1.    Harris, F., Edum-Fotwe, F. and McCaffer, R. (2006) Modern Construction management. 6th Edition. Oxford. Blackwell

2.    Summerhayes, S. (2008) CDM Regulations Procedures Manual. 3rd Edition. Oxford. Blackwell

3.    Cooke, B. and Williams, P. (2009) Contract Planning, Programming and Control. 3rd Edition. Chichester. Wiley Blackwell.

4.    Sears, S. K., Keoki, S., Sears,G. A. and Clough, R.H. (2008) Construction Project Management - A practical guide to field construction management. 5th Edition. Hoboken. Wiley

5.    Griffith, A. and Watson, P. (2004) Construction Management - Principles and Practice. Basingstoke. Palgrave Macmillan

6.    Emmitt, S. and Gorse, C. A. (2003) Construction Communication. Oxford. Blackwell

7.    Howarth, T. and Watson P. (2009) Construction Safety Management. Chichester. Wiley Blackwell.

                                                                   CIE 5005

1.    Chadwick, A., Morfett, J. and Borthwick, M. (2004) Hydraulics in Civil and Environmental Engineering. 4th edition. London. E and FN Spon

2.    Douglas, J. F., Gasiorek, J. M., and Swaffield, J. A. (2005) Fluid Mechanics. 5th Edition. Harlow. Prentice Hall

3.    Marriott, M.J., Nalluri, C., and Featherstone, R.E. (2009) Nalluri and Featherstone's civil engineering hydraulics : essential theory with worked examples. Chichester. Wiley-Blackwell

4.    Barnes, G. E. (2000) Soil Mechanics, Principles and Practice. 2nd Edition. Basingstoke. MacMillan Press

5.    Craig, R. F. (2004) Soil Mechanics. 7th Edition. London. Spon

6.    Head, K. H. (1998) Manual of Soil Laboratory Testing. Vols. 1, 2 and 3, 2nd Edition. Wiley

7.    Sarsby, R. W. (2001) Environmental Geotechnics. London. Thomas Telford

8.    Smith, G. N. (2006) Elements of Soil Mechanics. 8th Edition. Oxford. Blackwell

9.    Whitlow, R. (2001) Basic Soil Mechanics. 4th Edition. Harlow. Prentice Hall

                                                                        CIE 5007

1.    Breach, M. (2009) Dissertation writing for engineers and scientists. Harlow: Pearson

2.    Fellows, R. and Liu, A. (2015) Research Methods for Construction. 4th ed. London: Wiley Blackwell

3.    Naoum, S. G. (2013) Dissertation Research and Writing for Construction Students. 3rd ed. Oxon: Routledge

4.    Holt, G. D. (1997) A guide to successful dissertation study for students of the built environment. Wolverhampton: The Built Environment Research Unit

5.    Fink, A. (1995) The Survey Handbook. The Survey Kit: Vol 1. London: Sage

6.    Litwin, M. (1995) How to measure survey reliability and validity. The Survey Kit. Vol 7. London: Sage

7.    Miles, M.B. (1994) Qualitative Data Analysis. California: Sage

8.    Oppenheim, A. N. (1992) Questionnaire Design, Interviewing and Attitude Measurement. 2nd ed. London: Printer Publishers

9.    Bryman, A. and Cramer, D. (2009) Quantitative Data Analysis with SPSS 14, 15 and 16. A guide for social scientists. London: Routledge

10. Kinnear, P. R. and Gray, C. D. (2010) IBM SPSS statistics 17 made simple. Hove and New York: Psychology Press

11. Litwin, M. (1995) How to measure survey reliability and validity. The Survey Kit. Vol 7. London: Sage

12. Rudd, D. (2007) Cite Me, I’m Yours: Harvard Style. The University of Bolton

13. Rudd, D. (2005) Preparing for Dissertations and Projects. The University of Bolton

14. Rudd, D. (2006) Writing – ‘The Basics’. The University of Bolton

15. Rudd, D. (2005) Report Writing. The University of Bolton

16. Farrell, P. with Sherratt, F. and Richardson, A. (2017) Writing a Built Environment Dissertations and Projects. Practical Guidance with Examples. Second edition. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell.

Task 2
Submit the Plagiarism challenge on the University of Bolton website.

Task 3
Find the standard pipe sizes used in UAE construction industry.

Task3 

Answer:

The standard pipes used in UAE construction industry are given below from the different companies:












                            Figure 01:   Standard dimensions of Carbon Steel Pipes             (Econosto, 2004)

The sizes in the above figure are used by the pipe supplying company names as Econosto Mideast B.V. 

This company was established in 1976 and is one of the largest importer, exporter and stockist of Structural Steel and Building materials in the United Arab Emirates. 












Figure 02:   Standard dimensions of Pipes             (Dayal steel, 1976)

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Dayal steel (1976). [online] Dayalsteelonline.com. Available at: http://www.dayalsteelonline.com/images/All%20Pages%201-36.compressed.pdf [Accessed 16 Feb. 2018].

Econosto (2004). [online] Fakhribrothers.com. Available at: https://www.fakhribrothers.com/images/pdf/51_pipe_catalogue.pdf [Accessed 16 Feb. 2018].

Electronic Books Online
1) Research methods for construction

by Fellows, Richard; Liu, Anita.

2) Chemical Engineering Methods and Technology: New Developments in Aldehydes Research by Pescasseroli, Emilia; Torrioni, Luca.

3) Bulk Materials: Research, Technology and Applications written by Teodor Frias 
and Ventura Maestas.

Task2. Find at least five journals on Civil Engineering. (List your Findings).

1) Ireland's civil engineering heritage by John Clifton.
2) Artificial Intelligence in Civil Engineering by Lu, Pengzhen; Chen, Shengyong; Zheng, Yujun.
3) Excellence in Civil Engineering.
4) Civil Engineering: Icy Innovation by Sarah Khan.
5)  Civil Engineering: WEB OF STEEL by Thomas K. Grose.
6) Civil Engineering: Duct Work by Chris Pritchard.

 

It contains the full text of key construction books as well as reports and standards relating to the construction industry.

2.       ICE Virtual Library Journals

It contains Full-text journal articles relating to engineering.

3.       Scopus 

Abstracts and citations of over 15,000 peer-reviewed journal articles and conference papers. 

4.       ScienceDirect 

Full-text multi-disciplinary journals with an emphasis on scientific disciplines, including life sciences, medical and technological.

5.       Newspaper Article

This discusses current or recent news of either general interest (i.e. daily newspapers) or of a specific topic.

6.       Book / eBook: 

An eBook is an electronic version of a traditional print book that can be read by using a personal computer while a Book is a written or printed work consisting of pages about a specific topic or topics.

Task 2 : Laminar and Turbulent flow in Pipes , Find one resource with a valid author
Answer:

Authors:
 Philip M Gerhart ,‎ Andrew L Gerhart ,‎ John I Hochstein.
Reason why to use it:
This book can be used because it is published by Wiley; 8th Binder Ready Version ed. edition (2 Dec. 2015).

Task 3. Find one resource which you might not use.
 
1) Wikipedia

 

Reason why – This resource cannot be used because the information provided in it can be edited by anyone.

Publisher
Water Environment Federation (April 2004)
Author
Water Environment Federation.

Journal:

Odor Assessment and Management in Wastewater Treatment Plants.

Raquel Lebrero,Lynne Bouchy,Richard Stuetz &Raúl Muñoz.

Website:

Title:

Author:
Brent Howe.