Technical competency is one of the basic needs of a civil engineer to ensure a construction project meets quality, cost, time and compliance requirements. This paper represents the comparative overview of technical competency of civil engineers on the global; Asian and Malaysian perspective. A systematic review of the literature was conducted using past five years of publications by peer reviewed journals, industry reports and professional competency frameworks. The result clearly indicates that although global frameworks, including the ASCE Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge (CEBoK) and the UK Standard for Professional Engineering Competence (UK-SPEC), provide very effective directions on how to incorporate technical, professional, and ethical skills. Asian nations such as Japan, Korea, China, and India among others are in the process of enhancing their elements by not only encompassing digital transformation and sustainability as an essential element of competencies while Malaysia has embraced other well-structured practices, including the Construction Industry Transformation Programme (CITP) and the Professional Competency Examination (PCE). The wearer of review suggests the integration of a hybrid framework to combine international standards with national goals, with a focus on digital literacy, sustainability and access to training in an equitable manner.