Roles · Construction and engineering

AI roadway engineer

Checks construction plans and prepares final project layout drawings for transportation systems.

Arjun Park“I prepare plans for new transportation systems and check construction details.”An example character, not a real person.
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Roadway engineer · What it does

Three tasks it takes off your hands

  1. Check construction plans to ensure accuracy and conformity to standards.
  2. Prepare final project layout drawings that include stress calculations.
  3. Design plans for new transportation systems such as highways or bridges.
Where these come from

The tasks of “Transportation Engineers” (O*NET 17-2051.01), as O*NET lists them:

  • Check construction plans, design calculations, or cost estimations to ensure completeness, accuracy, or conformity to engineering standards or practices.
  • Prepare final project layout drawings that include details such as stress calculations.
  • Design or prepare plans for new transportation systems or parts of systems, such as airports, commuter trains, highways, streets, bridges, drainage structures, or roadway lighting.

Roadway engineer · Tools and industries

It works in the tools you already use

  • Autodesk AutoCAD
  • Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D
  • Bentley MicroStation
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Microsoft PowerPoint

Industries it fits

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Role facts from O*NET 31.0 Database (U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), CC BY 4.0), written in our words. Sources and credits