LECTURENOTE

TECHNI
CALREPORTWRI
TING
(
BLD213)

DEPARTMENTOFBUI
LDI
NGTECHNOLOGY
YABACOLLEGEOFTECHNOLOGY
YABA

BY

DR.I
JAOLA,
I.A.

8TH APRI
L2020
 DETERMI
NATI
ONOFTOPI
C/TI
TLE

Topi
c/t
it
lei
ntechni
cal
repor
twr
it
ingcanbedet
ermi
nedv
ia,

(
i) St
udent
s’Super
visor
s

(
ii
) Exi
sti
ngpr
obl
em i
nthesoci
ety

(
ii
i) Ar
eaoff
urt
herr
esear
chi
nat
echni
cal
repor
t

(
iv) Or
gani
sat
ion/
company

St
udentSuper
visor

Student
sgett heirt
opicfr
om super
visor
satti
mes.Thisimpl
iest
hatt
hesuper
visor
sdid
notgivethest udent
st hefr
eehandt ochoosetopi
c/t
it
le.I
fiti
stheot
herwayr ound,
thenthestudentswill
deter
minethetopi
cbythemsel
ves.

Exi
sti
ngPr
obl
em i
ntheSoci
ety

Inthedet
erminati
onofti
tl
eforatechnicalr
eport
,studentshoul
dboldl
ylookar
oundthe
societ
ytoseewhatt heprobl
em existandr el
atetohi s/
herfi
eldofstudyandthat
deservei
nsi
ghtthroughasci
enti
fi
cstudy.

Forexample,st
udentat
tent
ionmaybedr awntot heincessantbui
l
dingcoll
apseinthe
countr
ynow.Assuch,thestudentmaydecidetostudyandwr i
ter
eportonthecauses
ofthebui
l
dingcoll
apseorwaysofreduci
ngbuil
dingcoll
apse.

Ar
eaofFur
therResear
ch

Insituat
ionwherestudentcannotdetermineat i
tl
efrom probl
em i
nt hesociety,t
he
studentcancheckot
herpasttechni
cal
r eportandi
dent
ifyar
easforf
urt
herresearch.

Or
gani
sat
ion(
Company
)

Someor ganisat
ions(compani
escanapproachaschoolwi
tht
heirprobl
em andwant
student
stocar ryoutastudyandfindsolut
iont
oit.I
nsuchsit
uati
on,thecompany
fundstheresear
ch.

St
udentscanalsoapproachthei
rcol
l
eaguesandfri
endsforsuggest
ionsorcheck
l
it
erat
uresandmat
eri
alsfori
deast
ohavi
ngasui
tabl
etopi
c/t
it
le.

Exampl
es:
Const
ruct
ionofaconv
ert
ibl
echai
rtobed

Const
ruct
ionofaconv
ert
ibl
ebookshel
ftobed

Just
if
icat
ionofTi
tl
e
Justi
fi
cat
ionofti
tl
etalksaboutt
hesi gni
fi
canceorimpor
tanceoft
het
it
le.At
it
leofa
techni
cal
repor
tissai
dt obei
mportantorsigni
fi
canti
f:

(
i) I
tisanor
igi
nal
wor
k

(
ii
) I
tisr
esear
chi
ngi
ntof
reshpr
obl
em

(
ii
i) I
tresul
tscanbeusedi
nsol
vi
nganexi
sti
ngpr
obl
em

I
nwri
tingjusti
fi
cat
ionundert
echni
calr
eportst
udentmustmakesur
ehe/sheident
if
ies
t
hebenefactor
,whobenefi
tsf
rom t
hestudy
,thebenef
itandhowdot
heybenef
it.

I
njusti
fi
cati
onoft i
tl
e,st
udentsshoul dbeabl etoexplaintheextenttowhi chthet i
tl
e
makeseffor
ttowar dsaddressi
ngthepr essi
ngneedsi nthesociet
y,school,
constructi
on
i
ndustr
yandt hewor l
datlarge.Studentscanalsoj ust
if
ytheirt
itl
eiftheycanshowt hat
t
heirt
it
lewillf
illanexi
sti
nggapi nresearch.Justi
fi
cati
onalsoexplainsthepract
icaland
t
heoret
ical
/scienti
fi
crel
evanceoft heresearch.

