The necessity of more structures warrants the demand of civil engineers who can guarantee standard services. Filipino civil engineers are known to be globally competitive. They exert full effort when doing projects to ensure their client’s contentment upon their performances. With this, vast number of Filipino civil engineers has achieved excellence advancing their trademark of their field of work nationwide and worldwide.
The success of engineers start at their training grounds. Civil engineers must practice their profession through quality education that they can get from universities that render the Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering Program. A lot of standard universities are available here in the Philippines such as the University of the Philippines (UP), De Las Salle University Manila (DLSU), Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU), University of Sto. Tomas (UST), and the University of Southeastern Philippines (USeP). These universities are certified by reliable accrediting associations such as the Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges, and Universities (PAASCU). Also, they produce excellent graduates that are among the CE Licensure Exam passers with high-passing rate.
The Demands of Civil Engineers in the 21st Century
Maurice Strong once said that “sustainable development will be impossible without the full input by the engineering profession”. With that being said, our growth in economy and population will always be paired with the change in the demand of civil engineers in the 21st Century. The demand of civil engineers and how it is affected by population growth, climate change and economic development is the focus of this study.
In the next 35 years, we will have a 38% increase in population, in other words, there will be a total of 9.6 billion people in the year 2050 (Worldmapper). With the increase in population, comes the increase in the need of energy. The demand of electricity is increasing and is likely to rise by more than two-thirds from 2011 to 2035 (World Nuclear Association). Thus, with our never ending thirst of energy, it is inevitable that the demand of civil engineers will increase rapidly. Our technological developments and expansion of urban areas also support the fact that civil engineers are in need nowadays.
Climate change also has an effect on the demand of civil engineers. There is strong evidence that the climate is changing and will continue to change. Civil engineers are involved in the planning, design, construction, operations and maintenance of physical infrastructures that are affected by this phenomenon. Global warming challenged the people to find alternative energy sources such as hydropower, wind power and solar power, thus requiring an increase in the number of civil engineers. Engineers all around the world are building more dams, more wind turbines, solar panels and other alternative energy sources in order to protect us and the environment.
In terms of the demand of civil engineers, Canada and the Middle East are the top two places with the most promising opportunities abroad. Expressed at an annualized rate, Canada’s gross domestic product expanded 2.3 percent, in line with market expectations (Trading Economics). The expansion of projects in Canada resulted to a huge demand of civil engineers. On the other hand, the economic growth in the Middle East is expected at 2.2 percent in 2015 (Global Economics Prospects, June 2015). Also, with the presence of huge quantities of oil in the Middle East and its continuous infrastructural development there is an increase of the demand of engineers, specifically civil engineers in that said place. The Philippines also had its share in economic development. In the third quarter of 2015, the gross domestic product of the Philippines grew year-on-year by 6.0 percent (Philippine Statistics Authority). This means that the demand of engineers is not only increasing abroad but also here in the Philippines.
Overall, in order to cope up with the economic development, population growth and climate change, civil engineers are in demand in the 21st century.