What is the life cycle of the civil engineering project?

The Life Cycle of a Civil Engineering Project 

Civil Engineering project starts with idea, requirement to fulfill demands, will to provide basic amenities to the citizen by the state. Project ends with the infrastructure of facilities, recreational amenities, industrial plants in operation as reality.

The phases through which a civil engineering project passes are: Conceptual and Feasibility Studies.  Engineering Design. Contracting and Procurement Construction. Commissioning of a project Start-up and Implementation. Utilization and Maintenance. Every civil engineering project is unique in its character and varies with respect to time and degree of emphasis with respect to the aforementioned phases during its life cycle but these projects certainly passes through these phases. A bar-chart is shown for a typical project below: