What kind of work do civil engineers accomplish?

The civil engineer designs, plans, computates, builds, manages and maintains all kind of constructions, which are necessary for our society. To these belong especially domestic, business, administration and industry constructions, traffic ways (streets, bridges, tunnels, airfields, railway systems, waterways), water constructions (flood gates, dams), all kinds of energy plants, constructions for environmental protection (aquifers, drainage constructions, purification plants), constructions for catastrophe protection and much more.

Civil engineers must think integral and accommodate social, environmental and economic aspects. They deal almost always directly with people and thus they must be capable to work in teams and have communicative abilities. Their advantage is their technical Know-how. Because of their wide activity spectrum they are called in most other lands as civil engineers.

In accordance to their wide activity field one can find civil engineers in very many branches. They are engaged in building companies, engineering firms, public administration, consulting firms, railway, post, assurances, enery industry, software firms, and because of their fundamental mechanics knowledge in machine industry and aircraft.

In all these branches civil engineers have often leading functions, being officials or clerical workers. Many civil engineers are self-employed and work in their own firms or as partners in consulting firms.