Category: Portland Civil Engineers
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Portland Civil Engineers
Located only minutes from Oregon. of Portland, Firstone Engineering LLC should be considered for your next project among Portland Civil Engineers. Our company is very professional and knowledgeable to help guide your commercial, industrial, or residential project. We are competitive with even the largest civil engineering firms in Portland, and we will strive to exceed…
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Materials Science and Engineering
Materials Science and Engineering is a sub-discipline of civil engineering and is a study of the fundamental properties and characteristics of materials. A materials civil engineer designs ceramics, metals and polymers used in construction. For example, concrete, asphalt, aluminum, steel, carbon fibers, etc.
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Construction Engineering
Construction Engineering is a sub-discipline of civil engineering and is a field of study to understand the process of construction, including how to successfully carry out construction projects that may include designs from several other civil engineer sub-disciplines such as geotechnical, water resources, environmental, structural, etc.
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Earthquake Engineering
Earthquake Engineering is a study of how structures will react during earthquakes and interact with the movement of the ground. This is a sub-discipline of structural civil engineering, and involves designing and constructing new buildings/structures, or renovating and updating them to be in compliance with safety and building codes.
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Geotechnical Engineering
Geotechnical Engineering is a sub-discipline of civil engineering and is the study of the earth’s materials, such as rock and soil, and understanding their material properties and behavior under varying conditions (such as seasonal changes, temperature changes, shrink, swell). Geotechnical civil engineers conduct tests, prepare reports, provide recommendations for construction, and observe and advise during…
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Structural Engineering
Structural Engineering is a sub-discipline of civil engineering and is the study of structural analysis of buildings/structures. Structural civil engineers take into account the weight of the structure, dead loads, and live loads, as well as natural forces such as snow, wind, earthquake loads, to design safe structures that will successfully support those anticipated loads.
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Transportation Engineering
Transportation Engineering is a sub-discipline of civil engineering that studies moving people and products in the many forms of transportation, such as vehicles on streets, boats in canals, trains on railways, planes at airports, shipping boats at ports, and mass transit systems. Designs by transportation civil engineers take into consideration traffic safety of vehicles, bicycles,…
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Municipal or Urban Engineering
Municipal or Urban Engineering is a sub-discipline of civil engineering and is the study of the design of municipal infrastructure, such as streets, sidewalks, parking lots, water supplies, sewer systems, utilities, lighting, etc. Municipal and urban engineers are often civil engineers who may work directly for public agencies or be outside consultants hired by those…