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Civil engineers and architects are always compared.
Even future college students, they are confused about what they will take
if they will take engineering or architecture.
Question arises about who is better?
Is it civil engineers or architect?
Well, architecture and civil engineering
are both different field of study.
They cannot be compared because they have different roles in construction.
If you wanna know the difference between
architecture and civil engineering.
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Architects and engineers can both work
in construction firm.
Both can work under the sun or work in the field.
Both can work in the office.
Both of them can also become a part
of the pre - construction, the construction and the
post construction.
It depends on their designation in a company.
Both of them can become the project manager.
But there are things that the one cannot do
but the other one can.
They really have specializations.
Like for example, in work.
Civil engineers work on a variety of different projects.
It includes planning, building, maintaining roads
buildings, bridges, and water systems
while architects, on the other hand, work primarily
on houses, factories and similar structures.
So one by one, here first in civil engineering.
Civil engineering focuses on the design of the structure.
Like in human body, civil engineer designs
our skeletal system.
The civil engineer computes the maximum load.
Civil engineer says what the maximum weight a structure can handle
so it will not collapsed.
Of course, the civil engineer knows when
a structure or building will be destroyed
and what kind of destruction will happen
once it exceeds the maximum load that it can handle.
Civil engineer also makes sure
that the client's budget is enough for the design
which it can offer strength and at the same time, the budget is enough.
Because if it's others, they will say that for safety, they will just enlarge the pillar
they will increase the beam, they will only 
thicken the pouring
they will increase the number of iron.
The strongest concrete strength will be used so that it's very durable right?
Then no one was a civil engineer if that's the case.
So the civil engineers are there so that we can still maintain the strength
which the structure requires depending
on what project it is
that your budget can handle.
The civil engineer assures that the design
is within the budget
by designing the structure that is suitable 
for your needs.
This is where value engineering enters.
The civil engineer's design of the structure will vary
depending on how many or how much dead load
or live load the structure needs.
Dead load and live load are engineering terms
for things that stay, do not move, they are just there
in the structure
or things that go away or move.
I hope you understand the work or the main goal
of a civil engineer.
Next one is the architecture.
The architect deals with the overall look of the project.
But it's not just the simple appearance of the project
or structure that the architects do.
They also consider the comfort of the people.
The mobility of a person.
Like for example, a room.
Maybe the room is too big or small
for the number of people who will use it
so architects design according to the number of people
or depending on what project it is.
For example, in making or designing a hallway.
The design of the main hall of the hospital is different
from the main hall of the hotel.
The sizes are different.
Sometimes, high ceiling.
So architects designs that depending
on what project it is
and how does people move in that room.
For example, on staircase.
Where do the L-shape stairs appropriate?
and when it can no longer be used?
That depends on the sizes of the room
type of house or building.
If you watched Lloyd Cadena's vlog about their stairs.
It depends on the size of the room
if you need a L type stairs or you will make it spiral.
The design is also different
depending on whether it is residential
or commercial type of project.
Then the height of cabinet.
If it would be comfortable for someone to use
a cabinet that is high like this.
Architects also focuses on maximizing the use of space.
Architects don't like to have wasted space in the house
Those corners that seems you have nothing to put on
or may not even be passable by a person.
The what they called "dead spaces".
Those are the ones they design that they really don't like
or they avoid those kinds of things.
And of course, they also look at the cost.
Civil engineers are not the only ones looking at cost.
Architects are also great.
The type that the client wants this kind of thing
but the architect can do it
to achieve that kind of thing that fits
into the client's budget.
So that depends on what you like.
I already explained the two if what's their difference
or their main role in construction.
If you're just about to enter college life
you can tell if you will take civil engineering 
or if you will pursue architecture.
What are the required skills of civil engineers and architects?
Let's go first in civil engineering.
If you will take civil engineering, you need skills like
mathematical skills, analytical skills, problem solving skills and leadership skills.
There are more skills that a civil engineer really needed
but I did not include it anymore.
I just said the one that is a bit important or really needed
skills you have if you are a civil engineer.
While the required architecture skills are number one, drawing skills.
Next is imagination skills.
Next, you need to be good at paying attention in details
even those small details, you need to be fussy.
And of course, you need to have analytical skills.
So I hope those who say "Who is better, civil engineers or architects?" will stop
because the two are very different.
I'm a civil engineer and I feel sad
when such things happen.
It is inevitable that the two will be compared.
It's sad because the two professions are really different.
So I hope we don't compare them anymore.
The job of civil engineer is the job of a civil engineer.
The job of architect is the job of a architect.
The civil engineer designs only his own which is about the structural
and architectural plans are for the architect.
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