Design a building that can survive a major earthquake without damage.
Build a dam to provide a source of hydroelectric power.
Design a bridge that is as beautiful to look at as it is essential for moving people and goods.
Design water-treatment facilities to reduce water pollution and provide clean drinking water.
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If you turned on a faucet, used a bathroom, or visited a public space (like a road, a building, or a bridge) today, then you've used or visited a project that civil engineers helped to design and build. Civil engineers work to improve travel and commerce, provide people with safe drinking water and sanitation, and protect communities from earthquakes and floods. This important and ancient work is combined with a desire to make structures that are as beautiful and environmentally sound, as they are functional and cost-effective.
Do You Have the Skills and Characteristics of a Civil Engineers?
Reading Comprehension:?Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
Critical Thinking:?Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
Operations Analysis:?Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design.
Systems Analysis:?Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
Active Listening:?Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
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