Abst
ractorSy
nopsi
soft
heRepor
t

Anabstr
actisthesummaryoftheentir
er epor
twr
it
teninconci
seform.Alt
hough,iti
s
pl
acedatthebeginningoftherepor
tafterthepr
eli
minar
ypages,itisthelastthi
ng
st
udentwri
teoncetheycometoconcl
usion.

Abstr
acthighl
ightmajorpoi nt
s ofthe r esear
ch and expl
ain whythe r
esearch is
i
mpor t
ant
,whati sthepurpose,how ther esear
chwascar ri
edoutandconclusion.In
ot
herwor ds,student
s should wri
te abstractusi
ng thi
sf ormat;br
iefi
ntroducti
on,
st
atementofproblem,methodol
ogy,fi
ndings,concl
usi
onandr ecommendat
ion.

Ai
m andObj
ect
ivesofRepor
t

Theaim ofar esear

chistheoveral
lintent
ionofther esearch,i
.e.thegoalforcar
ryi
ng
outther
esearch.Iti
sthereasonwhyy ouar edoi
ngther esearchandsignalswhereyou
hopetobebyt heend.Whenwr i
ti
nganai m,theconvent i
oni st
ouseani nf
ini
ti
veverb,
i
.e.ato+acti
on.Thiscoul
dbet omeasur e,t
oinvest
igate,toconstruct
.

Theobject
ivesarethespeci
fi
cstepsy ouwil
ltaketogetthere.Theyaret
hespeci
fi
c
stepsst
udenswillt
aketoachi
evetheirai
ms.Theseareusual
lyformat
tedasnumber
ed
l
isttomakeiteasytoseet
hemainst epsoft
heproj
ect.

Forexampl
e;Theai
m oft
hispr
ojecti
stoconst
ructaconv
ert
ibl
ebookshel
ftobed.

Toachi
evet
hisai
m,t
hef
oll
owi
ngobj
ect
ivesar
econsi
der
ed;

(
i) Todesi
gnt
heconv
ert
ibl
ebookshel
f
 (
ii
) Todet
ermi
net
het
imbert
ypet
ousef
ort
heconst
ruct
ion

(
ii
i) Toest
imat
ethecostofconv
ert
ibl
ebookshel
f

(
iv) Toconst
ructt
heconv
ert
ibl
ebookshel
ftobed.

Theobject
ivesshoul
dbespeci
fi
candmeasurabl
e.Eachobject
iveshouldbui
ldont
he
prev
iousoneandassuchgui
dether
eadert
hroughthest
ruct
ureoftherepor
t.

ScopeandLi
mit
ati
on

Scopei ssomet imesreferr

edtoasdelimitat
ion.Proj
ect/researchti
tl
ear eoftent oo
wideandi fall
ow todoi t
,itmaytakey earstocompl ete.Theref
ore,scopeal l
ows
students/
researchertodescri
betheboundariesoftheresearch.Thatis,ci
rcumscribe
theresearchprojectwit
hinamanageabl
elimit.Scopeall
owst hestudent/r
esearcherto
focusonjustoneaspectofagener al
andwi deprobl
em area.

Al
so,scopei
ndi
cat
est
heact
ualar
eawher
ether
esear
chwi
l
lbeconduct
ede.
g.Lagos
st
ate.

Limitati
on tal
ks aboutthe pr
obl
em encount
ered i
nthe ev
entofcar
ryi
ng outt
he
research/st
udy,whichi
sduetouncont
rol
l
ablef
actor
s.

Forexampl e:A st udyonmai nt

enanceofpr i
sonfaci
li
ti
esi nLagosst
ate.A gr
eat
l
imitati
ont hatwi l
lbeencounter
edi saccesstothef aci
li
ti
esinthepri
sonast he
student/
researcherwil
lnotbeper
mitt
edtoentert
hepri
son.

Example:Theprojectisconcer
nedwi
ththeconstr
uct
ionandproduct
ionofonl
yone
conver
tibl
ebookshelft
obed.Thedi
mensi
onsofthebookshel
far
e1m inlengt
hand2m
i
nheight.