Construction Research Topic Creation & Report
Budget: $15 – $25 AUD
Research Topic Report
develop a research topic in construction
This report is required to show your research project proposal to carry out the literature review. It may include a background study explaining the topic area and why you are selecting it to do a literature review, together with references and a timeline.
Outline
Title page - Include the research topic, student’s name, student number and supervisor’s
name - not word counted.
1. Supervisor's Consent – The student must include a screenshot of the email from their
supervisor confirming consent to submit. Without the supervisor’s consent, the report will
not be evaluated.
2. Background and Rationale - Provides a background to the topic and establishes its
significance. Identification of the research gap; that is why you conduct such research and
what your research values are. The literature known by this stage would be expanded and
detailed later at the literature review stage (assessment 2). Must include sufficient in-text
citations for all necessary facts and arguments.
3. Research Problem - Describe the ‘broader’ research problem.
4. Research Question(s) - refers to the specific questions that a research project aims to
answer. These questions guide the focus and direction of the research and help to define
the scope and objectives of the study.
5. Aim - Be realistic about what you can accomplish during the project. The aim is what you
want to achieve.
6. Objectives - describe how you are going to achieve the aim. It is possible that your aim and
objectives will change as the research develops.
7. Scope and limitations - Briefly explain the study's boundaries and limits. Your supervisor
can then ascertain whether the area of study is appropriate in scope and feasible.
8. Work Plan/Timeline - Make a work plan for this semester's work, including completing the
literature review and research design proposal. Better to include a simple Gantt chart. Not
word counted.
9. Annotated Bibliography - Must include an annotated bibliography with a minimum of six (6)
cited journal articles. Please refer to the template document for more details.
develop a research topic in construction
This report is required to show your research project proposal to carry out the literature review. It may include a background study explaining the topic area and why you are selecting it to do a literature review, together with references and a timeline.
Outline
Title page - Include the research topic, student’s name, student number and supervisor’s
name - not word counted.
1. Supervisor's Consent – The student must include a screenshot of the email from their
supervisor confirming consent to submit. Without the supervisor’s consent, the report will
not be evaluated.
2. Background and Rationale - Provides a background to the topic and establishes its
significance. Identification of the research gap; that is why you conduct such research and
what your research values are. The literature known by this stage would be expanded and
detailed later at the literature review stage (assessment 2). Must include sufficient in-text
citations for all necessary facts and arguments.
3. Research Problem - Describe the ‘broader’ research problem.
4. Research Question(s) - refers to the specific questions that a research project aims to
answer. These questions guide the focus and direction of the research and help to define
the scope and objectives of the study.
5. Aim - Be realistic about what you can accomplish during the project. The aim is what you
want to achieve.
6. Objectives - describe how you are going to achieve the aim. It is possible that your aim and
objectives will change as the research develops.
7. Scope and limitations - Briefly explain the study's boundaries and limits. Your supervisor
can then ascertain whether the area of study is appropriate in scope and feasible.
8. Work Plan/Timeline - Make a work plan for this semester's work, including completing the
literature review and research design proposal. Better to include a simple Gantt chart. Not
word counted.
9. Annotated Bibliography - Must include an annotated bibliography with a minimum of six (6)
cited journal articles. Please refer to the template document for more details.