Future of Civil Engineering Professionals

After garnering so much knowledge and techniques in construction, a Civil Engineer can be said to be stable professionally. That is because the construction industry is willing to employ people who have the necessary abilities to build what is required by clients. Not to forget that there are other competitors from the field of construction. e. g. Architects. Nonetheless the construction world is wide and still expanding and many can fit in, especially those who have experience in the industry for at least more than 2 years. But how about those who just graduated from the universities with totally no experience in construction?

This is a question asked by many who dreamed to be great builders but realizing that the road towards the world of Construction is easy only for individuals with firsthand experience in the scope.

At a young age, many Civil Engineers enter the world of construction with virtually no weapon but the long learned mathematical skills garnered in the university. That's one reason why Architects are more prepared to enter the field than civil engineers are. Take note that a civil engineer in the Philippines can immediately take the Board exam for licensure without no OJT ( On the-Job-Training), and even without review. Meanwhile, Architects need to have at least two years experience on horizontal or vertical construction or any firm concerning construction.

Though there is a difference in the scope of the two, Architecture and Civil Engineering can enter each others scope unintentionally specially in the construction of Buildings and Land Development. Nowadays, either a Civil Engineer or an Architect are usually the ones who lead a construction project or who are called the Project Managers/ Project-in-charge. Seldom it is from other discipline of engineering.