I'm only 24 and I wish I took a year or two off after high school. My family wanted me to go straight to school. I worked as a dental assistant in high school and had a few internships. I was young and thought I knew what I wanted to go to school for but while going to college I wish I did some traveling/backpacking/bike tour, talk to a few people, open up my mind, discover what majors are out there. I know lots of people I went to school with that changed their major at least 4 times.

I remember in high school junior and senior year everyone was planning on which college to apply to and was already set on a major but I told the teacher I just wanted to travel and everyone thought I was weird because I didn't want to go to school.

I think there is a website called gapyear.com

I think maybe you should get your daughter to intern with a civil engineer if she decides to take a year off and maybe she could work on projects. If your daughter really wants to go to college right away you should let her do that.