Today, civil engineers are in the forefront of technology.
Civil engineering is about community service, development, and improvement.
It involves the conception, planning, design, construction, and operation of facilities essential to modern life, ranging from transit systems to offshore structures to space satellites. Civil engineers are problem solvers, meeting the challenges of pollution, traffic congestion, drinking water and energy needs, urban redevelopment, and community planning. Chunnel Vision One of the most current and exciting civil engineering feats has linked Britain and France for the first time in 8,000 years. High-speed trains are now crossing the English Channel on a regular schedule. The Chrysler Building dominated New York's skyline for years until the opening of the Empire State Building which was soon surpassed by the World Trade Towers, the Sears Building in Chicago, and most recently the Petronas Towers in Malaysia.