Dictionary of Civil Engineering

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Civil Engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the Design, Construction, and Maintenance of the Physical and Naturally built Environment, including works like bridges, roads, canals, dams, and buildings. It is one of the oldest Engineering Disciplines, since Civil Engineers of one form or another have been around ever since humans started building major public works such as roads, bridges, tunnels, and large public buildings. It is also an incredibly broad discipline, spanning treatment of Environmental Issues, Transportation, Power Generation, and Major Structures.This Dictionary is a comprehensive compilation of terms used in Civil Engineering. The clear and concise presentation of this dictionary will easily clarify often confusing concepts and correct other lexicological errors. This work will be an invaluable tool not only for Civil Engineers, but also for Contractors, Engineering and Design Departments, Architects and all who involved with this discipline.

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Martin Fernandezis by professional a civil engineer. He also holds professional qualifications in IT. Started his career as a civil engineer, he has been responsible for some big projects, including schools and city academics, as well as helping secure projects overseas. After working for 10 years in the corporate world, he changed his career to teaching. As a teacher, he made himself accessible to students, serves as a mentor, draws on his many years of corporate experience, displays personal integrity, and discusses individual responsibility to society. The areas on which his research work focuses and decision making in conceptual designa dn providing technologies to support collaboration between people who are georaphically remote for one another.He has been on the editorial boards of reputed professional journals and participated in a number of international conferences and workshops. He has so far published more than twenty articles and edited five books. As a part of his profession, he travelled all over the world.