Prince Antwi-Afari

Dr Prince Antwi-Afari

Lecturer

School of Architecture and Civil Engineering

Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD (as Co-Supervisor) - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Dr Prince Antwi-Afari is a Lecturer in Construction Management at the School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, the University of Adelaide. Prince is an astute researcher and academic with nonpareil research and professional experience in construction engineering and management.

Prince is enthused about interdisciplinary, innovation and making an impact. Therefore, his research interest coalesces the rudiments of the construction industry with innovation, management, and sustainable development to explore pertinent issues in construction and demolition waste management, smart and sustainable infrastructure and cities, circular economy in construction, building life cycle assessment, smart/digital construction and building services among others.

He has immense experience in teaching and supervising students from diverse multicultural and linguistic backgrounds. His vision is to create an environment whereby students can be imparted with the requisite knowledge to be agents of change in their field of discipline. He is motivated by doing research which also has applicable effects on society and the environment and improving the existing business models to be cost-effective.

Prince has published several peer-reviewed papers in internationally reputable journals and has collaborated with several academic and industry professionals across Hong Kong, China, Australia, the UK, Canada, Ghana, the USA, Nigeria, the UAE, and other parts of the world.

Main research interests: 

  • Design for total/systemic circularity in the construction industry
  • Digital design and sustainable construction  
  • Smart construction objects 
  • Sustainable smart cities 
  • Life cycle assessment 
  • Decision-making support system 
  • Artificial intelligence and machine learning applications in construction 
  • Construction Innovation 
  • Circular procurement and supply chain management 
  • Construction health and safety 

 

