Introduction

This book provides a guide and learning support document in the preparation of a dissertation for honours undergraduate students and for students undertaking dissertations on taught Masters degrees. The book focuses specifically on built environment subjects with a special reference to the discipline areas of Construction, Project Management, Quantity Surveying, Building Surveying, Estate Management, Facility Management and others. However, as the book follows the interrelated process of conducting a research, it can also be useful to undergraduate and postgraduate students of various disciplines. It covers issues such as the selection of a dissertation topic, writing a proposal, conducting a literature review, selecting the research approach, devising research instruments, collecting information, analysing and presenting information and producing a well-written dissertation.