Researching for your project:civil engineering, construction management and surveying students (CE6014)

Karen ButcherK.Butcher@kingston.ac.uk

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Confidential Dissertations You need to fill in a form which you can either

get from My Kingston https://mykingston.kingston.ac.uk/library/finding_info/Pages/KUDiss.aspx or by emailing kudiss@kingston.ac.uk

It is your responsibility to let us know if your work is confidential

Confidential work….

Dissertation databasehttp://dissertations.kingston.ac.uk

My Kingston (2016) KUDiss Available at: https://dissertations.kingston.ac.uk/view/divisions/fscecug.html (Accessed: 27/9/16)

Previous dissertations

KUDiss (2016) Construction Management dissertation titles. Available at:https://dissertations.kingston.ac.uk/view/divisions/fscecugcm.html (Accessed: 28/9/16)

Your project will involve reading and reviewing what other people have written about your area of interest.

This is done for a number of reasons:

A literature search needs to be systematic and focussed – you are not looking to read everything in a broad area, only things that are relevant to your work.

A literature search must also be evaluative - you need to critically assess each reference found to determine if it is worth pursuing.

Literature searching

Potential sources

You need to have a plan for your searching.

Things to consider:

Major areasSynonyms Broader termsLimitsSpelling Phrase searchingCitation counts

Planning your search

BSI (2011) Safety rules for the construction of lifts. Available at: http://icat.kingston.ac.uk (Accessed: 29.9.12)

Turley, C. Stone, V. (2006) Transport Security Measures: attitudes and acceptability Security screening trial at Canary Wharf station Report Available at: http://assets.dft.gov.uk/publications/transport-security-measures-canary-wharf/security-measures-canary-wharf.pdf (Accessed: 29.9.12)

Lawrence, T. Dakin, J. Norris, P. Forni, M. (2011) Noise and vibration from road and rail. Construction Information Service Available at: http://icat.kingston.ac.uk (Accessed: 29.9.12)

Huang, C.C. Chen, Y.S. (2012) Stability analyses of reinforced walls subjected tosimulated toe scouring. Geosynthetics International, 19(4) pgs 284 – 291.

How do you read?Different sources

Starting point is your topic

‘Minimising waste during the product life of a commercial building’

What other words/questions spring to mind?

Getting started

What questions spring to mind?? What produces waste? What types of waste are there? Are we going to limit to a type of commercial building? What size of buildings? What types of materials are being used? How long is a product life? How much waste is there normally to measure from? etc etc etc

Questions to consider

Use Inspiration to help create a mind map

Inspiration

Inspiration Software Inc.(2016) Inspiration (Version 9) [computer program]. Available at: http://www.inspirarion.com (Accessed: 27/9/16)

KeywordsCombine terms together

(“renewable energy” AND building)

Use truncation for different spellings/plurals(“renewable energy” AND build*)

This would find build, builds, building, builders etc

Organi?ation would find organisation and organization

Keywords matter

BSI (2012) BSI logo. Available at: https://bsol-bsigroup-com.ezproxy.kingston.ac.uk/ (Accessed: 21/9/12)

To decide on the quality of a document and if you should use it in an academic piece of work, think about:

Author / organisationPeer review mechanismEvidence of testingReferencingLevel of researchCitation counts

Quality

Is it any good????

Why is it so critical for your project for you to use

journals?

Using journals

Elsevier (2014) Scopus search page. Available at: http://www.scopus.com/ (Accessed: 3.10.14)

British Standards (2014) BSI online. Available at: http://ezproxy.kingston.ac.uk/login?url=https://bsol.bsigroup.com/en/BsolHomePage (Accessed: 3.10.14)

IHS (2014) Construction Information Service . Available at: http://ezproxy.kingston.ac.uk/login?url=http://www.ihsti.com/logon/logon.aspx?reqcode=iplogon (Accessed: 3.10.14)

Institution of Civil Engineers (2014) ICE Virtual Library Available at: http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/ (Accessed: 3.10.14)

BAILI (2016) BAILII Homepage http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/TCC (Accessed: 28/9/16)/)

Surveying databases…

BCIS(2016) BCIS home page Available at: http://service.bcis.co.uk/BCISOnline/ (Accessed: 28/9/16)

EBSCO (2016) Business Source Premier home page. Available at: http://web.b.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.kingston.ac.uk/ehost/resultsadvanced?sid=c5fd8807-1620-4ba6-9562-f544cddb4ce7%40sessionmgr107&vid=2&hid=107&bquery=building+costs&bdata=JmRiPWJ1aCZ0eXBlPTEmc2l0ZT1laG9zdC1saXZl (Accessed: 28/9/16)

iCat searches

Filho, R.D.T., Koenders, E., Pepe, M., Cordeiro, G.C., Fairburn, E. and Martinelli, e. (2013) Rio 2016 sustainable construction commitments lead to new developments in recycled aggregate concrete. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Civil Engineering. 166(6) pp. 28-35.

Reading actively…..

Who is the author?

When was it written?

Why was it written?

Does it agree / disagree with what you already knew or have read?

What is the evidence?

Are they quoting others work or their own?

Note down the arguments/evidence not just summary sentences

Evaluate and be critical. Don’t read it passively – separate facts from opinion/interpretation

Think as you read: Are you understanding it?

