Monday, November 7, 2011

Architect or Civil Engineer??


Well? This is an issue between the architecture and engineers but seems there are no clear conversations about this. What should be the responsibilities and tasks by the two profession when it comes to planning of a certain structure? 


Anyway, what is architecture? According to Wikipedia, Architecture is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural and political symbols and as works of art. Let's study the words "planning, designing and construction", planning is the foundation of a proposed project, this is were the layout and placing of the different part of the structure is being planned, designing consist of the aesthetic part of the building and how about the construction, construction is the actual practice of performing the plan. Architects are not taking an important role in the construction, since in order to be successful in a certain project, we need skilled laborers for the construction.


What is Civil Engineering? Again, according to Wikipedia, Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including works like roadsbridgescanalsdams, and buildings. A civil engineer takes an important role in the design of the project, for an engineer is responsible in the allocation of materials to be used in the design of the structure, the availability and cost of the materials used in the building of the structure. Maintenance is also a task to be made by the engineer since engineer plans the internal reactions of the columns, slabs, floors etc, for the safety of the people who will use the structure.


Architects and Civil Engineers both play an important role to accomplish a certain project. It doesn't matter whether both of the profession takes bigger responsibility, important is they should be concern of the good result of the project. ^^

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