ENGINEERING, MANAGEMENT AND SOCIETY I

CIE 421

Engineering in Society

Lecture 11

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What is Civil Engineering
Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals
with the design, construction and maintenance of the physical and
naturally built environment.

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What is Civil Engineering

 Engineer’s responsibility & liability is for life (has no expiry date except death)
 Engineer faces huge challenges to defend his works as “anybody” has
capability to query
 Engineer deals with safety of properties and lives
 Engineer converts ideas into reality
 Engineer deals with facts and figures

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Civil Engineers
A. Specialist Engineers
B. General Engineers
 Geotechnical Engineer
 Planning Engineer
 Earthworks Engineer
 Site Engineer
 Roads Engineer
 Maintenance Engineer
 Drainage Engineer
 Administrative Engineer
 Water Supply Engineer
 Sewerage Engineer
Knowledgeable in many subjects but not
 Marine / Port Engineer an expert Of any subject
 Structural Engineer

Knowledgeable in less subjects but an

expert
Of specific subject(s)

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Engineers in society

Engineers in society” plays roles which on first impression are not

linked to their professional training.
The training received as an engineer is part of the reasons which an
engineer can display his versatility.

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Engineers in society
Engineers as Managers
Engineer as Lawyers, Salesmen, entrepreneurs, etc
Engineers as Scientists
Engineers as Experts
Engineers as Academics
Engineers as Politicians

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Engineers in society
Engineers owe responsibility to
the general public: safety, environment
direct consumers of the project
fellow engineers
clients e.g. government, industry

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Engineers in society
Engineers owe duty
to themselves
which are inherent in their works and institution to which they
belong
legal requirements: professional negligence
contractual duties

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Engineers in society

Engineers must have exposure to other fields of knowledge and

skills in order to be able to properly discharge his functions:
communication and presentation skills: oral and written
economics and finance
law
presentation of self!

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Engineers in society
Paradigm shift:
 Engineers should not merely respond to need: they should create or anticipate the needs
and be leaders of society.
 Foresights for “unfulfilled needs”.

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The engineering professional body

The Engineering Institution of Zambia was re-established under the

EIZ Act No. 17 of 2010 for the purpose of promoting and regulating
the engineering profession.
It provides for the registration of engineering organizations and
regulates their professional conduct.

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Membership Classes

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 Designation of members
(a) "Honorary Fellow" as "Honorary Fellow of the Engineering Institution of Zambia" or by the
abbreviation and initials "Hon.FEIZ";
(b) "Fellow" as "Fellow of the Engineering Institution of Zambia" or by the initials "FEIZ";
(c) "Member" as "Member of the Engineering Institution of Zambia" or by the initials "MEIZ";
(d) "Associate" as "Associate of the Engineering Institution of Zambia" or by the initials "AEIZ";
(e) "Student" as "Student of Engineering Institution of Zambia".

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 Functions of the Institution
i. to promote the general advancement of the science and advancement of engineering and
allied disciplines;
ii. to maintain and improve the standards of conduct and learning of engineering and allied
professions in Zambia;
iii. to facilitate the acquisition of knowledge by members of the Institution by the establishment
of technical libraries, and the provision of monetary grants, books, apparatus and any other
facilities necessary to achieve this end;
iv. to hold meetings of the Institution for the reading and discussion of papers for professional
interest, to make awards to authors of papers of special merit and to arrange for other
activities of interest or benefit to members;
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 Functions of the Institution
v. to raise the character and status of the profession of engineering and allied
disciplines, to promote honourable and good practice and increase the
confidence of the community in those persons practicing in the engineering
profession and allied discipline;
vi.to acquire, hold, take on lease, develop, lease, hire or dispose of properties of
all kinds, whether movable or immovable, and to derive capital or income
therefrom, for all or any of the foregoing objects;

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Functions of the Institution
vii.to raise or borrow money for all or any of the foregoing objects in such a manner
and upon such security as may from time to time be determined by the Council
viii.to invest and deal with moneys of the Institution not immediately required in
such manner as may from time to time be determined by the Council; Provided
that this paragraph shall not be construed so as to permit the distribution of any
profit of the Institution
ix.to do all such other things as are incidental or conducive to the attainment of any
of the foregoing objects

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Engineers' Registration Board
The Board consist of-
(a)the Dean of the School of Engineering of the University of
Zambia or his representative; and
(b)nine registered engineers, at least one of whom shall be a
registered engineering consultant, elected at an annual general
meeting:

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Registration process
 Any person applying for registration as an engineer shall submit
documents as required by the Board to support his registration.
 Every engineer or Company Member registered under section
twenty-nine shall on the payment of a prescribed fee be issued by the
Board with a practicing certificate which shall state the category of
registration and fields of engineering in which the holder may
practice.

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Registration process
No person shall qualify to register as an engineer if-
(a) he has been convicted of an offence involving dishonesty;
(b) he has been adjudged or otherwise declared to be of unsound mind under any
law in force in Zambia;
(c) he is an undischarged bankrupt;
(d) in the case of a company it is not a Company Member of the Institution.

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