Civil engineers design, build, operate, maintain and adapt projects with characteristics that distinguish them from other types of projects created by other engineering disciplines and artists.
It is the wealth of information that is the subject of this paper and how relevant it is to current and future generations of engineers.
The built environment, created through a series of political, social, economic and technical decisions, comprises the critical infrastructure of lifeline systems of energy, communications, transportation, waste disposal, water supply, social infrastructure of healthcare, education, retail, leisure, finance, domestic infrastructure and commercial and industrial facilities. The planning, design, construction, maintenance,...
