Civil engineer
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A civil engineer is a person who practices civil engineering – the application of planning, designing, constructing, maintaining, and operating infrastructure while protecting the public and environme
Tennessee Valley Authority civil engineers monitoring water flow on a scale model of Tellico Dam
While all civil engineers tend to spend at least some time working "on site", much of the modern civil engineering work is done in offices, working with plans or computers.
John Smeaton
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John Smeaton was an English civil engineer responsible for the design of bridges, canals, harbours and lighthouses. He was also a capable mechanical engineer and an eminent scholar, who introduced var
Portrait by Mather Brown
John Smeaton by George Romney, 1779 (detail), National Portrait Gallery, London
Smeaton's Lighthouse
Granite bust by Philip Chatfield in Smeaton's Tower Plymouth