Tasks and responsibilities

Determining construction methods, materials and quality standards, and
drafting and interpreting specifications, drawings, plans, construction methods
and procedures

Organising and directing site labour and the delivery of construction
materials, plant and equipment, and establishing detailed programs for the
coordination of site activities

Obtaining soil and rock samples at different depths across sites and
testing samples to determine strength, compressibility and other factors that
affect the behaviour of soil and rock when a structure is imposed and
determining the safe loading for the soil

Studying architectural and engineering drawings and specifications to
estimate total costs, and preparing detailed cost plans and estimates as tools
to assist in budgetary control

Monitoring changes to designs, assessing effects on cost, and measuring,




valuing and negotiating variations to designs

Analysing structural systems for both static and dynamic loads

Designing structures to ensure they do not collapse, bend, twist or
vibrate in undesirable ways

Assessing present and future travel flow patterns taking into account
population increase and needs change

Designing the physical aspects of transportation systems such as
highways, railroads, urban transit, air transportation, logistical supply
systems and their terminals