Looking at the civil construction industry from a general perspective, the scope of the civil construction is the very element that shapes the world that we currently live in. basically everything infrastructure related build around us is owed to the civil construction industry either directly or even indirectly. Most structures that are built and not owned privately are products of civil construction. In other words, every public structure that most of us see around us, regardless of whether it is a public road, water management building or unit, government building or utility house, they are all the result or work of the civil construction industry.
What is important to know about the entire realm of civil construction is the fact that this particular component of the construction industry leans away from projects involving commercial high-rises, residences or shopping centres as examples as the primary element linked to the civil construction sphere are mostly associated to infrastructure related projects which among others includes roads, bridges, tunnels, and utility buildings which are crucial for society to function efficiently.
The civil construction industry enable society and it is because of the civil industry that most people have access to clean water (construction of water reservoirs), are able to travel (airports, railways, roads etc.), are kept healthy by ensuring cleanliness (sewerage, water treatment plants and waste disposal) and also access to power (construction of dams, power plants etc.). Such projects mentioned here are without any shred of doubt the most important projects that falls under the purview of civil construction which enables humanity in a wide variety of ways.
Just to make a point, the civil construction industry in its essence is actually a branch of civil engineering. This is due to the fact that, most infrastructure projects require extensive planning, coordination and collaboration among the various areas of engineers and architecture before any infrastructure construction commences. Due to the close relation between civil construction and civil engineering, it is an actual fact that the civil construction component of both the construction and civil engineering sphere are responsible for more than just building public related structures.
Another area that falls under the purview of civil engineering and subsequently falls under civil construction is the management of natural environments which includes maintaining hillsides (landslide prevention), upkeep of ridges and the management of natural water reservoirs just to name a few.
Therefore, the wide scope of civil construction reveals that any construction outfit linked to civil construction companies must possess sufficient knowledge of the fundamental aspects of construction projects which goes beyond building structures as the must also be competent in areas such as erosion control, excavating, demolition, legal regulations and more.
This is also partly the reason behind commercial construction companies engaging civil construction companies to manage and oversee specific project segments. In summary it could be established that commercial construction would be ‘non-existent’ without the backing of civil construction as commercial projects are dependent on civil projects.