module 3

• Services provided by Civil Engineers can be grouped into five broad categories:
• Consultations, research, investigations, and reports
• Design services for construction projects
• Construction services
• Special services for construction projects
• Engineering support services
• Academic services
• Services as an Employee
• Consultations, research, investigations, and reports:
• Deal with collecting, interpreting, and reporting information, formulating conclusions, and making recommendations
• Design services for construction projects:
• Required for each of the six typical phases of a construction project
• Six standard phases of a construction project and the engineering services for each are:
• Study and Report Phase
• Preliminary Design Phase
• Final Design Phase
• Bidding or Negotiating Phase
• Construction Phase
• Operation Phase
• Construction services:
• A registered civil engineer may engage in construction contracting after being licensed as a contractor by the Contractors Accreditation Board
• Special services for construction projects:
• May include investigations, reports, and activities beyond the scope of basic services
• Special services that may be provided by the Civil Engineer or negotiated with other firms or sub-consultants could include:
• Geotechnical engineering
• Special studies, tests, and process determinations
• Land surveys and establishment of boundaries
• Engineering and topographic surveys
• Value engineering
• Redesign to reflect changes requested by the client
• Engineering support services:
• Involve drafting, land and construction surveying, and other data gathering activities for specialized purposes
• Academic services:
• Involve teaching or training of prospective professionals and upgrading knowledge and skills of fellow professionals
• Services as an Employee:
• A Civil Engineer may engage to perform duties regularly for wages or salary paid by an employer
• Civil Engineers must follow the code of ethics and comply with standards and guidelines
• Government Civil Engineers employed by the Government shall be governed by existing laws and regulations