**5. Results**

The results and discussion are structured in three sections that relate to the three sub-questions, as shown in Figure 4, that stem from the primary research question: how do senior leaders in the construction sector rate and use global UN SDG goals for infrastructure investment decisions at the local level? The subsections are therefore as follows.


Using the twin track analysis approach (Figure 6), which includes both the qualitative and quantitative data, results are derived from the combined findings. All participants were asked for their views on the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) of the employment of the mechanism. Given the semi-structured interview approach, their responses did not take a standard route and the interviewer used the funnelling technique [58] to increase subject specificity where depth of answer was required.
