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Engineering
Glean's
Construction & Engineering Co
Structural
Engineering
Structural engineers design economical structures
that satisfy requirements of safety, utility, and
durability. They oversee the building of
constructed facilities and investigate the
performance of structures that fail to perform as
expected. They design structures that resist
forces: a building must withstand the forces
induced by wind, earthquake, or blast: a bridge,
the forces induced by high winds and heavy
traffic; a dam, the flow of a river; and a
submarine, the pressures of deep water.
Construction Management
Construction engineers manage and direct
construction operations. Labor, materials, and
equipment are analysed for each job to determine
the proper quantity of each, ensuring
availability at the appropriate time and place.
Construction engineers are experts in many areas
because they deal with the different aspects of
civil engineering. They know the capabilities of
people, materials, and specifications into an
operation such as drilling deep into the ground
for a foundation or placing the cable over the
saddle at the top of a suspension bridge tower.
Of particular value to the construction engineer
in the decision-making process is the use of the
digital computer as a tool in planning,
scheduling, fiscal control, inventory,
estimating, and production rate forecasting.
Environmental Engineering
Environmental engineers have played an
increasingly important role in solving the
problems of air, land, and water contamination.
They develop technologies to reduce and eliminate
waters from manufacturing operations, and for
waste treatment and pollution prevention. They
design, construct, and operate systems that
purify water for drinking, industrial use, and
recreation. They also develop and implement
air-purification devices and models that describe
the transport and removal of contaminates in the
atmosphere. Protocols for solid and
hazardous-waste management are also developed and
implemented by environmental engineers. Many
environmental engineers develop plans and conduct
research to solve expanding human population.
The
Built Environment
The built environment is the result of
human intervention in the natural physical world,
where places with different characteristics and
identities are created, and the means to keep
them functional and interdependent are
established ...
Have
your cake and eat it too
Are
you about to embark on a new building project?
Many building projects require deliberation for
hours over design and construction methodologies.
Should we hire an architect for design and then
competitively invite quality building contractors
for quotation? Do we select a single point
design-build firm for both architectural design
and actual construction? ...
Building
your Dream Homes
Getting Started - Building your own home
is the biggest investment most of us will ever
make, and good cost control is essential. What
will it cost? - Get more than one quotation from
different builders. Compare the quotes received
to that of a similar house built in the same
location you intend...
Update
2006 report after Ivan
Hurricane
Ivan Report
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