What is civil engineering?

Designing, creating and connecting the world.

Civil engineering is everything you see that's been built around us. It's about roads and railways, schools, offices, hospitals, water and power supply, and much more.

Civil and infrastructure engineers help make our villages, towns and cities work for the people that live there.

Have a look at all our infrastructure projects to see some of the work that they do.

Civil engineering explained

Civil engineers create, improve and protect the environment in which we live.

Infrastructure projects

Learn about what impact infrastructure projects around the world have had on their local, and wider, communities.

Meet the engineers

Hear stories from those who work, or have worked, as civil and infrastructure engineers.