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Engineering

25/08/05

What is engineering is never clearly explained. Below is one description of different parts of INFRA. To the concept infra belongs following parts:

  • transportation
  • water and environment
  • building services and telecom.

Normally the services are divided to consulting and engineering.

Parts of building services and telecom are the following:

  • EPCM, including Engineering, Procurement and construction management
  • Real Estate Consultin, including Performance Development, Strategic Sourcing,
    Investment Projects, Sustainability Management and Life Cycle Management.
  • Engineering, including Civil and Structural Engineering, Electrical Engineering, HVAC, Ventilation, Building Management Systems, Clean Room Technologies.

What is engineering?

In order to build the Pantheon, the world’s largest dome for over a thousand years, the Romans carved an oculus, or opening, at the top to lighten the load. Engineers still take on projects like the Pantheon. But they also work on everything  from robots small enough to fit into the human body to new ways of breaking the sound barrier.

A general engineering major at the associate’s degree level provides solid preparation for any type of engineering degree at the bachelor’s level. And if you decide to earn a bachelor’s degree in general engineering, you will study many different fields of engineering and business. You could then go on to coordinate teams of engineers, oversee product development from invention to market, or use your engineering know-how in a nonengineering field, such as law or medicine. Engineering majors learn to use science and math to solve practical problems and help create everything from assembly lines and oil-drilling techniques to spacecraft and MP3-players.

Architectural engineering programs combine architecture and engineering. Majors learn about the links between design and construction. Work covers such topics as building materials and construction methods.

Civil engineering majors learn how to use math and science to design big construction projects. Topics covered include the calculation of how much weight a structure will hold and the environmental issues that surround construction.

As an electrical engineering major, you’ll study electricity: how it works, how it’s generated, and how it’s used to power everything from lightbulbs and radios to cell phones and robots. You’ll also learn how to design your own electric-powered projects.

Students of environmental science learn how the physical and biological processes that shape the natural world interact. They also look at how we affect nature and come up with solutions to environmental problems. “Environmental science requires a creative and imaginative approach, one that zips together a working knowledge of physics, chemistry, and biology.”

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