Civil engineers do not only have one career path, those who specialize on a certain sub-discipline do different types of work and it ranges from coastal engineering to water resources engineering.Coastal engineering is one type of civil engineering and is concerned with the management of coastal areas. Coastal engineers make sure that flooding does not happen in coastal towns along with erosion caused by rains and flashfloods.

Construction engineering is another type of civil engineering and it involves site development, transportation, hydraulic, environmental, geotechnical and structural planning and execution. Most construction engineers focus on the business nature of civil engineering, they make sure that logistical operations are in order and they draft and review contracts so mistakes are prevented or lessened.

Another type of civil engineer is the earthquake engineer. This type of engineer makes sure that structures can withstand hazardous earthquakes. An earthquake engineer is a more specialized kind of structural engineer with the main objective of lessening the possibility of earthquakes destroying buildings or structures. Earthquake engineers foresee what happens to structures during earthquakes and try to design buildings that can cope with such disasters.
Environmental engineering, another subcategory of civil engineering deals with the remediation of contaminated areas.
Other subtypes of civil engineering include geotechnical engineering, water resources engineering, materials engineering, transportation engineering, and municipal or urban engineering among others.

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