2007-01-14 04:20:55 · 6 answers · asked by Micutzu 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
Civil engineering is the general term for any engineer who designs public structures (including buildings, dams, highways, etc.) Structural engineers are a subgroup of Civil and are those who specifically deal only with the actual design of the structure's "bones" -- what gives a structure its fundamental shape and strength (mainly steel and concrete).
If you thought of a building as a human body, the Structural Engineer would design the skeleton, the Civil would design the muscles and skin, the Mechanical would design the lungs, digestive and circulatory systems and the Electrical would design the brains, sensory organs and nerves.
2007-01-14 05:05:50 · answer #1 · answered by c_kayak_fun 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Structural Engineering is a sub specialty of Civil Engineering.
2007-01-14 04:55:30 · answer #2 · answered by David W 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Structural engineering is a field of specialization within Civil engineering.
2007-01-14 04:54:26 · answer #3 · answered by daitanaka 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Civil engineering deals with layout of land on the face of earth. Structural engineering deals with strength of various types of structures.
2007-01-14 17:15:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
First you get a civil engineers lincense. Then if you want to design buildings over four stories tall or if you want to design schools you need to take another test to become a structural engineer.
2007-01-14 05:00:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not exactly
2007-01-14 04:24:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