Technological advances, population growth and environmental concerns are creating unique challenges for civil engineers.
The economical reforms of the 1990’s brought in liberalization which opened up the flood gates to accelerated growth and consumption. A direct offshoot of this was the development of the construction sector during the last two decades ; the influence of this sector cuts across several sub –sectors of the economy such as highway, roads, ports, railway, airports, power system , irrigation and agriculture systems , telecommunication systems, hospitals, schools , townships, offices, houses and other buildings, water supply and sewer system .
These developments put a pressure on the service provider in terms of quality, aesthetics, durability, economics, management, communicative dexterity, time and profitability etc. and in the bargain, these service providers tried to establish their superiority over their competitors. These advancements also gave a boost to professionalism in the industry. With the increasing demand the design and construction has proved to be a challenge for civil engineers.
A professional architect comes up with creative ideas to meet the requirements of the consumer, but for this to be translated into reality the work of a civil engineer is required. With the available resources and within the economic constrains, without compromising on the quality, aesthetics and time to be translated successfully is a Herculean task.
So, from my view point as a civil engineer (and management aspirant) I put forth a few points, we civil engineers must follow:
- Integrate the knowledge of other sciences
- Communicate effectively
- Design a system , component or process
- Strike a balance between physical and emotional demands
- Understand and follow professional and ethical responsibility
- Adapt to advanced construction technologies and methodologies
- Get sensitive to disaster management
- Look beyond this generation , for a sustainability future society
- Keep in mind the environmental challenges
- Adapting to technologies like DSS (decision support system), GIS (geographical information system) , laser survey instruments , satellite signals , photogram metric mapping space age fabrics , geo synthetics .
Civil engineers are today at the cutting edge of technology. I’m proud to be one.
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