Civil Engineer Vs Architect

From the inception of a construction project to its final construction, both civil engineer and architect play their parts to complete the projects. Many people don’t know what role a civil engineer plays and what role an architect plays. Particularly in Nepal, people call their architects as engineers and civil engineers as engineers too. But the works of a civil engineer and an architect are very different to each other.

The primary difference between a civil engineer and an architect is that architecture focuses on aesthetics and spatial utilization of the structure along with artistic qualities, functionality and feel. Civil engineer doesn’t know all these- he knows about how the structure performs during earthquake, how the load passes safely to the foundation and how to construct each of the elements designed by an architect.

The lead among these two in the design process is architect. A civil engineer discusses about structural requirement with architect so that architect can make necessary changes in the design to make it structurally feasible. Architect and civil engineers cooperate with each other to complete the design process

Civil engineer and Architect Relationship

The relationship between a civil engineer and architect is very close because workflow often goes hand on hand. An architect makes a draft design according to a client’s requirement. The civil engineer thinks of structural elements that make the design feasible for construction. If a civil engineer thinks some modifications according to the technology, material availability and cost parameters, he tells it to architect and the architect modifies the design, keeping in view the clients requirement once again.

Civil engineer and architect should maintain their cooperative relationship during construction too. Different difficulties might arise during the construction and the design needs to be changed. The architect needs to make sure whether the change in design still makes the space well utilized or not. The method of construction is assigned by the civil engineer and the result of such a construction have to be overseen by the architect.

Civil engineers and architect rely on each other for completion of the project from conceptual design to finishing and this makes their relationship very close with each other.

Civil engineer and architect difference

The basic difference between a civil engineer and an architect is that a civil engineer is concerned about structural design, method of construction and maintaining the quality of construction whereas an architect is concerned about the feel, utilization of space, aesthetics and final finishing of the structure. Both civil engineer and architect are focused on durability of the building, but civil engineers ensure that a structure is durable enough structurally.

Regarding the knowledge, the civil engineer is much more technically advanced than an architect. Civil engineering requires rigorous mathematics whereas architecture is more of drafting and an artistic sense than doing mathematics. A simple knowledge of mathematics is given to the architect whereas civil engineer requires advanced mathematics. Contrary to architects, civil engineers solve complex problems in the field when architects are sitting in the design office visualizing the design in the field.

Civil engineer and architecture dual degree

If you are interested in doing civil engineering as a career, many universities in Europe and America region provide civil and architecture dual degree. While the dual degree will give you opportunities for a wider variety of job opportunities, you will understand the need of clients better after you do the dual degree. Additionally, you will have a bigger network of professional circle and a wider recognition, giving you a wide set of clients. You will also have a great earning potential because employers prefer a single person who can fully complete the job rather than two different individuals.

 Civil engineer and architect near me

If you are constructing a residential or commercial buildings, both the looks and structural safety and reliability of the building matters. That’s why you require both civil engineer and architect. You would hire a better architecture if you are constructing a commercial building because your building will attract better commercial brands if your building is attractive. If you are planning to construct a building recently, skillsewa has good team of engineers and architects having years of experience and plenty of ongoing projects you can refer to as testimonials.