Glean Construction and Engineering

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.