Civil Engineering

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.

Civil engineering is traditionally broken into a number of sub-disciplines. It is considered the second-oldest engineering discipline after military engineering, and it is defined to distinguish non-military engineering from military engineering. Civil engineering can take place in the ...more

Civil Engineering Books

Structures: Or Why Things Don't Fall Down

Civil Engineering Formulas (Pocket Guide)

Why Buildings Fall Down: How Structures Fail

The Civil Engineering Handbook (New Directions in Civil Engineering)

The A To Z of Practical Building Construction and its Management

The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge

Fundamentals of Building Construction: Materials and Methods

Strength of Materials: Mechanics of Solids

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