Here are points that STRICTLY to be followed and will help in writing the report.
MAIN POINTS:
• It is a must to follow the points mentioned in (Project Contents – Guidelines) file attached
• It is a must to follow Strictly the points one by one and all notes mentioned in (Project Report Template) file attached, and to use it as a structure for this report.
• It is a must to include statistical analysis and predictive model (using MiniTab) in the report
• It is a must to include at least 20 tables, figures and charts
• It is engineering management course project
• To be in 6th edition APA style
• To include at least 20 references
• To include at 10500 words excluding the references and table of contents
• Plagiarism should not exceed 9% excluding references and table of contents
• Use the report (Similar Format 1) file attached, as an assisting tool and example to follow NOT TO COPY FROM IT.
• BE AWARE THAT THE MAIN TOPIC IS ABOUT BLOCK WORK ONLY , MEANWHILE THE ATTACHED FILE (SIMILAR FORMAT#1) IS ABOUT BOTH BLOCK AND PLASTER WORK.
• See (similar format#2) how the final draft should look like.
TECHNICAL POINTS AND SOME TIPS:
• In abstract, you need to clarify how is the productivity is required to estimate the cost and duration of construction projects?
• Define “productivity of construction process”, clarify how would you measure the productivity of a construction process. What will be the measurement unit of productivity? Is it logistic regression?
• Objectives: “To construct a predictive model using these significant factors to estimate the blockwork productivity on blockwork within UAE building projects” objective will be achieved. What kind of predictive model you want to construct? (MINITAB) and to be briefly explained with photos, graphs, and steps in understandable way and well presented. And to indicate the constructed Hypothesis and the decision. (show what kind of parametric tests or non-parametric)
• Literature review: add “concluding remarks” at the end of the literature review chapter that should highlight the research gap.
• Methodology: What kind of methodology you are going to use? Better add the project implementation steps in terms of a flow chart and then explain each step in-details.
• how the study objectives can be achieved by the proposed methodology.
• Hypothesis and statistical analysis: What kind of hypothesis and statistical analysis will be conducted? What decision you want to make from those hypotheses? (INCLUDE HAND OF H0 AND H1 CALCULATIONS TO SUPPORT RESULTS OF THE MODEL)
• To write why using Parametric OR Non-parametric test
• Hypothesis and statistical analysis: What is your sample size? What kind of data you want to collect and how? How can you measure the reliability of the collected data? Data collection procedure”, more information about your population and the sample size is needed? How you will decide your sample size? Which test you will use to identify the significant factors? For example, ANOVA or Wallis test? More explanation is required.
Hint: use the following sample buildings (EX: PAGE 37 IN SIMILAR FORMAT#1) attached file
- 2B+G+3 commercial building.
- G+2P+8 residential building.
- G+1 twenty residential villas.
- G+6P+40 residential building.
Where: B=Basement, G=Ground Floor, P=Car Parking Floor
• A survey should be implemented showing the aspect affecting block work similar to (SEE PAGES 128, 132 AND 140 IN SIMILAR FORMAT#1) attached file, and to be added to the appendix of this report.
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