Fred Sherratt & Alan Richardson 
Writing Built Environment Dissertations and Projects [PDF ebook] 
Practical Guidance and Examples

Writing Built Environment Dissertations and Projects will help you to write a good dissertation or project by giving you a good understanding of what should be included, and showing you how to use data collection and analysis tools in the course of your research.

* Addresses prominent weaknesses in under-graduate dissertations including weak data collection; superficial analysis and poor reliability and validity

* Includes many more in-depth examples making it easy to understand and assimilate the concepts presented

* Issues around study skills and ethics are embedded throughout the book and the many examples encourage you to consider the concepts of reliability and validity

* Second edition includes a new chapter on laboratory based research projects

* Supporting website with sample statistical calculations and additional examples from a wider range of built environment subjects

About the author

Peter Farrell is a Reader in Construction Management at the University of Bolton, UK, and programme leader for the university?s MSc in Construction Project Management. Fred Sherratt is a Senior Lecturer in Construction Management at Anglia Ruskin University, UK. Alan Richardson is a Reader in Civil Engineering at Northumbria University, UK and programme leader for the BEng in Civil Engineering.