What is a Civil Engineer

What is a Civil Engineer

Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including works like roads, bridges, canals, dams, and buildings.

Civil engineering is the second-oldest engineering discipline after military engineering, and it is defined to distinguish non-military engineering from military engineering.

It is traditionally broken into several sub-disciplines including architectural engineering, environmental engineering, geo technical engineering, control engineering, structural engineering, earthquake engineering, transportation engineering, forensic engineering, municipal or urban engineering, water resources engineering, materials engineering, waste water engineering, offshore engineering, facade engineering, quantity surveying, coastal engineering, construction surveying, and construction engineering.

Civil engineering takes place in the public sector from municipal through to national governments, and in the private sector from individual homeowners through to international companies.

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Our team here at Southwest Engineering and Design has decades of combined local and regional expertise and experience that includes dynamic professionals who are passionate about tackling challenges and generating “real-world” solutions. Our reputation for providing quality, cost-effective services has set us apart from other firms. Our team of engineers work hard together to provide each of our trusted partners and clients the best output that no other engineering companies can offer.

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Why Work with Us

Southwest Engineering and Design provides services from initial planning, zoning and feasibility studies through design and construction. SED is extensively involved in helping our clients gain compliance with local land use regulations. This applies equally to a simple site plan or a complex set of civil engineering drawings for a major project. SED strives to improve quality of life, protect natural resources, and better the environment we all live in by building longstanding relationships with the communities we serve.

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