Comparing Architects And Civil Engineering

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Introduction
Architects and civil engineers are both very popular job choices across the world. Both occupations have similar purposes: the design and planning of buildings, spaces, and other structures. The main difference between the two is in what regard they focus on when designing a project. Civil engineers are predominantly concerned with the overall functionality of the project and often take into account cost, materials, ecological impact, physics, and even aspects of sociology when determining what and where would be best for a project. Similarly, architects consider cost and materials when designing but will mainly concern themselves with the aesthetics of a project and how they will interact and coexist with the surrounding location. …show more content…

The correlation to in increased growth in civil engineers and lack of growth in Architect leads to seem that civil engineers are taking on more duties that in the past were geared toward architects. The boom of technology has also affected the industry as many Architects and civil engineers use drawing and sketches to provide detail in their projects. Inclusion of 3D models and CAD software has become more relevant than paper.
What we found to be interesting is that while architects are required to participate in internships to acquire their license while civil engineers come out of college being able to go straight into a job. This is interesting because a degree in architecture is usually five years and many go into a master’s of one to five years and still don’t come out being about to work without an internship. Meanwhile civil engineering degrees are usually four years with many states meeting the criteria for obtaining their PE license with earning their …show more content…

The general consensus is that civil engineering is of a higher position in the social hierarchy than architecture and contributes to a higher social class. This has significant evidence in the information gathered from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The mean annual salary for both jobs increased by about the same amount over the observed decade but this resulted in civil engineering maintaining a higher average wage each year. Both jobs experienced overall growth in the number of employees over the past decade but as expected, they both found a period of brief decline during the economic recession from 2008 to 2010 but they’ve bounced back to have higher employee counts than they ever had before. Even that starting salaries have seen growth by examining the salary of the bottom ten percent over the observed decade. Despite the recession in the late 2000’s, the bottom 10 percent continued to gain salary for both positions. However, civil engineering once again reigns supreme with a large lead in starting salary. This information provides some useful insight for sociologists hoping to understand the trends in society to value the work of one job more so than another. Lastly, there is a blatant answer to the question posed by this analysis. The salaries and employment levels point to their being a distinct

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