  • Journals
    Year Citation
    2024 Quashie, R., Fugar, F. D. K., Antwi-Afari, P., & Ng, S. T. (2024). Evaluating the key competency skills of construction professionals for the attainment of circular construction in developing economies. Cleaner Production Letters, 6, 100060.
    DOI Scopus1
    2024 Larbi, J. A., Tang, L. C. M., Ababio, B. K., & Antwi-Afari, P. (2024). Developing an integrated digital delivery framework for designing and planning construction projects: a review of interoperable digital technologies. International Journal of Construction Management, 1-16.
    DOI
    2024 Abdulai, S. F., Nani, G., Taiwo, R., Antwi-Afari, P., Zayed, T., & Sojobi, A. O. (2024). Modelling the relationship between circular economy barriers and drivers for sustainable construction industry. Building and Environment, 254, 111388.
    DOI Scopus6
    2024 Wang, J., Antwi-Afari, M. F., Tezel, A., Antwi-Afari, P., & Kasim, T. (2024). ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN CLOUD COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY: A BIBLIOMETRIC AND SYSTEMATIC REVIEW. Journal of Information Technology in Construction, 29, 480-502.
    DOI
    2023 Oluleye, B. I., Chan, D. W. M., Antwi-Afari, P., & Olawumi, T. O. (2023). Modeling the principal success factors for attaining systemic circularity in the building construction industry: An international survey of circular economy experts. Sustainable Production and Consumption, 37, 268-283.
    DOI Scopus11
    2023 Antwi-Afari, P., Ng, S. T., Chen, J., Oluleye, B. I., Antwi-Afari, M. F., & Ababio, B. K. (2023). Enhancing life cycle assessment for circular economy measurement of different case scenarios of modular steel slab. Building and Environment, 239, 14 pages.
    DOI Scopus12
    2023 Antwi-Afari, P., Ng, S. T., & Chen, J. (2023). Determining the optimal partition system of a modular building from a circular economy perspective: A multicriteria decision-making process. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 185, 16 pages.
    DOI Scopus6
    2023 Oluleye, B. I., Chan, D. W. M., & Antwi-Afari, P. (2023). Adopting Artificial Intelligence for enhancing the implementation of systemic circularity in the construction industry: A critical review. Sustainable Production and Consumption, 35, 509-524.
    DOI Scopus35
    2022 Ayarkwa, J., Joe Opoku, D. G., Antwi-Afari, P., & Man Li, R. Y. (2022). Sustainable building processes’ challenges and strategies: The relative important index approach. Cleaner Engineering and Technology, 7, 9 pages.
    DOI Scopus37
    2022 Antwi-Afari, P., Ng, S. T., Chen, J., & Zheng, X. M. (2022). Determining the impacts and recovery potentials of a modular designed residential building using the novel LCA-C2C–PBSCI method. Journal of Cleaner Production, 378, 16 pages.
    DOI Scopus11
    2022 Antwi-Afari, P., Ng, S. T., & Chen, J. (2022). Developing an integrative method and design guidelines for achieving systemic circularity in the construction industry. Journal of Cleaner Production, 354, 16 pages.
    DOI Scopus29
    2022 Ng, S. T., Antwi Afari, P., Owusu-Manu, D. G., & Asumadu, G. (2022). Sustainable development factors governing the smart evolvement of developing countries. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Municipal Engineer, 175(4), 177-186.
    DOI Scopus6
    2021 Antwi-Afari, P., Owusu-Manu, D. G., Ng, S. T., & Asumadu, G. (2021). Modeling the smartness or smart development levels of developing countries’ cities. Journal of Urban Management, 10(4), 369-381.
    DOI Scopus27
    2021 Antwi-Afari, P., Ng, S. T., & Hossain, M. U. (2021). A review of the circularity gap in the construction industry through scientometric analysis. Journal of Cleaner Production, 298, 15 pages.
    DOI Scopus65
    2021 Antwi-Afari, P., Owusu-Manu, D. G., Simons, B., Debrah, C., & Ghansah, F. A. (2021). Sustainability guidelines to attaining smart sustainable cities in developing countries: A Ghanaian context. Sustainable Futures, 3, 8 pages.
    DOI Scopus24
    2020 Antwi-Afari, M. F., Li, H., Anwer, S., Yevu, S. K., Wu, Z., Antwi-Afari, P., & Kim, I. (2020). Quantifying workers’ gait patterns to identify safety hazards in construction using a wearable insole pressure system. Safety Science, 129, 15 pages.
    DOI Scopus34
    2020 Hossain, M. U., Ng, S. T., Antwi-Afari, P., & Amor, B. (2020). Circular economy and the construction industry: Existing trends, challenges and prospective framework for sustainable construction. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 130, 15 pages.
    DOI Scopus281
    2020 Owusu-Manu, D. G., Debrah, C., Oduro-Ofori, E., Edwards, D. J., & Antwi-Afari, P. (2020). Attributable indicators for measuring the level of greenness of cities in developing countries: lessons from Ghana. Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, 19(3), 625-646.
    DOI Scopus23
    2018 Antwi-Afari, P., Owusu-Manu, D. G., Pärn, E., & Edwards, D. J. (2018). Exploratory investigation of challenges and expectations of innovative quantity surveyors and quantity surveying firms in Ghana. International Journal of Technology, 9(7), 1480-1489.
    DOI Scopus6

  • Book Chapters
    Year Citation
    2019 Owusu-Manu, D., Debrah, C., Antwi-Afari, P., & Edwards, D. J. (2019). Barriers of Project Bond Initiatives in Infrastructure Financing in Ghana. In C. Aigbavboa, & W. Thwala (Eds.), The Construction Industry in the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

