Prof. Theophilus Adjei-Kumi

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Dept: Construction Technology and Management
Department of Construction Technology and Management, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and technology
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Early-stage Construction Capital Cost Planning,  Project Value & Sustainability Management,  Artificial Intelligence Applica...~more

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    Journal Papers

    1. Kissi, E., Ahadzie, D. K., Debrah, C., & Adjei-Kumi, T. (2020). Underlying strategies for improving entrepreneurial skills development of technical and vocational students in developing countries: using Ghana as a case study. Education+ Training.
    2. Kissi, E., Adjei-Kumi, T.,Twum-Ampofo, S., & Debrah, C. (2020). Identifying the latent shortcomings in achieving value for money within the Ghanaian construction industry. Journal of Public Procurement. https://doi.org/ 10.1108 /JOPP-11-2019-0075 
    3. Danku, J.C., Adjei-Kumi, T.,Baiden, B.K. and Agyekum, K. (2020) An Exploratory Study into Social Cost Considerations in Ghanaian Construction Industry. Journal of Building Construction and Planning Research, Vol 8 (1):14-29. 
    4. Adabre, M. A., Chan, A. P. C., Darko, A., Osei-Kyei, R., Abidoye, R., Adjei-Kumi T., (2020). Critical barriers to sustainability attainment in affordable housing: International construction professionals’ perspective, Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol. 253, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.119995. 
    5. Akunyumu, S., Adjei-Kumi, T., Danku, J. C. and Kissi, E. (2019). Communication Problems in Projects - A Research Study for Construction Site Projects: A Case Study of Ghana. International Journal of Project Organisation and Management, 11, No. 4, pp. 343-361.
    6. Acheamfour, V. K., Kissi, E., Adjei-Kumi, T., & Adinyira, E. (2019). Review of Empirical Arguments on Contractor Pre-Qualification Criteria. Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology.
    7. Acheamfour, V. K., Kissi, E., & Adjei-Kumi, T. (2019). Ascertaining the Impact of Contractor’s Pre-Qualification Criteria on Project Success Criteria. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management.
    8. Kissi, E., Adjei-Kumi, T., Amoah, P., & Gyimah, J. (2018). Forecasting Construction Tender Price Index In Ghana using Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average with Exogenous Variables Model. Construction Economics and Building, 18(1), 70
    9. Buertey, J. I. T., Offei, S. W., Adjei-Kumi, T., & Atsrim, F. (2018). Effect of Aggregates Minerology on the Strength of Concrete: Case Study of Three Selected Quarry Products in Ghana. Journal of Civil Engineering and Construction Technology, 9(1), 1-10.
    10. Kpamma, Z. E., Adjei-Kumi, T., Ayarkwa, J., & Adinyira, E. (2018). Choosing by Advantages Incorporated Framework for a User-Involved Design Process. Architectural Engineering and Design Management, 14(3), 194-217.
    11. Agbesi, K., Fugar, F. D., & Adjei-Kumi, T. (2018). Modelling the Adoption of Sustainable Procurement in Construction Organisations. Built Environment Project and Asset Management.
    12. Kissi E., Adjei-Kumi, T., Amoah, P., & Emmanuel, B. B. (2017). Identifying Key Economic Indicators Influencing Tender Price Index Prediction in the Building Industry: A Case Study of Ghana. International Journal of Construction Management, pp. 1-7
    13. Kissi E., Adjei-Kumi, T. & Amoah P., Bannor B., E. (2017) “Assessing the Critical Barriers to Tender Price Index Development in the Building Industry, International Journal of Construction Project Management and Innovation, Vol 7, Special Issue 1 pp. 1933-1953
    14. Kissi E., Ahadzie D., K., Adjei-Kumi T., & Badu E. (2017) “Rethinking the Challenges to the Pricing of Projects in the Ghanaian Construction Industry, Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, Vol. 15 Issue: 5, pp.700-719, https://doi.org/10.1108/JEDT-11-2016-0090
    15. Kissi E., Adjei-Kumi, T. Badu, E., & Bannor B., E., (2017) “Factors Affecting Tender Price in the Ghanaian Construction Industry, Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction Vol:22, Issue: 3, pp 252- 262, DOI (10.1108/JFMPC-09-2016-0044)
    16. Kpamma, Z. E., Adjei-Kumi, T., Ayarkwa, J., & Adinyira, E. (2017). Participatory design, wicked problems, choosing by advantages. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management.
    17. Nani, G., Mensah, I., & Adjei-Kumi, T. (2017). Duration estimation model for bridge construction projects in Ghana. Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology.
    18. Kissi, E., Boateng, E. B., Adjei-Kumi, T., & Badu, E. (2017). Principal component analysis of challenges facing the implementation of value engineering in public projects in developing countries. International Journal of Construction Management, 17(2), 142-150.
    19. Kissi E., Adjei-Kumi T. & Badu E. (2017) Exploring Cost Planning Practices Adopted by Ghanaian Construction Professionals. International Journal of Project Organisation and Management, Vol. 9, No. 1, 83-93
    20. Mensah I., Adjei-Kumi T., and Nani G., (2016). “Duration Estimation Model for Prefabricated Steel Bridges on Rural Roads.” Journal of Construction Engineering and Management.
