But what is civil engineering?
Everyone’s heard of civil engineering: its a career that often becomes the butt of jokes like this one: But what exactly is civil engineering? And surely it doesn’t involve any writing… right? (wrong!) So...
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Here we are again…
Well, here we are again – another lockdown, another round of online learning. But before I launch into stories about silent zoom sessions and lectures that are suddenly 1.5 times as long, I...
Structural Semester 1 Reflection
Writing this post being in lockdown. We all know what that means…. back to online lectures, 2x speed, no sleep schedules yet always lots of uni to do, but nevertheless I’ll flashback to the...
Sem 1 – Part II
This post follows on from the last – a retrospective look at the rest of Semester 1. Life as a student gives you a lot of freedom, but sometimes it can swallow up...
A Civil beginning
Welcome to Auckland. We’re going into lockdown. That was the start of my first semester as a Civil engineering student. Two weeks of online learning. As the late-summer rains pattered against the windows...
Recap of Part 2 Civil and Final Thoughts | #7
Part 2 of Civil has been an interesting year. There has been a lot of ups and downs, especially during the first semester with the ten million deadlines (or what felt like ten million...
Civil’s Many Papers – Semester 2 Edition | # 6
The second installment of Civil’s five papers, for Semester 2. CIVIL 211 The course follows CIVIL 210 from the first semester and a core of the paper focuses on methods that allows you to...
The Civil Cohort: a camaraderie | #5
Hey everyone! It’s been a hot minute since my last post, more than a month or so ago. With the rush of semester two, exams, and immediately working full time as an intern, there...
How to ̶s̶u̶r̶v̶i̶v̶e̶ thrive in Part 2 Civil – from this year’s Part 2 Civil students | #4
With the end of the academic year coming to a close, I thought it would be really valuable to hear from other Part 2 Civil students and get their perspectives of Civil this year....
Literally no one: // Every Civil Engineering student: cIViL hAS fIVE paPERs | #3
So, if you haven’t heard enough about it already, Civil has five papers. But when wanting to learn more about the courses, often times reading the course descriptions can make very little sense given...