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Building services engineering is a professional engineering discipline that strives to achieve a safe and comfortable indoor environment whilst minimizing the environmental impact of a building.
Alternative titles: The term building services engineering is also known as civil, mechanical, electrical engineering, civil engineering, architectural engineering, technical building services, building engineering or facilities and services planning engineering. The term building services engineering is widely used in Commonwealth countries , but in the United States of America, the field is also known as building systems engineering, civil engineering or architectural engineering, though the latter two disciplines generally have a broader scope, also encompassing elements of Civil Structural engineering and more traditional architectural Engineering tasks such as room planning and material selection. In India, the civil engineers are known as facilities planners. In some countries, a building services engineer is a Senior Civil engineer with experience in the Buildings Construction, Building Maintenance, Management, integration of electrical, mechanical, fire, hydraulic, security and communications building services, who manages and delivers the integrated detailed design of multiple disciplines so as to ensure that the building is delivered in a "least cost technically acceptable" manner, with emphasis on both the construction costs and the operational costs.