Building engineering

AKA architectural engineering, Construction and Building Engineering

Building engineering is a engineering discipline which concerns planning, design, operation, construction, renovation, and maintenance of buildings, as well as with their impact on the environment. It is useful for building construction projects that are increasingly large and complex. The discipline requires knowledge integrated from well established disciplines, such as: Civil engineering for building structures and foundation; Mechanical engineering; Physics for building science; Electrical engineering for energy distribution; control electrical systems; Chemistry and biology for indoor air quality; Architecture for form; Economics for project management.
Building engineers are trained in all phases of a construction life cycle.

Technical problems are identified and solutions found to improve performance of a building in areas such as: Energy efficiency; construction management; HVAC and control systems; indoor air quality; advanced building materials; building envelope; earthquake resistance; wind effect on buildings; CAD.
A building engineer can work as a consulting engineer, design engineer, construction manager, cost engineer, facility manager, project manager, conservation utility director, HVAC engineer, operation manager, process engineer, or research and development.

Specializations in Building Engineering
Building Indoor Environment: environmental aspects in design, analysis and operation of energy efficient, healthy and comfortable buildings.
Building Envelope : A building envelope is the exterior assembly that encloses the interior space of a building. It serves as the outer shell to protect the indoor environment as well as to facilitate its climate control. Building envelope design is an application area that draws from all areas of building engineering, especially building science and indoor climate control. Building envelope design includes four major performance objectives: Structural integrity; Moisture control; Temperature control; Control of air pressure boundaries.
Building science : collection of scientific knowledge that focuses on the analysis and control of the physical phenomena affecting buildings. This includes the detailed analysis of building materials and building envelope systems.
Construction Management : construction techniques, construction processes, planning, scheduling; project tracking and control, labour and industrial relations, and legal issues in construction.
Building Structure: concerned principles of structural mechanics, material behavior and their applications to the analysis and design of steel, reinforced concrete and timber building structures.
Computer Aided Engineering : Even though computers are used in architecture engineering construction industry, their present use is limited to drafting, analysis, cost estimation, member sizing, and construction management.
Energy Efficiency: Is also an application area which draws from building science and building environment areas.

Education
Building engineers normally have an accredited academic degree with a concentration in building engineering from a recognized university. The completed degree may be designated as a Bachelor of Engineering, Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Applied Science. Some building engineers may want to pursue a postgraduate degree such as a Master of Engineering; Master of Applied Science; an Engineer's degree, or a Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering. The Master and Engineer's degree may consist of either research, coursework or a mixture of the two.

Some say it is key to have innovative industry-relevant research in departments, to draw in funding.

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