Civil engineering management in the industrial revolution

Britain's Industrial Revolution was largely brought about by the civil engineers who built the country's canal and rail networks, making inland centralized manufacture viable,This paper reviews the evolution of civil engineering management during this period-from the contracts used by John Smeaton in the mid 18th century to the establishment of today's 'traditional' system around 1860. It reveals that many supposedly recent innovations-such as joint ventures, partnering and co-located project teams-have all been done before,What early civil engineers did and said has resounding relevance today.