Civil Engineering Scope of Work
Civil Engineering Scope of Work
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Hi All,
We are a civil/structural engineering company that does mainly structural work. Our civil work generally has been limited to road alignments, storm drainage, retaining structures and earthworks. On several projects we have done, the services engineers also deal with site works that includes all underground utilities including water and sewer, fire, pumps,data etc and are responsible for coordination. This is mainly because most of the underground works have been MEP in nature. We typically help with profiles and concrete works associated with any site services.
We are now engaged on a job where the services engineers indicated that their services end about 5 feet from the building and that we should be coordinating all site services and that their engagement did not deal with site services at all. Can anyone shed some light on the typical delineation of scope of work between site services and civil engineering.
Thanks
We are a civil/structural engineering company that does mainly structural work. Our civil work generally has been limited to road alignments, storm drainage, retaining structures and earthworks. On several projects we have done, the services engineers also deal with site works that includes all underground utilities including water and sewer, fire, pumps,data etc and are responsible for coordination. This is mainly because most of the underground works have been MEP in nature. We typically help with profiles and concrete works associated with any site services.
We are now engaged on a job where the services engineers indicated that their services end about 5 feet from the building and that we should be coordinating all site services and that their engagement did not deal with site services at all. Can anyone shed some light on the typical delineation of scope of work between site services and civil engineering.
Thanks





RE: Civil Engineering Scope of Work
Check your agreement with the Civil firm to see what their work is. Are they prepared to complete the work to the building connections for a fee?
Dik
RE: Civil Engineering Scope of Work
It's not difficult work, but you'll probably want to hire someone to do it until you can develop your skills.
RE: Civil Engineering Scope of Work
RE: Civil Engineering Scope of Work
I'm not clear what the question is, honestly. I'm accustomed to there being a "civil-site" engineer that handles essentially everything outside the building envelope. The typical scope of that task, in my experience would be:
Plans and specs -
Layout
Grading / Drainage / Stormwater
Erosion Control
Utilities (water, sewer, steam if necessary, occasional telcom vaults, rarely electrical other than placing transformer pads)
Hydrology Report
Typically not included:
Anything in the building envelope
Electrical other than placement of transformer pads and such
Typically subbed out, but often managed by site-civil:
Geotech study
Traffic study
Site lighting study
Zoning/LEED/etc is often a blend of site-civil and architect.
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RE: Civil Engineering Scope of Work