Making Experts Accessible to All

Question 1

Who are we?

Our Mission

Making Experts Accessible to All

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Xpert - is a social learning app to help you learn from the best. We are not your regular online course, but rather an experience that is beyond regular classes, lectures & assignments. We have India's top experts across each profession share their experiences, opinions, techniques & advice accumulated over the lifetime of their careers.

Question 2

What is Civil Engineering?

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Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, sewerage systems, pipelines, structural components of buildings, and railways.Civil engineering is traditionally broken into a number of sub-disciplines. It is considered the second-oldest engineering discipline after military engineering,and it is defined to distinguish non-military engineering from military engineering.

Question 3

What are the qualities of a Civil Engineer?

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While soft skills like leadership and communication are critical to civil engineering, civil engineers also require hard skills, particularly technical skills. They must be skilled in math and physics, as well as map reading, reviewing blueprints, design techniques, and computer-aided design (CAD) software.Not everyone knows that they want to be an entrepreneur. Civil engineers are often confronted with complex problems and must be able to identify the most reasonable approach in dealing with them, as well as effectively and accurately assess the strengths and weaknesses of possible solutions.Here are some common qualities that good civil engineer holds::

Question 4

Who are the top Civil Engineers?

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The most famous civil engineers of the world include:Carlos Slim, John Smeaton, Benjamin Wright, Squire Whipple, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Henry Bessemer, Arthur Casagrande.

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Live the present intensely and fully, do not let the past be a burden, and let the future be an incentive.

-Carlos Slim
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It is contrary to the usual practice of professional men to give their opinions upon each other's work unless regularly called upon in the way of their profession.

-John Smeaton, Father of Civil Engineering
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Cheerfulness in most cheerful people is the rich and satisfying result of strenuous discipline.

-Squire Whipple, Civil Engineer

Question 5

How can you start as a Civil Engineer?

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Work out what you have to offer to the market, and make sure there is a niche for your company. Define your value proposition before you create your engineering consulting business plan. Think of it as the starting point from which you will develop the firm. Write it down and make your value proposition your mantra.As a business owner, start small. Civil engineers can target real estate firms, construction companies, and local governments, for example. Architecture companies also often require the work of civil engineers, as do contractors, city governments, and regular consumers.

Question 6

What are the challenges of being a Civil Engineer?

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The first challenge is one’s action to be consistent with standard engineering practices and engineering standard laid down, The engineer need to understand definitions, requirements, quality control and evaluation of conformity. The standard is a framework around which clients and their consultants, or designers, can build a specification. The executing team should understand in full the requirement laid down by the Clients and the Consulting engineer and the site engineer needs to revolve all the activities converging and conforming to these specifications. The Civil Engineer solves problems on a construction site as they arise. They don’t have problems everyday but whenever they occur they solve them.

Question 7

How can you learn
Civil Engineering at Xpert?

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Xpert enables you to learn from civil engineers who are at the top of their game. Yes, it not any of the academic bookish knowledge we deliver. We deliver learning via the real life challenge, failure and success stories of the geniuses who have battled their way upto the top. They share as to how challenging their first step was, what was their first failure, what happened when their best bet failed, who did they recruit initially, what was the first year of joy like, the times when they felt like giving up, the hope that made never made them loose, etc. It's their journey, techniques and opinions that we share with aspiring civil engineers to help them closer to their dream. We intend to equip you with all the right information directly from geniuses to help you in your journey.