Introduction
Architects and civil engineers are both very popular job choices across the world. Both occupations have similar purposes: the design and planning of buildings, spaces, and other structures. The main difference between the two is in what regard they focus on when designing a project. Civil engineers are predominantly concerned with the overall functionality of the project and often take into account cost, materials, ecological impact, physics, and even aspects of sociology when determining what and where would be best for a project. Similarly, architects consider cost and materials when designing but will mainly concern themselves with the aesthetics of a project and how they will interact and coexist with the surrounding location.
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The correlation to in increased growth in civil engineers and lack of growth in Architect leads to seem that civil engineers are taking on more duties that in the past were geared toward architects. The boom of technology has also affected the industry as many Architects and civil engineers use drawing and sketches to provide detail in their projects. Inclusion of 3D models and CAD software has become more relevant than paper.
What we found to be interesting is that while architects are required to participate in internships to acquire their license while civil engineers come out of college being able to go straight into a job. This is interesting because a degree in architecture is usually five years and many go into a master’s of one to five years and still don’t come out being about to work without an internship. Meanwhile civil engineering degrees are usually four years with many states meeting the criteria for obtaining their PE license with earning their
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The general consensus is that civil engineering is of a higher position in the social hierarchy than architecture and contributes to a higher social class. This has significant evidence in the information gathered from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The mean annual salary for both jobs increased by about the same amount over the observed decade but this resulted in civil engineering maintaining a higher average wage each year. Both jobs experienced overall growth in the number of employees over the past decade but as expected, they both found a period of brief decline during the economic recession from 2008 to 2010 but they’ve bounced back to have higher employee counts than they ever had before. Even that starting salaries have seen growth by examining the salary of the bottom ten percent over the observed decade. Despite the recession in the late 2000’s, the bottom 10 percent continued to gain salary for both positions. However, civil engineering once again reigns supreme with a large lead in starting salary. This information provides some useful insight for sociologists hoping to understand the trends in society to value the work of one job more so than another. Lastly, there is a blatant answer to the question posed by this analysis. The salaries and employment levels point to their being a distinct
According to Lee W. Waldrep (2010), author of the book Becoming an Architect: A Guide to Careers in Design, an architect is an imaginative person who designs a wide spectrum of structures for buildings (Waldrep, 2010, p 2). These structures must meet safety requirements in addition to being aesthetically pleasing. Architects must compete with other architects to attract clients by presenting designs. This process generally rests on building a good reputation as an architect. Because of the nature and the large amounts of time spent on designing, architects must work long hours when their skill is required during different stages of construction.
Construction industries are classified largely which comprise of skillful employee and general workers. As opined by Cassidy (2006), these are intrinsically demanding, hazar...
The modern era of architecture and interior design since the nineteenth century has often been an exciting expression. The contemporary designers were not only trying to break through traditions such as Rietveld 's Schroder House, but some also taking a leap back to the classical antiquity of style in the form of Empire Style was taken by Charles Percier and Pierre Fontaine in Chateau de Malmaison. Although being very different in term of their contemporary cultural-socio-political state, to a certain extend, the two examples still share similarity, which modern space planning start to be driven more by the characteristic of the client.
- When given a problem, other types of engineers will just solve that problem while architects must solve the problem and also have it be aesthetically pleasing.
Civil engineers are the people in our world who design, create, and construct both new and old innovative ideas. The role of a civil engineer is to identify a problem, analyze its requirements and conditions, and then design a solution to the problem. Civil engineers are responsible for maintaining and operating infrastructure systems of a society such as bridges, hospitals, airports, dams etc. Civil engineers are also in charge of ensuring protocols such as workers health and safety are followed in the workplace which they are in charge of, this is done by devising methods in which tasks will be carried out which ensure that these safety and ethics codes will be followed.
Digital fabrication is coming into the construction industry to create precisely crafted and complex buildings in response to the new competitive environment and construction market demands. Thanks to advanced technology, the good revolution can be seen in most industrial activities. Almost all of the industry sectors are trying to keep themselves up to date with new related innovation to boost their sustainable growth. However, unfortunately architects and construction engineers have been more conservative despite all of the massive global investment in the construction sector. This conservative trend was started many years after great prosperity and success in the other industries. As an example, in comparison with the more developed automotive industry, the construction industry has been weighing the pros and cons of doing automation, and it is still under development. Despite some limitations and lack of information over the 80’s and even 90’s, but the current status indicates good progress. Today, most of architectural design is no longer possible without computer technologies. The models have become more complex and require advanced tools to understand design codes and implement fabrication processes. It can be said, that the advanced automated tools with a user-friendly programming system can bring incredible solutions for architects and construction engineers. Many researchers have made significant studies to consider all possibilities and limitations of digital design-construction in various types of procedures.
