CIVIL ENGINEERING

BSCE-1C

SUSTAINABILITY AND
THE FUTURE
 WHAT IS SUSTAINABILITY?

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To maintain
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To endure
To sustain
 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Sustainable Development focuses on meeting the needs of the
present without comprising the ability of future generations to
meet their own needs.
It is born from concerns about
population growth beyond the
carrying capacity of the planet and
the environmental impact of rapidly
growing populations.

Environmental Impact is a result of

three factors: Extraction, use, and
disposal of natural resources.
 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Consequently, sustainable development emphasizes reduction of
the environmental impact because, such reduction:

Slow depletion of resources

Reduces pollution by slowing

the flow of energy and matter
in the environment

Saves money
 THE VISION FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING IN 2025
Entrusted by society to create a sustainable world and enhance the global quality of life,
civil engineers serve competently, collaboratively, and ethically as master:
planners, designers, constructors, and stewards of the natural
operators of society’s economic and environment and its resources
social engine — the built environment

innovators and integrators of ideas and managers of risk and uncertainty

technology across the public, private, caused by natural events, accidents,
and academic sectors and other threats

leaders in discussions and decisions

SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION
Reduces the industry’s impact on the
environment.
Since civil engineering is such a large part of
the economy, it is essential that sustainable
construction practices prevail. In the past,
standard construction practices and
procedures were used.
The importance of assessing the
sustainability of construction projects is
necessary to guarantee that projects do not
have any negative effects on the living
ecosystems while also minimizing
construction costs. This is to assure that
resources are available for future
generations.
 REASONS WHY CONSTRUCTION HAS A DIRECT IMPACT ON
THE ENVIRONMENT:

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Emissions from Noise pollution due to Releases wastes and

Generation of
vehicles and construction pollutants into water,
waste materials
machineries machineries ground and atmosphere
IN ORDER TO PERFORM SUSTAINABILITY IN CONSTRUCTION

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Biodiversity Support to the Effective Use of
Enhancement Community Resources

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Pollution Creating Healthy Process
Reduction Environment Management
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BIODIVERSITY ENHANCEMENT
➔ Discovering and evaluating deposits of industrial minerals
such as sand and gravel
➔ Planning open-pit and underground mining operations
➔ Petroleum engineering and designing offshore oil platforms
➔ Water resource planning of all kinds including dams, irrigation
systems and wells
➔ Agricultural engineering in land reclamation, drainage and
improved farm operations
➔ Designing tree plantations and managing forests
➔ Designing fish farms and supporting aquaculture
➔ Improved land planning to protect the best farmland and
natural resources from the impact of urban sprawl
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SUPPORT TO THE COMMUNITY
➔ Creative land planning and development to minimize negative
environmental impacts
➔ In emerging mega-cities, helping to establish local organizations that
can provide the necessary infrastructure
➔ Providing treatment facilities and distribution systems for potable water
➔ Designing systems to collect and store food and other supplies
➔ Designing housing and commercial buildings
➔ Developing streets, utility lines, public transportation and other
infrastructure
➔ Using underground space for recreation and other uses
➔ Providing technologies and facilities for heating and air conditioning
➔ Creating high-quality treatments for liquid and solid waste
➔ Reducing the risks of damage and loss of life from natural hazards such
as hurricanes, floods and earthquakes
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EFFECTIVE USE OF RESOURCES
➔ Developing instrumentation to measure and
monitor pollution
➔ Changing industrial processes to reduce the use
of energy and other resources and to eliminate
waste wherever possible
➔ Considering the total input/output of operations
over their complete lifecycles
➔ Designing products and packaging for re-use or
resource recovery
➔ Collaborating with other industries by creating
“eco parks” or applied industrial ecology. With
this approach, several industries work together
so that each industry’s waste products can be
used as the raw materials for others.
➔ Restoring and modifying old industrial sites for
other uses
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POLLUTION REDUCTION
➔ Improving ways to recycle and reuse domestic waste
➔ Designing better solid waste collection and storage
facilities
➔ Improving methods to collect and reuse construction
materials such as concrete and asphalt from roads,
and ways to reuse scrap metal and other natural and
synthetic materials.
➔ Improving treatment facilities for urban organic waste
and human waste so that the treated fluids and solids
may be used safely for agriculture and other purposes.
➔ Recovering, reusing and remanufacturing products
from resource development and industrial processing
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CREATING HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT

➔ Treating and restoring old industrial waste sites

➔ Reclaiming old mine properties
➔ Treating polluted groundwater, lakes and streams
➔ Restoring the ecology of lakes and wetlands
➔ Renewing aging urban areas in large cities
➔ Reclaiming and restoring eroded or damaged
farmlands
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PROCESS MANAGEMENT

➔ Project Initiation
➔ Project Planning
➔ Project Execution
➔ Project Monitoring and Control
➔CREDITS:
Project Closure
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According to Ferdinand E. Marcos
Indeed, we should all
remember that civil engineers
are supposed to be first and
foremost “problem-solvers”
and not mere “erectors”. After
all, civil engineers being
“problem-solvers” sounds
better and more decent and
dignified than the other one,
anyway.
Indeed, it needs no elaboration
that civil engineers and
architects are effective
partners in attaining the
Millennium Development Goal
of ensuring environmental
sustainability in our
infrastructures.
According to Ferdinand E. Marcos
Never mind the traditional jokes about civil engineers and
architects. Sabi nila, ang arkitekto daw magdo-drawing lang
nang magdo-drawing ng mahirap na design, tapos, ipapasa sa
mga civil engineer para problemahin kung paano ito itatayo. But
there is no reason to be in conflict with one another. Anyway,
under Article 1723 of the New Civil Code, the civil engineer and
the architect who drew up the plans and specifications will be
both liable for damages if the building collapses due to defects
within fifteen (15) years from completion. Misery loves
company, so they say
In the future, engineers can be of even greater help in achieving the
goals of sustainable development if they are able to finance and
execute programs such as the following:
➔ Creating a comprehensive program to identify and provide the
information that engineers in developing countries need to meet
energy requirements, as well as food, health and other basic
human needs.
➔ Expanding global educational programs on sustainable
development for students and practicing
➔ Becoming actively engaged in the full range of decision-making
processes in addition to performing projects.
➔ Improving methods for identifying and considering all of a
project’s environmental costs and impacts throughout a project’s
life cycle.
➔ Creating programs to provide hands-on-help, share knowledge
and provide assistance on technically viable, commercially
feasible and socially sustainable projects in developing countries.
➔ Supporting well-cra ed policies and creative applications of
engineering principles, and committing to partnerships with social
and physical
 MEMBERS
PACARDO, Chrisley Mae
PITA, Cedric
RILLERA, Aileen Lou
SERAFICA, Joan Bunao
SULATAN, Mae
SY, KIANA