Discovering the WORLD

1. John Bradfield Dr. John Jacob "Job" Crew Bradfield CMG (26 December 1867 – 23 September 1943) was a prominent Australian engineer who is best known for his work overseeing the design and building of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Bradfield was the designer and consulting engineer for the Story Bridge, Brisbane. He also designed the Cataract and Burrinjuck Dams. In October 1938 Bradfield published a proposal (known as the Bradfield Scheme) for diverting some coastal rivers of Queensland onto the western side of the Great Dividing Range. However, it was never implemented. Bradfield designed the Circular Quay railway station. 2. John Rennie the Elder John Rennie FRSE FRS (7 June 1761 – 4 October 1821) was a Scottish civil engineer who designed many bridges, canals, and docks. In 1791, he moved to London and set up his own engineering business, having by then begun to expand into civil engineering, particularly the construction of canals. His early projects i...

1. E. Sreedharan Elattuvalapil Sreedharan  is a retired  Indian Engineering Service  (IES) officer popularly known as the "Metro Man". He is regarded as legend of India. He is credited for changing the face of public transport in India by his leadership for building the  Konkan Railway  and the  Delhi Metro  when he served as the managing director of Delhi Metro between 1995–2012.   He was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2001,  the Padma Vibhushan in 2008,  the  Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur   in 2005 and named one of Asia's Heroes by TIME magazine in 2003. 2.   George Stephenson George Stephenson  (9 June 1781 – 12 August 1848) was an English  civil engineer  and  mechanical engineer  who built the first public inter-city railway line in the world to use  steam locomotives , the  Liverpool and Manchester Railway  which  opened in ...

The Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge, also known as the Pearl Bridge, has the longest central span of any suspension bridge. The central span is a staggering 1,991 meters, or 6,532 ft. It took a century to overcome deep waters, strong winds, and high chance of earthquakes to build the Rion-Antirion Bridge. Completed in 2004, it spans the Gulf of Corinth and won an Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement award. The Netherlands North Sea Protection Works is a marvel of coastal engineering created to protect a large area of land around the Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt delta from the sea. The Millennium Force Roller Coaster in Sandusky, Ohio, is the world’s tallest (310 feet) and fastest (92 mph) roller coaster, and is supported by 226 footers using 9,400 yards of concrete. It took 175 truckloads of steel to create the frame. </div> <div> the Hoover Dam, standing 726.4 feet high, is one of the tallest concrete dams ever built and created...

In the 18th century, the term “civil engineering” came into use to describe engineering work that was performed by civilians for nonmilitary purposes. Smeaton was the first self-proclaimed civil engineer, and often regarded as the "father of civil engineering". The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) was founded in a coffee shop in London in 1818 by eight young civil engineers, the youngest was 19. The first degree in Civil Engineering in the United States was awarded by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1835. The first civil engineering degree to be awarded to a woman was granted by Cornell University to Nora Stanton Blatch in 1905. The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) was founded in 1852. It is the oldest national engineering society in the United States.