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The document outlines various specialties within the civil engineering profession, including construction management, environmental, geotechnical, structural, surveying, transportation, hydraulics, water resource, and materials engineering. It also details the services provided by civil engineers as regulated by Republic Act No. 544 in the Philippines, which encompasses consultation, design, construction supervision, and demolition of various structures. The document emphasizes the importance of civil engineering knowledge in a wide range of applications beyond those explicitly listed.

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Module 4

The document outlines various specialties within the civil engineering profession, including construction management, environmental, geotechnical, structural, surveying, transportation, hydraulics, water resource, and materials engineering. It also details the services provided by civil engineers as regulated by Republic Act No. 544 in the Philippines, which encompasses consultation, design, construction supervision, and demolition of various structures. The document emphasizes the importance of civil engineering knowledge in a wide range of applications beyond those explicitly listed.

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The Civil Engineering Profession:

Specialties & Services

Civil Engineering Specialties


Construction Management / Materials
• Design formworks, scaffolding, lifting apparatus, etc.
• Management of Construction resources such labor, materials, equipment, money
and time.
Environmental
• Apply fluid mechanics, biology and chemistry to the design and operation of
environmental control systems, e.g., municipal and industrial wastewater systems.
• Model and monitor the movement and behavior of water pollutants in natural
waters.
Geotechnical
• Analyze soil and rock that affect the behavior of structures, pavements,
underground facilities, and containment structures for solid and liquid wastes.
• Design foundations, retaining walls, roadway cuts, etc.
• Field and laboratory work along with design.
Structural
• Design and analyze all man-made objects whose primary function is load
resistance: buildings, bridges, aircraft, transmission towers, radar domes and
antennas, drilling platforms, etc.
• Must also consider the economics, esthetics and social implications of their
creations.
Surveying
• Precisely locate and layout engineering projects.
• GIS (Geographic Information Systems), GPS (Global Positioning Systems), and
lasers distance measurement devices.
• Maps and aerial photos.
Transportation
• Analyze movement of persons and goods.
• Plan, design, construct, maintain and operate various transportation modes (e.g.,
highway, railway, air, water, etc.).
• Design traffic management systems.

CIVIL ENGINEERNG LAWS, ETHICS AND CONTRACTS ENGR. JOSEPH MANUEL G. GALAPON
Hydraulics
• Analyze and design systems to transport liquids.
• Small and large systems of pipes as well as engineered and natural channels.
• Hydraulic machinery such as pumps and turbines, hydraulic controls such as
valves and weirs, and hydraulic structures such as dams and spillways.
Water Resource
• Water Resources Engineers
• Develop, use and manage world’s water resources.
• Design water distribution systems, wells, reservoirs, canals, locks and dams, port
facilities and flood control systems.
• Analyze the impact of other engineering projects on the natural hydrologic system.
Materials Engineer
• Design, analyze, and construct materials such as: Steel, Concrete, Masonry,
Asphalt, and Composites.

Civil Engineering Services


According to Republic Act No. 544* (As Amended by R.A. 1582) An Act to Regulate
the Practice of Civil Engineering in the Philippines, Article 1, Section 2 states:
The practice of civil engineering within the meaning and intent of this Act shall
embrace services in the form of:
• consultation, design, preparation of plans, specifications, estimates,
erection, installation and
• supervision of the construction of streets, bridges, highways, railroads,
airports and hangars, port works, canals, river and shore improvements,
lighthouses, and dry docks;
• supervision of the construction of buildings, fixed structures for irrigation,
flood protection, drainage, water supply and sewerage works;
• demolition of permanent structures; and tunnels.
• The enumeration of any work in this section shall not be construed as
excluding any other work requiring civil engineering knowledge and
application.

CIVIL ENGINEERNG LAWS, ETHICS AND CONTRACTS ENGR. JOSEPH MANUEL G. GALAPON

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