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Roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, sewage systems, pipelines, structural components of buildings, and railroads are all examples of public works that fall under the purview of civil engineering, which is a professional engineering discipline concerned with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment. Historically, civil engineering has been divided into several specializations. Civil engineering is practiced in both the public and private sectors; in the public sector, it can be found anywhere from municipal public works departments to federal government agencies. In the private sector, it can be found anywhere from local firms to global Fortune 500 companies. The history of civil engineering is inextricably linked to developments in the understanding of physics and mathematics, as civil engineering is the application of physical and scientific principles to solving society's problem structures, materials science, geography, geology, soils, hydrology, environmental science, mechanics, project management, and many other fields all contribute to the development of civil engineering.

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  1. American Concrete Institute (ACI)
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  2. American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC)
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  3. American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
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  4. American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)
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  5. American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
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  6. Association for Bridge Construction and Design (ABCD)
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  7. Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE)
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  8. Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA)
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  9. Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI)
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  10. Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)
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  11. International Association of Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE)
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  12. International Code Council (ICC)
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  13. International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC)
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  14. International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association (ITA-AITES)
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  15. National Council of Structural Engineers Associations (NCSEA)
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  16. National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE)
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  17. Society for Protective Coatings (SSPC)
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  18. Structural Engineers Association International (SEA)
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Top Journals
  1. Automation in Construction
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  2. Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering
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  3. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing
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  4. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives
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  5. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological
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  6. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies
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  7. Transportation Research, Part A: Policy and Practice
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  8. Transportation Research, Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review
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  9. Transportation Science
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  10. Water Research
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