This is the first department established in 1952. The dept. is fully equipped with modern facilities and offers Post Graduate Programme specializing in Structure. Water Resources ,Environmental and Transportation Engineering. The major strength of the dept. is due to its multidimensional activities like testing, consultancy, organising state-of-art seminars, workshops , short term courses etc.. It is the biggest department of the Institute having a faculty strength of 28 staff members with most of the staff members having Ph.D 

The dept. is equipped with its own Computer Center for Research and Development, teaching, training and consultancy. The dept. is a QIP Center for Ph.D. Programme. The faculty members of the dept have been awarded various prestigious awards like Anna University Award by ISTE (1992),UNESCO Award (1989), Career Award in 1995,1996and Indira Gandhi Fellowship in 1996. 

A large number of publications appear in the National and International Journals and proceedings of Conference every year . The department has also organised one International Conference on cartography. INCA -95 during Dec.1995