  • Conference Papers
    Year Citation
    2022 Antwi-Afari, P., Ng, S. T., Chen, J., Oluleye, B. I., Antwi-Afari, M. F., & Ababio, B. K. (2022). Enhancing the Decision-Making Process of Life Cycle Assessment Towards Circular Economy Measurement in the Construction Industry. In Global Challenges in a Disrupted World: Smart, Sustainable and Resilient Approaches in the Built Environment (pp. 490-502). Online: Western Sydney University Press.
    2022 Ababio, B. K., Lu, W., & Antwi-Afari, P. (2022). Behavioral Attitudes of Construction Professionals Towards the Industry’s Waste Minimization Culture: A Component Analysis of Key Influential Factors. In Global Challenges in a Disrupted World: Smart, Sustainable and Resilient Approaches in the Built Environment. Online: Western Sydney University Press.
    2022 Ababio, B. K., Lu, W., & Antwi-Afari, P. (2022). Behavioral Attitudes of Construction Professionals Towards the Industry’s Waste Minimization Culture: A Component Analysis of Key Influential Factors. In Global Challenges in a Disrupted World: Smart, Sustainable and Resilient Approaches in the Built Environment. Online: Western Sydney University Press.
    2022 Oluleye, B. I., Chan, D. W. M., & Antwi-Afari, P. (2022). Closing the existing circularity gap in the building construction industry using artificial intelligence: A systematic review of literature. In Global Challenges in a Disrupted World: Smart, Sustainable and Resilient Approaches in the Built Environment. Online: Western Sydney University.
    DOI

  • Theses
    Year Citation
    2023 Antwi-Afari, P. (2023). Developing a best practice model for attaining systemic circularity in product system design in the construction industry. (PhD Thesis, University of Hong Kong).
    2021 Antwi-Afari, P. (2021). Exploring Sustainable Considerations of Smart Cities in Developing Countries: The Case Study of Kumasi city. (Master's Thesis, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology).
    2017 Antwi-Afari, P. (2017). An Exploratory Investigation of Attribution Factors and Expectations of Innovation Champions of Quantity Surveying Firms in Ghana. (Undergraduate Dissertation).
  • CONMGNT 4001, Procurement for Construction 
  • CONMGNT 4000, Research Methods 
  • DESST 2519, Design Studios IV
  • ARCH 7042

  • Memberships
    Date Role Membership Country
    2024 - ongoing Member Professional Engineer of Institution of Engineering and Technology, Ghana Ghana
    2019 - ongoing Member Hong Kong Institution of Engineers Hong Kong
    2018 - ongoing Member Ghana Institute of Construction Ghana

  • Editorial Boards
    Date Role Editorial Board Name Institution Country
    2024 - 2025 Editor Buildings MDPI, Buildings Switzerland

  • Review, Assessment, Editorial and Advice
    Date Title Type Institution Country
    2024 - ongoing Review Board Journal Review Archives of Civil Engineering -
    2024 - ongoing Review Board Journal Review International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation -
    2023 - ongoing Review Board Journal Review Smart and Sustainable Built Environment -
    2023 - ongoing Review Board Journal Review Sustainable Development -
    2023 - ongoing Review Board Journal Review Resources, Conservation and Recycling Advances -
    2023 - ongoing Review Board Journal Review Sustainability -
    2023 - ongoing Review Board Journal Review Sustainable Production and Consumption -
    2022 - ongoing Review Board Journal Review SN Applied Sciences -
    2022 - ongoing Review Board Journal Review Habitat International -
    2022 - ongoing Review Board Journal Review Resources, Conservation and Recycling -
    2021 - ongoing Review Board Journal Review Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology -
    2020 - ongoing Review Board Journal Review Frontiers in Engineering and Built Environment -
    2020 - ongoing Review Board Journal Review Journal of Cleaner Production -
    2019 - ongoing Review Board Journal Review Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews -
    2019 - ongoing Review Board Journal Review Construction Economics and Building -
    2019 - ongoing Review Board Conference Review International Conference Of Project Management (ICPM) -
    2019 - ongoing Review Board Conference Review CIDB Postgraduate Conference -
  • Position: Lecturer
  • Phone: 83134365
  • Email: prince.antwi-afari@adelaide.edu.au
  • Campus: North Terrace
  • Building: Horace Lamb, floor Level Four
  • Room: 464
  • Org Unit: School of Architecture and Civil Engineering
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