in the United States. While an engineer's process involves complicated procedures, such as finite element method and types of finite element analysis, anyone can see…
Cities are considered more desirable when they are well planned and allow for convenient and easy transportation within and outside of the city's center. An urban area needs good transportation planning, which includes the planning required in the operation, provision,…