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civil engineering

Also known as municipal engineering

engineering discipline specializing in design, construction and maintenance of the built environment

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Civil engineering is the field that designs, builds, and maintains the structures and infrastructure we use every day, like roads, bridges, buildings, and water systems. It matters because these projects are essential to how cities and communities function and support people's daily lives.

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Tennessee Valley Authority civil engineers monitoring hydraulics of a scale model of Tellico Dam

Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, sewage systems, pipelines, structural components of buildings, and railways.

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civil engineering

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