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Civil Engineers prepare engineering design documents, specifications and estimates for various types of onshore/offshore construction and maintenance projects, including buildings, bridges, roads, wharves, piers, offshore structures, pipelines, outfalls, dams, aqueducts, levees, ditches, retaining walls, and similar structures; prepares maps, plans, charts, and diagrams; plans and directs the work of survey parties; makes foundation studies and lays out water mains, sewers, sewage structures, outfalls, disposal plants, and drainage systems; inspects structures under construction; provides construction oversight, inspects existing structures, prepares repair plans and cost estimates of repairs; determines the hydraulic properties of stream channels and hydraulic systems and structures, analyzes hydrologic data to determine flood frequencies, unit hydrographs and the characteristics of water quality, precipitation, stream flow, and ground water; analyzes and designs site grading plans, erosion control measures, and storm-water management plans; writes memoranda and prepares reports; keeps or assists in keeping the necessary records pertaining to construction progress, job expenditures, budget programs, and work order balances; confers with contractors regarding compliance with plans and quality of work and construction activity; monitors the preparation of maps, plans, charts, or diagrams; monitors the maintenance of various engineering records and performs difficult engineering office work in connection with budget preparation, purchases, cost analyses, and progress reports; plans and directs field surveys; inspects or directs the inspection of structures under construction or repair; makes detailed analyses of proposed projects for the economic as well as the practical engineering phases; analyzes and prepares description of property; makes specialized technical studies and investigations and performs difficult research work; prepares complete and comprehensive reports and makes recommendations on engineering problems.