According to Wikipedia, Civil engineering is described as 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, sewage systems, factories, offices, schools, pipelines, structural components of buildings, and railways.

In addition, it deals with maintenance and repair of all of those structures and produces the basic materials such as concrete that are used to make them. The industry’s significance is due not only to the fact that it provides the buildings and infrastructure on which virtually every other sector depends, but to the fact that it is such a sizeable sector.

Currently, Kenya is going through a construction boom. The government has invested heavily on the construction sector in order to improve on infrastructure such as road networks and at the same time provide new residences for the locals. With increase in population, opportunities exist in the construction of residential, commercial and industrial buildings, including prefabricated low-cost housing. The boom can be attributed to many factors including and not limited to:

i) Inadequate infrastructure comprising rail, roads and ports presenting opportunities for continued development in the building and construction sector.

ii) Secondly, the rapid growth in population, grants a major chance for growth as private developers put efforts to meet the demand (CAK, 2020)

An education in Civil Engineering will equip you for a wide range of career paths in today’s job market. Civil engineers are in high demand at every level ranging from local councils to federal governments. Students who graduate form part of industry players such as contractors, architects, engineers, quantity surveyors, environmental experts, project managers, social scientists amongst others.

As Kenya grows, let us embrace the growth and grow with it.

Enrol with us today to be a civil engineer! September intake ongoing.

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Students at a civil engineering practical class on determining field dry density by sand replacement method

Trainer assisting students in the practical-At JNTI our method of learning is student/learner based where the focus is on the student’s needs.