Architectural engineers help plan how a building is constructed so that it will look and function the way it was designed. Their work includes preparing building design and construction documents, cost estimating and construction-related projects. Architectural engineers should be creative, inquisitive, analytical, and detail-oriented. They should be able to work as part of a team and be able to communicate well, both orally and in writing.
Civil engineering has been one of the most important revolutionary keystones of civilization as it has been able to fundamentally change the development of the society throughout the history of mankind. It is a profession with largely human interest in mind. The civil engineers have been able to make use of the natural resources in the environment to make human life more comfortable and efficient. They have also been able to make our day to day life trouble-free by constructing buildings to live, learn and work, roads and railways to travel, bridges to connect unreachable points, airports for air travel and so on. When planning, designing, constructing the civil engineers have always given a great attention to facts such as safety, serviceability,
The civil engineering field is about gathering and interpreting data, being able to give technical presentations to colleagues, team work to design and build a project, projects range from the design and construction of dams, bridges, buildings, roads, and water supply systems. In most cases the works of engineers are admired and sought after. Engineers play an important role in the development and improvement of a society. Yet, like other technical and non-engineering careers the civil engineers also face issues, for example, regarding ethics, high energy building consumption, increased soil and coastal erosion, inadequate water quality, traffic congestion, and some poor infrastructures resilience to disasters. Another example is that unfortunately in the United Kingdom, the civil engineering industry is highly fragmented with 93% of companies having 14 or fewer employees which is not always a great idea, as written by John Miles in Civil Engineering Informatics. There is also a need to implement new professional and educational approaches to new challenges and new implications that are needed for the twenty-first century society. This paper will introduce and explain five different issues that civil engineers are currently facing and elaborate about how these challenges interrelate to each other.
Times have changed since days of Vitruvius, the inevitable advancement in technology, rapid global population increase and an ever developing awareness of the sustainability of our environment have forced the architect into different positions in the project team Thus it can be said that the external forces that shape the environment that an architect works in does so by manipulating the relationship between the skills required to practice; the scope of expertise and the depth of knowledge. Fig. 3 indicates a diagrammatic timeline representing the changing roles of the architect over the various time periods with respect to the scope and depth of
“Architects plan, design, and observe construction of facilities used for human occupancy and of other structures” (The Top 100: The Fastest-Growing Careers for the 21st Century, Fifth Edition 27). In 2010, 2 percent of U.S employment, about 2.3 million people, possessed jobs in architecture and engineering. The majority of architects tend to be civil architects, with about 249,120 workers, followed by mechanical and industrial engineers (Bureau of Labor Statistics 2). Architects have to design buildings that satisfy their clients and protect the health, safety, and welfare of the public. Architects need to take aspects into consideration such as climate, soil, state building regulations, zoning laws, fire r...
Normally, three-dimensional geometric models, which are used to present architectural and engineering works, show only their final form, not allowing the observation of their physical evolution. The use of techniques of virtual reality in the development of these educational applications brings new perspectives to the teaching of subjects in the area of civil engineering (A.Z Sampaio & P.G Henriques, 2006).
Historically, Civil Engineering is the oldest branch of engineering and dates back at least 5,000 years to the profession of "master builder" involving pyramids, temples and irrigation projects. Engineering has changed greatly since those days but the fundamental principles have stayed the same. Engineers solve peoples problems with applied science and innovation.
Architectural design today has moved from designing by hand to designing with several different software programs that have made the job much easier. Two of the main programs in many architectural firms today are AutoCAD2000 and ArchiCAD 6.5. Both are very productive design tools but each has its own defects in certain areas of the design process.
Throughout my lifetime, I have never had to think very much about the working world and everything that went with it. All through high school I took classes I liked or thought would be interesting to me, but never thought that all of those classes were preparing me for what was to come. Before I knew it, it was time to go to college. The four years of high school had flown by and now it was time to choose a major for college. I had never given much thought as to what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. The only real occupations that I had really gotten to experience were teaching, the jobs that my parents had, and others such as doctors, dentist, most of the occupations that everyone sees while they are growing up. When I finally decided on my major, I chose engineering, but I didn’t know if I would like it or not. The only prior knowledge I had about it was the fact that my grandfather was an electrical and chemical engineer, and that my parents and teachers said that I would be good at engineering. Recently I have been interested in civil engineering, but what does one do with such a degree? What opportunities are available to a person with a degree in civil engineering on the job market? The broad curriculum that covers many different fields of engineering make civil engineering a major that allows a person to work in nearly any field they wish.