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

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.