Technical writing for construction science graduates Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • The purpose of this study was to determine the perceptions of the construction industry as well as the construction educators regarding the need for technical writing skills among Construction Science graduates. An instrument was prepared to gather the data related to the technical writing skill set of construction science graduates. This instrument was sent to the CEO's of the construction companies, identified from the career fair database of a large south-central university, and faculty members of in the Associated Schools of Construction. The results of the survey were used to determine the importance of different construction documents used within the construction industry for which good technical writing skills are essential. The data was analyzed using stepwise and multiple regression techniques. The results from the study indicate that capability of writing business letters, request for bid information, e-mails, and schedule of values are important in terms of technical writing. All these factors were found to be related to the overall capability of technical writing skills among Construction Science graduates at a level of significance of 0.05.

published proceedings

  • Journal of Construction Education

author list (cited authors)

  • Choudhury, I., Rocha, R. E., & Burt, R

complete list of authors

  • Choudhury, I||Rocha, RE||Burt, R

publication date

  • September 2003