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Globalization And Engineering's Impact On Civil Engineering

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According to Wust (n.d.), globalisation is a term used to describe the increasing trend towards internationally integrated markets and global connection. Besides, globalisation is also defined as a process of interaction and integration among the people, companies, and governments of different nations (The Levin Institute, 2017). This process is driven by international trade and investment and it is aided by information technology. Therefore, globalisation will make national boundaries less important in terms of political, cultural, technology, financial, environmental, and national security issues. Globalisation has brought effects on the civil engineering profession in terms of future market growth, international trade agreements affecting …show more content…

With the advancement of information technology and increasing of world population, it will continues providing a growing opportunity for civil engineering projects in global marketplace. Demand for civil engineers will keep on increasing but with the expectation where the traditional concept of engineering will be replaced with a new concept along with the growth of marketplace. In order to comply with the effect of globalisation, an engineer should be able to develop innovative solutions, using the latest relevant technology, and provide an effective and efficient communication and transfer of data across national …show more content…

According to Ofori (n.d.), globalisation is an inescapable fact as far as construction industries in concerned. This is because most of construction projects required for socio-economic development are beyond the capability of their industries to undertake, which requires them to import some construction activities. On the other side, needs of more experienced engineer in Malaysia keep increasing which requires some construction firm to import experienced engineers. According to Institution of Engineers Malaysia as mention by IEM president Datuk Lim Chow Hock to The Star Online (2015), there is a shortage of qualified engineers suitable for the crucial role of overseeing construction projects and infrastructure development works. He stated that there were only about 150,000 experienced engineers in Malaysia and they are still short of 50,000 to meet the requirement in the construction and infrastructure sectors. Besides, he also revealed that local engineering graduates lacked certain fundamental understanding of engineering principles which affecting their ability to execute their duties effectively. Therefore, it showed that some Fresh Graduate Engineers is not able to overcome challenges and issues brought upon globalisation due to lack of certain fundamental

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