Things to remember when readingPalgrave Macmillan HE (2016) Skills4studycampus. Available at: http://icat.kingston.ac.uk (Accessed: 28th September 2016)

https://mykingston.kingston.ac.uk/library/usinglrcs/Pages/otherlibraries.aspx

Finding material external to Kingston

Juan (2010) estimates a building structure can last over half a century; this suggests that sustainable methods, which may be slow to recoup their costs, can be used in commercial buildings.

Knowing whether it will be financially viable to use sustainable materials is critical to a development of a building. Juan states that “For support systems such as the building structure and exterior skin, their lifetime can be more than 50 years.” (2010, p. 291)

Juan, Y.K. Gao, P. Wang, J. (2010) ‘A hybrid decision support system for sustainable office building renovation and energy performance improvement’. Energy and Buildings, 42(3), pp.290-297.

Just as important to reference images as well as written material

Referencing

Green: in text citation. Red: my words Blue: direct quotation

Palgrave Macmillan (2016) Cite them right Available at:http://www.citethemrightonline.com (Accessed: 4/10/16)

Refworks

Refworks(2016) Home screen. Available at: http://www.refworks.com/refworks2/default.aspx?r=references|MainLayout::init (Accessed: 27/9/16)

Referencing help

Tutorial

British Standards Institute (2008) PD 156865:2008 Standardized method of life cycle costing for construction procurement. A supplement to BS ISO 15686-5. Buildings and constructed assets. Service life planning. Life cycle costing. Available at: https://bsol.bsigroup.com/ (Accessed: 30/09/11)

European Parliament (2008) EU Waste Framework Directive. Available at: http://eurlex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2008:312:0003:0030:EN:PDF (Accessed: 30th September 2011)

Juan, Y.K. Gao, P. Wang, J. (2010) ‘A hybrid decision support system for sustainable office building renovation and energy performance improvement’. Energy and Buildings, 42(3), pp.290-297.

McEvoy, M. (2008) Environmental construction handbook. London: RIBA Enterprises

Reference list example:

Filho, R.D.T., et al (2013) ‘Rio 2016 sustainable construction commitments lead to new developments in recycled aggregate concrete’. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Civil Engineering. 166(6) pp. 28-35.

BSI (2011) Safety rules for the construction of lifts. Available at: http://icat.kingston.ac.uk (Accessed: 29.9.12)

Turley, C. Stone, V. (2006) Transport Security Measures: attitudes and acceptability Security screening trial at Canary Wharf station Report Available at: http://assets.dft.gov.uk/publications/transport-security-measures-canary-wharf/security-measures-canary-wharf.pdf (Accessed: 29.9.12)

Lawrence, T. Dakin, J. Norris, P. Forni, M. (2011) Noise and vibration from road and rail. Available at: http://icat.kingston.ac.uk (Accessed: 29.9.12)

Huang, C.C. Chen, Y.S. (2012) ‘Stability analyses of reinforced walls subjected to simulated toe scouring’. Geosynthetics International, 19(4) pgs 284 – 291.

BSI (2012) BSI logo. Available at: https://bsigroup-com.ezproxy.kingston.ac.uk/. (Accessed: 21/9/12)

Juan, Y.K. Gao, P. Wang, J. (2010) ‘A hybrid decision support system for sustainable office building renovation and energy performance improvement’. Energy and Buildings, 42(3), pp.290-297.

Palgrave Macmillan HE (2016) Skills4studycampus. Available at: http://icat.kingston.ac.uk (Accessed: 29/9/16)

Palgrave Macmillan (2016) Cite them right Available at: http://www.citethemrightonline.com (Accessed: 4/10/16)

Institution of Civil Engineers (2014) ICE Virtual Library Available at: http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/ (Accessed: 3.10.14)

IHS (2014) Construction Information Service . Available at: http://ezproxy.kingston.ac.uk/login?url=http://www.ihsti.com/logon/logon.aspx?reqcode=iplogon (Accessed: 3.10.14)

British Standards (2014) BSI online. Available at: http://ezproxy.kingston.ac.uk/login?url=https://bsol.bsigroup.com/en/BsolHomePage (Accessed: 3.10.14)

Elsevier (2014) Scopus search page. Available at: http://www.scopus.com/ (Accessed: 3.10.14)

ReferencesBAILI (2016) BAILII Homepage http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/TCC (Accessed: 28/9/16)/)

BCIS(2016) BCIS home page Available at: http://service.bcis.co.uk/BCISOnline/ (Accessed: 28/9/16)

EBSCO (2016) Business Source Premier home page. Available at: http://web.b.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.kingston.ac.uk/ehost/resultsadvanced?sid=c5fd8807-1620-4ba6-9562-f544cddb4ce7%40sessionmgr107&vid=2&hid=107&bquery=building+costs&bdata=JmRiPWJ1aCZ0eXBlPTEmc2l0ZT1laG9zdC1saXZl (Accessed: 28/9/16)

Inspiration Software Inc.(2016) Inspiration (Version 9) [computer program]. Available at: http://www.inspirarion.com (Accessed: 27/9/16)

Refworks(2016) Home screen. Available at: http://www.refworks.com/refworks2/default.aspx?r=references|MainLayout::init (Accessed: 27/9/16)

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