CIVIL ENGINEERING

A road to success ……..under construction

By

Mr. LOKESH GUPTA (BE CIVIL)

WALCHAND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, SOLAPUR
CONTENTS…..

1. Civil engineering…..?

2. History

3. Civil engineers……?

4. Major area of specialization

5. 7 Wonders of civil engineering

 CIVIL ENGINEERING…..?

 Oldest engineering disciplines.

 Includes the conception, design

construction and management

of all type of structures.

 Also deals with ‘Transportation

system’ for goods & people.

At last but not the least------

 It controls the environment

for maintenance and

improves the quality of life.

 Broadest field of engineering

trade.
HISTORY

 In ancient it was used as surveying

for flood prediction.

 ‘JOHN SMEATON’ was first

civil engineer in 1761.

 ‘Seven wonders of the world’ are

all the feats of civil engineering.

 Statistics says that- ‘ Civil engineers saved more lives then all the

doctors’ in the history by development clean water & sanitation

system.

 ‘ IIT Roorkee’ (1847) is the second and ‘ College of engineering

Pune’ (1854) is the third oldest engineering college in ASIA.

CIVIL ENGINEERS…..?

Civil engineer is one who---

 Build the structure that meet

function , looks cost and

reliability specification.

 Solve regional pollution or

environmental issues.
 Gives a new direction to the world through his incredible ideas

& innovative construction.

 Plan design and supervise construction of transportation system,

water system and communication networks.

MAJOR AREA OF
SPECIALIZATION

 Town & Country Planning

 Environmental Engineering

 Geotechnical Engineering

 Structural Engineering

 Transportation Engineering

 Water resources Engineering

 Bridge Engineering

 Hydraulic Engineering

 Survaying Engineering

 Timber Engineering

 Construction Management
TOWN PLANNING

 It integrates the land use

planning and transportation

planning to improve the

built economic and social

environment of communities.
REQUIRMENT-
 Selection of proper site.

 Survey (Including the selection of area.)

 Proper design of town.

 Near from city, Highway, Railway Station, Airport.

IMPORTANCE-
 Makes the life style convenient & easier.

 Makes best use of land capacity & resources to its maximum.

 Ensures the best living standard of the common man in town.

7 WONDERS OF CIVIL
ENGINEERING
 WORLD TRADE
CENTER , NEW YORK

 Also known as the WTC or

the Twin Towers.

 was a complex of seven

buildings in Lower
Manhattan in New York City
before attack at sep11,2001.
TOUR EIFFEL, PARIS

 It is an iron tower built

beside the Seine River in
Paris.

 one of the most recognizable

structures in the world.

 A global icon of France.

EMPIRE STATE
BUILDING, NEW YORK

 It is a 102-story Art Deco

skyscraper in New York City.
 Was the tallest building for more
than forty years, from its
completion in 1931.
 After destruction of the World
Trade Center in 2001, it again
became the tallest building in
New York City.
 STATUE OF
LIBERTY, NEW YORK

 Liberty Enlightening the World,

commonly known as the Statue
of Liberty.

 was presented to the United

States by the people of France in
1886.
 METROPOLITAN
MUSEUM OF ART,
NEW YORK

 It has a permanent
collection containing more
than two million works of
art.

 The main building, often

referred to simply as "the
Met," is one of the world's
largest art galleries.
GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE,
SAN FRANCISCO

 Golden Gate Bridge construction

commenced on January 5, 1933.
 The Golden Gate Bridge is one of
the longest suspension bridges in
the world.
 The bridge consists of two towers
of 746 feet this makes it 191 feet
higher than the Washington
Monument.
 BURJ AL ARAB,
DUBAI

 The Burj Al Arab also

known as Tower of the Arabs.

 It is the fourth tallest (321m)

hotel in the world.

 The Burj Al Arab stands on

an artificial island 280 m
(920 ft) out from Jumeirah
beach.
 THANKS.
Be pride as being a Civil Engineer.