It's a term thrown around by various people to refer to "building houses with something slightly later than 1950s designs".
When people hear "civil engineering" they think "skyscrapers, bridges, roads" - this is more like "if you wrap a house in insulation, it's insulated better, but that can also cause moisture capture, which destroys it" type engineering.
When people hear "civil engineering" they think "skyscrapers, bridges, roads" - this is more like "if you wrap a house in insulation, it's insulated better, but that can also cause moisture capture, which destroys it" type engineering.