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A multidisciplinary team effort is
required to plan and design a dam. Ultimately, a civil
engineer is responsible for the structure, but the
civil engineer relies on information and advice from a team
of specialists.
These are some of specialists involved with the engineering
design:
Other specialists are also involved in
the planning of a dam, including economists who work out the
costs of the project, and environmentalists, biologists and
conservationists who consider the effects that a reservoir
will have on the local environment and the animal and plant
life.
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