Technical Engineering Writing
A Practical Guide for Engineering Professionals
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- Description
- Contents
- About
Technical Engineering Writing is a practical handbook written specifically for engineers to help them with the writing they do as part of their day-to-day work. The book seeks to address common issues that can arise in professional writing, and provide a series of practical steps that will help in the production of technical documents that are clearly structured, readable, concise and accurate.
Coverage in the book includes
• guidance on the different stages of technical writing, including planning, organisation, first draft, review and revision
• how to address commonly encountered problems in technical writing
• data visualisation and principles of effective visual communication
• typical structure and contents of common documents, including examples of progress reports, research reports, business proposals, and journal articles.
Written by an author with over 25 years’ experience in engineering and project management, and an experienced tutor on technical writing professional courses, Technical Engineering Writing is a straightforward guide to the different stages of technical writing, and will be a useful reference for civil engineers across all stages of their career and also engineers in other disciplines.
Chapter 1. Introduction
- Chapter 2. Planning
- Chapter 3. The Writing Process
- Chapter 4. Writing Style, English Grammar and Vocabulary
- Chapter 5. Presentation
- Chapter 6. Writing Common Engineering Documents
- References
- Appendix: Style Guide and Checklists
Jean Billingsley has 25 years’ experience in engineering and project management, holding senior management positions at both Rolls-Royce and Alstom and has delivered multi-million pound projects. Jean moved into training and consulting in 2013 and has delivered training to many companies and organisations, including: NCC, Uniper, JLR, BAE Systems, Shell, Nuclear AMRC, Bristol University, University of Sheffield, DePuy, CRH and Babcock. She prepares and delivers training courses, specialising in written communication skills for engineers.