土木工程领域内的研究是在两个主题小组内进行的，即环境和基础设施，较小的专业研究小组在其中进行运作。环境和基础设施主题之间的重要重叠之处在于可持续性和可持续经济发展领域，该领域的重点是通过回收废料，感知到的基础设施威胁，气候变化和城市环境的发展来保护自然资源。从开始到最终拆除或再利用的整个生命周期。
Research within the Civil Engineering is undertaken within two thematic groups, namely Environment and Infrastructure, within which smaller specialised research sub-groups operate. An important overlap between the Environment and Infrastructure themes lies in the area of sustainability and sustainable economic development, where emphasis is placed on preservation of natural resources through the recycling of waste materials, perceived infrastructure threats posed by climate changes and the development of the urban environment in terms of the whole life cycle from inception to eventual demolition or re-use.