# Engineering consulting

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'''Engineering consulting''' is the practice of performing engineering as a consulting engineer. It assists individuals, public and private companies with process management, idea organization, product design, fabrication, [maintenance, repair and operations](/source/maintenance%2C_repair_and_operations) (MRO), servicing, tech advice, tech specifications, tech estimating, costing, budgeting, valuation, [brand](/source/brand)ing, and [marketing](/source/marketing).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://gradireland.com/careers-advice/job-descriptions/consulting-engineer|title=Consulting engineer job description|first=Ruairi|last=Kavanagh|date=2015-01-16|website=GradIreland|language=en|access-date=2019-02-06 }}</ref> Engineering consulting involves an end to end product life cycle([PLM](/source/Product_lifecycle_management)) process, product development management([PDM](/source/PDMS_(software))) tools and other development processing.

Engineering [consulting firm](/source/consulting_firm)s may involve [civil](/source/Civil_Engineering), [structural](/source/Structural_engineering), [mechanical](/source/Mechanical_engineering), [electrical](/source/Electrical_engineering), [environmental](/source/Environmental_engineering), [chemical](/source/Chemical_engineering), [industrial](/source/Industrial_engineering), and [agricultural](/source/Agricultural_engineering), electronics and telecom, computer and network, instrumentation and control, information technology, manufacturing and production, aerospace, marine, fire and safety, etc.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.acei.ie//resources/what-is-consulting-engineering|title=ACEI|website=House of Tiles|language=en|access-date=2019-02-06|archive-date=2023-05-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514144558/https://www.acei.ie//resources/what-is-consulting-engineering|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Jaafar |first1=Mastura |last2=Aziz |first2=Abdul Rashid Abdul |last3=Wai |first3=Andy Lian Shin |title=Marketing Practices of Professional Engineering Consulting Firms:Implement or Not to Implement?|journal=Journal of Civil Engineering and Management |date=30 September 2008 |volume=14 |issue=3 |pages=199–206 |doi=10.3846/1392-3730.2008.14.17|doi-access=free }}</ref>

== Education ==
In certain countries, the title "consulting engineer" lacks legal protection, while in other countries, it necessitates a minimum of a [Bachelor's degree](/source/Bachelor's_degree) in [engineering](/source/engineering) and a government license.

== See also ==
* [International Federation of Consulting Engineers](/source/International_Federation_of_Consulting_Engineers) (FIDIC), a standards organization for construction technology and consulting engineering

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