Exploratory Approach to Issues and Strategy Involved in Creating Industrial Revolution Time Environmental Sustainability by Construction Firms on Sites

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

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Dear Authors, Please check the attached document for the comments. 

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Reviewer 2 Report

This study focuses on Nigerian contractors' perception of environmental sustainability with positive practical implications, however, there are some obvious drawbacks.

（1）The design of the study is too simple, it is only a descriptive questionnaire survey, and there is no clear inference of the relationship between research variables and variables. It is suggested that the author focus on a specific problem and redesign the research.

（2）The study results were based on simple ranking and descriptive analysis of the questions listed in the 92 questionnaires, which lacked sufficient data testing and the reliability of the conclusions was insufficient. Moreover, the authors did not report the basis for the design of the questionnaire, the basis for the selection of the respondents, and the representativeness  of the sample, so that the rationality of the sampling process and the reliability of the data could not be judged.

（3）The structure and writing style of the paper do not conform to the norms of academic papers, and it is more like an investigation report.

（4）Insufficient originality, no innovation point in sight, and lack of clear academic contribution. It is recommended to study the relevant literature and start a dialogue with existing studies in order to improve the research design and show academic value.

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Reviewer 3 Report

This is interesting and timely work. Some comments:

1. Abstract: construction industry is a wide concept, please be more specific.
2. Abstract Line 24-27: are the factors ordered by the importance?
3. Introduction: please summarize the blue text into table, it will be easier for the readers.
4. Line 179: what are the ratios of architects, contractors, quantity surveyors, developers, and urban and regional planners in the survey? Are there enough sample size for each profession?
5. How to consider the weight of profession, and parameters list in Table 1?
6. Line 235: the table is repeated, please delete it.
7. The statistical analysis is reliable.
8. Conclusion: how about the employees’ healthy, such as fume emission. wellbeing and workplace design?

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Round 2

Reviewer 1 Report

Dear Authors, 
The article is now well represented and all my concerns have been removed after your improvement. 

Author Response

Many thanks for your constructive comments. Many thanks 

Reviewer 2 Report

The research design of this manuscript is not academic and no improvements were made in the methods section of the revised manuscript. The authors did not make any substantive changes to the flaws in the questionnaire approach, Data Robustness Test, and data analysis methods, and these essential flaws led to a lack of reliability and credibility of the study results and findings. Moreover, the authors' revised responses were sloppy and did not provide any effective response to the reviewers' comments and suggestions.

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Round 3

Reviewer 2 Report

The study design needs to be improved. Even for descriptive surveys, the norms of quantitative or qualitative research need to be followed to give more reliability and validity to the research results.

Author Response

Authors Response to Reviewers Comments

Title: Exploratory Approach to Issues and Strategy Involved in Cre-ting Industrial Revolution Time Environmental Sustainability by Construction Firms on Sites

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1	Is the content succinctly described and contextualized with respect to previous and present theoretical background and empirical research (if applicable) on the topic?	The content has been improved with the results under the Tables 1 to 14 further reinforced with discussions and validation from previous empirical and theoretical researches presented before and after each tables and sections. All the changes are highlighted in in red colour
2	Are the research design, questions, hypotheses and methods clearly stated?	These has been addressed see and presented on pages 4 and 5 in Section 2.1 a and  Section2.1 b. All the changes are highlighted in in red colour
3	Are the arguments and discussion of findings coherent, balanced and compelling?	The discussion under each tables has been reinforced further and validated from previous research linking to the objectives and corresponding questions. See tables 1-14. All the changes are highlighted in in red colour
4	For empirical research, are the results clearly presented?	The results have been clearly summarized further at conclusion section see section 4.0.
5	Is the article adequately referenced?	All the discussion under the tables and body of the text are duly referenced. All the changes are highlighted in in red colour
6	Are the conclusions thoroughly supported by the results presented in the article or referenced in secondary literature?	The results are further entrenched in the conclusion section. All the changes are highlighted in in red colour
7	The study design needs to be improved. Even for descriptive surveys, the norms of quantitative or qualitative research need to be followed to give more reliability and validity to the research results	The study design has been improved with mixed research method now being used using quantitative and qualitative research method. Further interview have been conducted on some research variables  and presented the Tables The data used in the study has been subjected to Cronbach Alpha test, and more hypotheses introduced and tested. All the changes are highlighted in in red colour.