a civil engineer that designed the Eiffel Tower or that it was Joseph Strauss, another civil engineer who designed the Golden Gate Bridge (Telford)? These ancient structures reveal a history of inventive genius and persistent experimentation. As for today, all you have to do is look around to see the many different structures that civil engineers design. They are capable of designing structures as large as the Millennium Dome in Greenwich and London, England, which is the worlds largest dome and the World Financial Centre in Shanghai, China, which will be the worlds tallest building at 460 meters once completed (Telford). Many projects, such as the ones just mentioned, have become world famous and they reflect the pride of local residents. Many of the things that we take for granted but which play a vital part in our everyday lives are the products of civil engineering. It covers construction of power stations that provide the electricity we use every time we turn on a light or watch television; the plant to purify our drinking water and to treat waste water; the roads we drive along and the airports from which we travel abroad. Every bridge, dam, oil rig, pipeline, reservoir, tunnel and waterway is a civil engineering project, as are many other smaller structures. Civil engineering is also very much concerned with how their work affects the environment. Reducing pollution, defending the coast from erosion, and finding new uses for building materials are also some of their main environmental concerns. So, in general, civil engineers are concerned with designing and executing structural works that serve to assist the general public.The list of things that these civil engineers can do is just a small amount of jobs that these engineers are capable of performing. There are many other potential positions that a civil engineer can hold other than the physical aspect of design and construction of structures. Some civil engineers us...
