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Civil Building Engineering . Justin Houser. What is it?.
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Civil Building Engineering Justin Houser
What is it? • Building engineers acquire knowledge in the planning, design, construction, operation, renovation and maintenance of buildings, together with an understanding of impacts on the surrounding environment. Building engineers explore all phases in the life cycle of a building. They identify problems and find appropriate solutions to improve the quality of living within the built environment.
Examples! • Designing and construction of new buildings such as homes, museums and hospitals • Ensuring the health and safety of the built environment. • Renovation and retrofiting of older buildings for today's needs. • Designing the systems that make a building's living and working space comfortable.
Education Building engineering is a four-year programme. It is offered at location such as:
Salary Ranks • Median salary (experienced)$79,700 • Top pay $119,000
Specific Jobs • Commercial Building Engineer- Instruction areas include refrigeration and building systems, boiler operations, and hazardous waste management. Students learn to regulate and maintain heating, cooling, and ventilation systems for commercial buildings. • Office Building Engineer - is a field of engineering dealing with the analysis and design of structures that support or resist loads. Structural engineering is usually considered a specialty within civil engineering, but it can also be studied in its own right.
Where you might work • Anywhere there is any type of construction. • Local • Commercial • Private • International • Commercial