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Period: 2630 BCE to 2611 BCE
The earliest Civil Engineer
The earliest civil engineer known by name is Imhotep. As one of the officials of the Pharaoh, Djosèr, he probably designed and supervised the construction of the Pyramid of Djoser (a Step Pyramid) at Saqqara in Egypt -
The first proclaimed Civil Engineer in the World
The first self-proclaimed civil engineer was John Smeaton, who constructed the Eddystone Lighthouse. In 1771 Smeaton and some of his colleagues formed the Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers, a group of leaders of the profession who met informally over dinner. -
Gridley Bryant
Gridley Bryant was an American construction engineer who ended up building the first commercial railroad in the United States and inventing most of the basic technologies involved in it -
George Stephenson, "The Father of Railways"
George Stephenson was an English civil engineer and mechanical engineer. ... George also built the first public inter-city railway line in the world to use locomotives, the Liverpool and Manchester Railway which opened in 1830. -
Henry Philibert Gaspard Darcy
Henry Philibert Gaspard Darcy was a French engineer who made several important contributions to hydraulics including Darcy’s law for flow in porous media In 1848 he became Chief Engineer for the département of which Dijon is the capital -
Alfred P. Boller
Alfred Pancoast Boller was a civil engineer and bridge designer. He was the chief engineer on several bridge building projects during the late 1800 and early 1900s .During 1866 Boller served as Chief Bridge Engineer for the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad and as Chief Engineer of Hudson River Railroad. -
James Buchanan Eads
Captain James Buchanan Eads was a world-renowned American civil engineer and inventor, holding more than 50 patents.Eads designed and built the first road and rail bridge to cross the Mississippi River at St. Louis. The Eads Bridge, constructed from 1867 through 1874, was the first bridge of a significant size with steel as its primary material, and it was the longest arch bridge in the world when completed.. -
The Brooklyn Bridge, Part 1
John Augustus Roebling was a German-born American civil engineer. He designed and built wire rope suspension bridges, in particular the Brooklyn Bridge, which has been designated as a National Historic Landmark and a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark. -
The Brooklyn Bridge, Part 2
Washington Augustus Roebling was an American civil engineer best known for supervising the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, which was initially designed by his father John A. Roebling. -
The Brooklyn Bridge
Emily Warren Roebling is known for her contribution to the completion of the Brooklyn Bridge after her husband Washington Roebling developed caisson disease -
Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Famous Engineer
Isambard Kingdom Brunel had overseen the construction of 25 railway lines, hundreds of bridges including five suspension bridges, eight pier and dock systems, three major ships, and a prefabricated hospital.Brunel was appointed engineer on 7 March 1833 and it's probable that it was Brunel who christened the new line the "Great Western Railway" — the name appears in his diary in August 1833. The Parliament Bill authorising its construction was passed on 31 August 1835. -
The Eiffel Tower by Gustave Eiffel
The French engineer ,Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, is best known for the Eiffel Tower, which he built in Paris in 1889. Born in Dijon, Gustave Eiffel studied at the École Polytechnique and the École Centrale in Paris.Gustave Eiffel is renowned for the tower in Paris that bears his name. -
Woman Engineer, Nora Stanton Blatch Barney
Nora Stanton Blatch Barney was an English-born U.S. civil engineer, architect, and suffragist. Barney was among the first women to graduate with an engineering degree in US. She was the granddaughter of Elizabeth Cady Stanton.n 1909, she began working as an engineer for the Radley Steel Construction Company then she was working for the New York Public Service Commission as an assistant engineer. -
The KRS was built by M.Vishweshwaraiah
Diwan Sir M Vishweshwaraiah of Mysore planned and built the gardens in connection with the construction of the dam. The KRS (Krishna Raja Sagara) Dam was the first to install automated Crest gates during 1920 which was initiated by Sir. M V. Display items include a musical fountain.The KRS Dam was built across river Kaveri, the life giving river for the Mysore and Mandya districts -
Engineer services
Warren Abraham Bechtel was the founder of the Bechtel Corporation, one of the world's largest engineering and construction services firms.In 1919, He and his partners (including his brother Arthur) built the Klamath Highway in California, and in 1921 Warren Bechtel partners won a contract to build the water tunnels for the Caribou Hydroelectric Facility in that state. In 1925, Warren A. Bechtel's sons Warren Jr., Stephen, and Ken joined him and incorporated as W.A. Bechtel Company. -
Engineer Services, Part 2
Stephen Davison Bechtel was the son of Clara Alice West and Warren A. Bechtel, the founder of the Bechtel Corporation. He was the president of the company from 1933 through 1960 -
Engineer Services, Part 3
Kenneth Karl Bechtel was the son of Warren A. Bechtel, the founder of the Bechtel Corporation. In 1925, Ken Bechtel joined his father Warren A. Bechtel and brothers Warren Jr. and Stephen, and incorporated as W.A. Bechtel Company.
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There are no Ugly Bridges
Othmar Hermann Ammann was a Swiss-American structural engineer whose bridge designs include the George Washington Bridge, Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, and Bayonne Bridge. He also directed the planning and construction of New York City's Lincoln Tunnel. His words "It is a crime to build an ugly bridge" -
Arthur Casagrande
Arthur Casagrande was an Austrian-born American civil engineer who made important contributions to the fields of engineering geology and geotechnical engineering during its infancy.In 1932, Casagrande moved to Harvard University where he would later be promoted to a newly created chair of soil mechanics and foundation engineering in 1946.And he was credited for organizing the first ever International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering in 1936 -
The Metro Man, E. Sreedharan
Elattuvalapil Sreedharan is an Indian civil engineer and a retired Indian Engineering Service officer popularly known as the "Metro Man. He is credited for changing the face of public transport in India with his leadership in building the Konkan Railway and the Delhi Metro while he served as the managing director of Delhi Metro between 1995 and 2012 -
Civil Engineering today
Civil engineers plan, design, and oversee the construction of buildings and other structures. These include bridges, dams, roads, railways, and sewers. The Education is a 4 year College or University. The Earnings are from $51,000-$119,000. The workplace is work for engineering firms, manufacturing and construction companies, and government agencies
