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Environmental assessments (EAs) are an important component of any civil engineering project. Delgado Engineering has been contracted to design and assess a multibillion-dollar urban rail center in a city, which is divided in the middle by a river. The center will be built on a previously unused island in the center of the river. For each of the four types of civil engineers (construction engineer, geotechnical engineer, structural engineer, transportation engineer), explain why they should be involved in the project—or why they would not be relevant to the project—and what their role would be. Then describe how the EA would proceed, including what might be included in the environmental impact assessment process, such as the use of geographic information systems. Finally, explain what might be in the environmental impact statement or why you think there may be a finding of no significant impact.

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Environmental assessments (EAs) are an important component of any civil engineering project. Delgado Engineering has been contracted to design and assess a   multibillion-dollar urban rail center in a city, which is divided in the middle by a river. The center will be built on a previously unused island in the center of the river. For each of the four types of civil engineers (construction engineer, geotechnical engineer, structural engineer, transportation engineer), explain why they should be involved in the project—or why they would not be relevant to the project—and what their role would be. Then describe how the EA would proceed, including what might be included in the environmental impact assessment process, such as the use of geographic information systems. Finally, explain what might be in the environmental impact statement or why you think there may be a finding of no significant impact.