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1 312 BC), the ________ by General Meng T'ien under orders from Ch'in Emperor Shih Huang Ti (c.

2 Now, the most powerful and budgetary tool in ________ is base isolation which pertains to the passive structural vibration control technologies.

3 During this time, ________ became increasingly important leading to the development of the wheel and sailing.

4 ________

5 Other considerations include cost, constructability, ________, aesthetics and sustainability.

6 ________, an Indian mathematician, used arithmetic in the 7th century AD, based on Hindu-Arabic numerals, for excavation (volume) computations.

7 This area of civil engineering is intimately related to the design of pipelines, water distribution systems, drainage facilities (including bridges, dams, channels, culverts, ________, storm sewers), and canals.

8 Although surveying is a distinct profession with separate qualifications and licensing arrangements, civil engineers are trained in the basics of surveying and mapping, as well as ________.

9 It includes areas such as transportation design, transportation planning, traffic engineering, some aspects of urban engineering, queueing theory, pavement engineering, ________ (ITS), and infrastructure management.

10 ________ is a sub discipline of the broader category of Structural engineering.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • although he has composed music for over 20 video games and conducts the Video Games Live concert series, Jack Wall has a degree in civil engineering?
  • despite losing his right arm and having no formal civil engineering education, Henry Perrine Baldwin (pictured) oversaw a pioneering sugarcane irrigation system on the Hawaiian island of Maui in 1876?
  • after a massive expansion program in the 1980s, Lavalin's corporate bankers forced it to merge with the rival SNC Group, forming one of the largest civil engineering firms in the world?
  • William Rich Hutton accompanied Edward Ord on an expedition to the Pueblo of Los Angeles in 1849 before returning east to work as a civil engineer on projects including the Washington Bridge?
  • Derek Gardner became a leading British painter of marine subjects after retiring from a civil engineering career due to deafness?
  • Reginald H. Thomson, the civil engineer responsible for "virtually all of Seattle's infrastructure", had a Ph.D. in philosophy?
  • civil engineer Robert Wynne-Edwards was the first president of the Institution of Civil Engineers to be elected while still working as a contractor?
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