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My senior design project in college for the design of a 4 story building was approximately 200 pages, with appendices. On the project I am working on now (in the professional world, not in academia), the building specifications is probably around 6000 pages and the contract drawings are...

Why are you considering a switch to civil engineering?

It will vary based on the state licensing laws, which will vary. That's the best place to get your answer.

Revit is for Building Information Modeling (BIM). It's very specialized and I'm surprised they would offer it to a second year student without any CAD experience.

It's on the higher end of the civil engineering range. Construction management firms typically hire civil engineering, mechanical engineering and architecture majors (every now and then an electrical engineering major).

I currently have an entry-level position with a construction management firm. Put very simply, I manage the construction process on site working with directly with the contractors. There's no design involved; the engineers do that work. Most people don't have an MBA; those who do are typically...

I think it's because chemical engineering just isn't "sexy." When someone grows up, they might be fascinated by construction (civil engineering), cars, airplanes, engines, etc. (mechanical engineering), or computers and electronics (electrical engineering). What exactly drives kids to go into...

I got my degrees in civil engineering but now work for a construction management firm (not as an engineer) if you're interested.

In the U.S., there are 278,000 civil engineers and 238,700 mechanical engineers but only 31,700 chemical engineers.