A Comparative Study on Technical Standards for the Design of Emergency Medical Facilities in China in the Context of COVID-19
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
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Author Response
Thank you very much for your high evaluation of this article. This article is relevant to our ongoing research project on retrofitting existing buildings during the pandemic. Because China attaches great importance on epidemic prevention and control, the formulating of relevant technical standards in China is the fastest and most frequent around the world. However, there was lack of timely academic feedbacks and technical experiences, and that is what this study is trying to do. We will do more in-depth and useful exploration in future studies.
Reviewer 2 Report
Thie paper presents a comparative review on eleven sets of technical standards for the eighteen design and construction of emergency medical facilities issued by the general office of the National nineteen Health Commission and the provincial competent authorities of Hubei, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Hebei, twenty Shandong, and Beijing, respectively. Some suggestions were proposed for the improvement 22 and revision of these technical standards for better applications. The paper is well-written, and the topic is challenging.
Author Response
Dear reviewer, thank you very much for your affirmation. We will do more in-depth and useful exploration in future studies.
Reviewer 3 Report
The proposed work focuses on comparative Study on Technical Standards for the Design of 2 Emergency Medical Facilities in China in the Context of 3 COVID-19. It is of potential interest to Buildings journal readers.
This 17 paper conducted a comprehensive and comparative review on 11 sets of technical standards for the 18 design and construction of emergency medical facilities
Despite the importance of the subject addressed, this work needs many improvements to be ready for the publication in the buildings journal.
Specific points of improvement :
- Authors affiliations are incomplete and don't meet to the journal requirements.
- Abstract must be rewritten and restructuring.
- The objective of this research must be more developed.
- Quality of figures must be improved.
- Method section must be more developed and the tests description must be more detailed.
- The conclusion section is too long. Only the main results must be indicated.
Author Response
Dear reviewer, please see the attachment.
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Reviewer 4 Report
The article is interesting and relevant to the field. The structure, length, and selected methods are suitable for analysis and clearly described. The reviewed literature is up-to-date.
I have the following comment for the authors:
1. The Introduction section has to contain the main aim of the article and the structure of the article (chapters)
2. Some references in the list do not contain all authors' names. For example, Nr. 25 missing all authors. Should be cited like this:
Chen, S., Zhang, Z., Yang, J., Wang, J., Zhai, X., Bärnighausen, T., & Wang, C. (2020). Fangcang shelter hospitals: a novel concept for responding to public health emergencies. The Lancet, 395(10232), 1305-1314.
PLEASE CHECK ALL THE LIST OF REFERENCES
3. How this article can be useful/valuable for other countries because the analysis made of local Technical Standards for the Design of Emergency Medical Facilities in China?
Author Response
Dear reviewer, please see the attachment.
Author Response File: Author Response.pdf
Round 2
Reviewer 3 Report
The proposed work focuses on comparative Study on Technical Standards for the Design of 2 Emergency Medical Facilities in China in the Context of 3 COVID-19. It is of potential interest to Buildings journal readers.
I think that the revised version of the submitted paper is well improved by considering the reviewers and editor recommendations and remarks. Indeed, I think that this paper is accepted in this form
