Structural Engineers are hired by industry, all levels of government and consulting firms to help design and supervise the construction of structures such as bridges, dams, towers and buildings of all sizes, plus the layout and construction of highways and pipelines. Some are hired by the contractors to supervise and organize the workforce involved in a project.

Construction of the Great White roller coaster at Wildwood, New Jersey photos courtesy of Kenneth Denton More pictures and web links.

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Construction of the world's largest Ferris wheel, the London Eye Millennium Wheel. It stands 450ft high (135 metres). photos courtesy of John A. Butler

January 2000, the gondolas were put in place.

Take the A Frame: 01/07/1999 issue of the New Civil Engineer Eye's wide open in time for Millennium - 14/10/99 issue of the New Civil Engineer Scanned with permission of NCE

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Civil Engineers are also hired by oil & gas companies to assist in the layout and construction of pipelines. This is a natural gas pipeline crossing the Thompson River on Highway 1 in British Columbia.

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