Top 10 Most Impressive Civil Engineering Projects

Great Pyramid of Giza: This incredible creation consisted of two and a third million stone blocks, which required the constant labor of thirty thousand laborers to build.
Great Wall of China: What many people do not know about this enormous five thousand and a half mile long wall is that the mortar used in its construction is made of rice flour.
Aqueduct of Segovia: These amazing aqueducts are made without the use of mortar, and are so well preserved that it is still in use today.
Brooklyn Bridge: Was the first suspension bridge to use steel in its cables.
Panama Canal: This man made canal was designed to connect the Atlantic and Pacific oceans to provide trade ships with passage between North and South America.
Hoover Dam: Named one of the Seven Wonders of the World, the dam generates four billion kilowatt hours of electricity for use.
Golden Gate Bridge: This historic wonder connects San Francisco to the rest of the bay, and is made up of six hundred thousand rivets.
English Channel Tunnel: A thirty-one mile long tunnel, the English Channel Tunnel currently contains the longest portion of any tunnel housed under the sea.
Burj Khalifa: Interestingly enough, one of the biggest setbacks to face the construction of the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building, was one hundred and sixty kilometer per hour winds that required special testing to determine the safety of the construction material.
Qingdao Haiwan Bridge: It is currently the longest bridge in the world and was specially designed to withstand earthquakes and typhoons.

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Keep Calm..

Let him not be grasping nor have his mind preoccupied with … receiving perquisites, but let him with dignity keep up his position by establishing a good reputation. No work can be rightly done without honesty and incorruptibility.
                                                                                                                                                   – Vitruvius

From the laying out of a line of a tunnel to its final completion, the work may be either a series of experiments made at the expense of the proprietors of the project, or a series of judicious applications of the results of previous experience.
                                                                                                                                             – HS Drinker

Gypsum Application through Machine

The old method to apply Gypsum manually took hours of labor and also had poor durability due to manual errors. Now with automation in this field, application through machine is gaining wide spread popularity as its not only faster but also cheaper in long run as very less labor is required.

Engineering is the art of modelling materials we do not wholly understand, into shapes we cannot precisely analyse so as to withstand forces we cannot properly assess, in such a way that the public has no reason to suspect the extent of our ignorance.
                                                                                                          – Dr AR Dykes

A good scientist is a person with original ideas. A good engineer is a person who makes a design that works with as few original ideas as possible
                                                                                                           – Freeman Dyson

Aeroplanes are not designed by science, but by art in spite of some pretence and humbug to the contrary. I do not mean to suggest that engineering can do without science, on the contrary, it stands on scientific foundations, but there is a big gap between scientific research and the engineering product which has to be bridged by the art of the engineer.
                                                  – British Engineer to the Royal Aeronautical Society, 1922.

How might I go about choosing a good university For Civil Engineering?

The most important thing to remember about choosing a good university is not choosing the best university in terms of reputation, but rather the best university in terms of the engineering education it will provide to you. Of course, reputation is an important part of the equation, but universities come in many different sizes and have a variety of different teaching styles and philosophies, and it is important to choose one that is a good fit to your style of learning.

Different styles to consider are courses which are more hands on, compared to those which conform to the traditional approach of ‘reading for a degree’ which are less structured. There is also diversity between universities offering more vocational training as opposed to more generalist theoretical approaches. Differences are also apparent in terms of class sizes, staff to student ratio, provision and resourcing of laboratories, computing and IT, and libraries, and other student support services such as accommodation or health and wellbeing. Don’t forget the student union!

Campus-based universities offer a more collegiate atmosphere, whereas city centre based institutions can offer the vibrancy of city life, though with higher accommodation costs. Don’t forget the tuition fees are not the only cost – you have to live and feed yourself, and will need to buy books and other materials. City centre universities will be more expensive, but the greater chance of part-time employment may make up for that.

When considering location, think of the distance from your support network of home, family and friends. Moving to a different country offers many opportunities but distance increases difficulty. When considering the reputation of university, remember that it can be very subject specific, especially in engineering. The world centre for mobile communications may be unknown in civil engineering, and vice versa.

Ask the university about job prospects of graduates, and how many get jobs in the field and over what timescales. The prospectus and web site are obvious resources but remember they are written to sell the institution. The student union will be happy to talk to you, and there may be an open day with an opportunity to talk to current students. Some countries, such as the UK have national student surveys that allow graduates to provide feedback on their overall university experience, which can be quite insightful. Additionally, try to find the opportunity to talk to teaching staff in your area of interest. Phone first, but if you find the staff are too busy to talk to you before you sign up, you might want to consider what the situation will be like after they have banked your tuition fee!

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BP Whiting Refinery Modernization Project

Langkawi Sky Bridge

Langkawi Sky Bridge is a 125-metre curved pedestrian cable-stayed bridge in Malaysia, completed in 2005. The bridge deck is located 660 metres above sea level at the peak of Gunung Mat Chinchang on Pulau Langkawi, the main island of the Langkawi archipelago in Kedah.The Langkawi Sky Bridge can be reached by first taking the Langkawi Cable Car to the top station, where an inclined lift called SkyGlide takes visitors from the top station to the bridge.

The Panama Canal expansion project,

The Panama Canal expansion project, also called the Third Set of Locks Project, doubled the capacity of the Panama Canal by adding a new lane of traffic allowing for a larger number of ships, and increasing the width and depth of the lanes and locks allowing larger ships to pass. The new larger size of ships, called New Panamax, are about one and a half times the previous Panamax size and can carry over twice as much cargo.

"BANPO BRIDGE" in Seoul, Korea and sometimes it shines like rainbow

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.