Tag: Civil Engineering

  • Maximizing Project Success: The Importance of Appropriate Level Scheduling in Project Planning

    Maximizing Project Success: The Importance of Appropriate Level Scheduling in Project Planning

    Today, I want to share my thoughts and experiences on schedule levels in project planning. I know that the term “level” may not seem exciting, but trust me, communication is key when it comes to project planning and scheduling. And using the right terms in the right way is crucial for effective communication and understanding. […]

  • The Types of Bridges

    The Types of Bridges

    Bridges are essential when it comes to passing all kind of gaps/spans for civil engineers so the types of bridges as well. When we have discussed any kind and any types of bridges there can be complications especially with the less experienced civil engineers, even I had confusions in the past, moreover if English is […]

  • Construction of Bored Piles Video

    Construction of Bored Piles Video

    Recently, I have shifted to Nigeria and as the part of  our project, we need to build several bridges which we had problems/challenges at the construction of Bored Piles. The designers decided on cast-in-place bored piles. The first problem was due to the river bed strata there was a thought of using permanent casing but it […]

  • How to Build Speed Humps

    I should admit that I am a bit obsessed with speed humps, especially as a civil engineer how to build speed humps which I see a lot of speed humps which are just built without any projection nor calculation; some too short, some too high and some with so short intervals that I saw three […]

  • Engineering in the Ancient World

    Lets talk about the ancient world and especially “Engineering in the Ancient World” through a book named as same as the topic which I have read recently which have enlightened me about some topics especially hydraulic engineering. Especially the topic “Water supplies and engineering” was my favorite as it answered many questions in my mind […]

  • Engineering Highlights from the London Olympics

    Olympic Games 2012 – London ended yesterday after the closing ceremony. There were many discussions on medals, countries, etc. But another issue was the engineering highlights from the London Olympics and of course the civil engineering side of the games; Phases through design, plan & built, how they will manage, what is the plans after […]

  • Civil Engineer Career Path

    Most of the new graduates have the same question in their mind about their career path as a civil engineer; “Which way is the best for my career “and of course “how I can plan my career path”. On my side there are a lot of ways and branches for creating or determining your path […]