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Civil Engineering
Civil engineering is one of the oldest disciplines in the engineering field. From the pyramids of Egypt to the exploration of space, civil engineers have been a key part of some of the largest and most exciting construction projects ever undertaken that have resulted in man-made wonders of the modern world. The Great Wall of China and the Chunnel are two examples of civil engineering masterpieces.
- The 2,300 year-old Great Wall of China, stretches over 6,000 miles. Its main purpose was to guard against invaders from the north.
- The 31-mile long Chunnel, the longest undersea tunnel ever built, connects England and France.
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 As a Bates civil engineering student, you will use software programs that include Autodesk Civil 3D, CadreLite, Hydrocad, GIS programs, Word and Excel to prepare engineering plans, specifications and calculations. You will become proficient in coordinate systems, lengths, directions, slopes, bearings, areas, volumes, weights, densities, moments, forces, reactions, flows, and loads in preparation for your civil engineering technician career. The classroom closely resembles a civil engineering / surveying firm, giving you practice in many aspects of the profession — civil, structural, route surveying, defining project requirements, conducting survey/field work, field engineering, designing, construction staking, drafting, estimating, modeling, and client presentation of projects. |
As a civil engineering technician graduate working with a project engineer, you might find yourself surveying a federal highway project in Yellowstone National Park; you could prepare critical plans, specifications and inspect improvements to I-5 with WSDOT; you might review construction plans and prepare bid estimates on a dam in California and write an environmental impact statement; or you could create digital terrain models for equipped construction grading equipment. |
 Population growth will require the better design of infrastructures, larger and safer buildings, the improvement of cities and transportation systems, the purification of air and water. Opportunities for trained civil engineering professionals is universal. As with most careers, success begins with a solid education. That education is available at Bates Technical College.
For more information on the Civil Engineering program, or for a personal tour of the classroom/laboratory, contact:
E. J. Fancett, PE, Instructor, 253.680.7341, ejfancett @ bates.ctc.edu
Monica Schumaker, Career Specialist, 253.680.7006, mschumaker@bates.ctc.edu
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