A civil engineer is a person who plans, designs, and constructs roads, bridges, harbours, and public buildings. An engineer trained in the design and construction of public works, such as bridges or dams, and other large facilities.civil engineering n
In many countries such as Norway, Sweden and Austria, the term "civil engineer" simply means non-military engineer, as it did originally in the UK, where it is now restricted to the branch of engineering dealing with public works , construction etc Thus in Austria we find that a geodetic engineer is a subset of "civil ingenieur" and the English "civil engineer" translates as "bauingenieur"