Definition of "civils"

civils

/sɪvl̩z/

noun
uncountable
1. (chiefly informal) civil engineering
  Quotations
  The work involves extensive civils and p/w since, the track has to drop from the present embankment level, some 5m above the adjacent road, to the floor level of the new tunnel [the 'cut & cover' section of which, is, I guess, about 10m below it.
  1999 January 7, Ken Welsby, “Re: DLR Do”, in uk.transport.london‎ (Usenet), retrieved 2008-07-07
  Our [ISO] 9000 (etc) accreditation extends, so far as I am aware, to cabling, ducting, poling and other civils activities.
  2002 May 13, Ian G Batten, “Re:Safety on the railways”, in uk.railway‎ (Usenet), retrieved 2008-07-07
  Conreate bases, ducts and minor civils […] bases for structures, in situ concrete bases, including holding down bolts and fixings.
  2003, “DC Electrification”, in Franklin + Andrews Ltd, editor, Spon's Railways Construction Price Book 2nd Edition‎, page 79