<p>Construction in different parts of the world isn’t always designed or done the same way. I remember visiting a prestigious university in India as part of some research I was doing. Somebody noted that the people in the class there were not very familiar with structural steel building since it wasn’t utilized as much there as it is over here.</p>
<p>Don’t forget that different areas also have different building codes. It’s not like some of the other fields where everybody plays by the same rules. There is a learning curve. The most significant differences will come in subterranean construction, where engineers in one part of the country know how to work with the conditions there, but not so much in another part. </p>
<p>The above only discusses the structural and geotechnical branches of civil engineering. Don’t forget about transportation engineering and environmental engineering. Those are pretty specific to the country. I highly doubt countries halfway around the world have the same MUTCD, AASHTO and EPA regulations as we do here.</p>
<p>Sure, people can learn it and work here, but is it worth the time and money to train them? It’s not like there’s an excess of civil engineers elsewhere in the world.</p>