    21. Kpamma, Z.E., Adjei-Kumi, T., Ayarkwa, J., and Adinyira, E. (2015). “An Exploration of the CBA Decision System as A User Engagement Tool in Participatory Design.” Architectural Engineering and Design Management
    22. Mensah I., Adjei-Kumi T., and Nani G., (2015). “Duration determination for Rural Roads Using the Principal Component Analysis and Artificial Neural Network.” Journal of Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management
    23. Ameyaw C., Adjei-Kumi T., and De-Graft O.M., (2015). “Exploring Value for Money (VFM) Assessment Methods of Public-Private Partnership Projects in Ghana: A Theoretical” Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction. Vol. 20 No.3, 2015 pp 268-285, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 1366-4387, DOI 10.1108/JFMPC-01-2015-003.13.
    24. Kpamma, Z.E., Adinyira, E., Ayarkwa, J., and Adjei-Kumi, T. (2015). “Application of The CBA Decision System to Manage User Preferences in Design Process.” Journal of professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice. 06/2015; DOI: 10.1061/ (ASCE) EI.1943-5541.0000258.
    25. Kissi, E., Adjei-Kumi, T., and Badu, E. (2015). “Towards the Development of Tender Price Index for Effective Cost Planning in the Ghanaian Construction Industry.” International Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 4(3), 73-79.
    26. Kissi E., Adjei-Kumi T. and Badu E. (2015) “Exploring Cost Planning Practices Adopted by Ghanaian Construction Professionals.” International Journal of Project Organisation and and Management, Vol. 9, No. 1, 83-93
    27. Buertey, J. I., Mizzah A. K. and Adjei-Kumi, T. (2014). “Delays to Large Construction Projects in Ghana: A Risk Overview.” Journal of Civil Engineering and Architecture, 8 (3): 367-377 ISSN: 1934 7359.
    28. Douh S., Adjei-Kumi T., Adinyira E., and Baiden B., (2014). “Criteria and Measurable Indicators for Assessing the Performance of Public Works Contract Award Process in Chad.” International Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 3 No. 2, pp. 57-64. doi:10.5923/j.ijcem.20140302.03
    29. Buertey, J. T.I, Abeere-Inga, E. and Adjei-Kumi, T. (2012). “Construction Cost Contingency Estimating in Ghana: A Review of Work Sections Prone to Scope Changes.” International Journal of Management, 3, Issue 1, pp. 237-253. ISSN 0976 – 6367(Print), ISSN 0976 – 6375 (Online)
    30. Buertey, J. T.I, Abeere-Inga, E. and Adjei-Kumi, T. (2012). “Practical Application of Risk Management Techniques in Infrastructural Delivery: A Case Study of the Ghanaian Construction” Journal of Construction Project Management and Innovation, Vol 2, No. 1, ISSN 22237852
    31. Buertey, J. T.I, Abeere-Inga, E. and Adjei Kumi, T. (2012). “Estimation Cost Contingency for Construction Projects: The Impact of Systemic and Project Specific Risk”. Journal of Construction Project Management and Innovation, Vol 2, No. 1, ISSN 22237852
    32. Buertey, J. T.I, Abeere-Inga, E. and Adjei Kumi, T. (2012). “Successful Delivery of Infrastructural Projects: Epistemic Overview of Cost Risk and Uncertainties.” Journal of Civil Engineering and Architecture, ISSN 1934-7359 Feb. 2012, Volume 6, No. 2 (Serial No. 51), pp. 121–131, USA
    33. Buertey, J. T.I, Abeere-Inga, E.; Adjei Kumi, T. (2012). “Project Cost contingency estimation in Ghana, an integrated Approach. Science.” Journal of Civil Engineering and Architecture, ISSN, 227-6332
    34. Buertey, J. I. T., Abeere-Inga, E., and Adjei-Kumi, T. A. (2013). “The Financial Impact of Risk Factors Affecting Project Cost Contingency: Evidential Reasoning Method”. Journal of Engineering, Project, and Production Management, 3(2), 65-73
    35. Agyekum, K., Ayarkwa, J. and Adjei-Kumi, T. (2013). “Minimizing materials wastage in construction-A Lean Construction Approach”. Journal of Engineering and Applied Science, 5 (1):25-146.
    36. Ahadzie, D.K., Kissi, E. and Adjei-Kumi, T. (2012). “The Status of Project Management Practices in the Ghanaian Construction Industry” International Journal of Project Planning and Finance 3, Number 1, pp.123-135
    37. Buertey J. I. T., Amoa, P. Adjei Kumi, (2011) “Construction cash flow Prediction Model in Ghana: A Case Study of the District Assembly Common Funded Projects”. Pentvars Business Journal, Vol 5, No. 2, pp 87-102.
    38. Buertey, J. I. T., and Adjei Kumi, (2012) “Cashflow Forecasting in the Construction Industry: The Case of Ghana”. Pentvars Business Journal, Vol 6, No. 1. pp 65-81.
    39. Kpamma, Z. E., Adjei-Kumi, T. (2011). “Management of Waste in the Building Design Process: The Ghanaian Consultants' Perspective.” Architectural Engineering and Design Management 7(2)102-112. DOI:10.1080/17452007.2011.582333
    40. Nani, G., Adjei-Kumi, T. and Badu, E. (2009). “Proposed Procedure for Developing Standard Method of Measurement”. The Ghanaian Surveyor
    41. Owusu, M.D., Badu, E. and Adjei-Kumi, T. (2008). “Short Essay on Empirical Finance Research: Current Trends and a Call for Future Studies”. PentVars Business Journal, PUC. Vol.4 No.4. pp. 71-87, ISSN: 0855-9163
    42. Nani, G., Edwards, P.J., Adjei-Kumi, T., Badu, E. and Amoah, P. (2008), “Customisation and Desirable Characteristics of a Standard Method of Measurement for Building Works in Ghana”.The Australian Journal of Construction Economics & Building, Vol. 8, No. 2., pp. 30-40.
    43. Nani, G., Adjei-Kumi, T. and Badu, E. (2008), “Classifying Construction Works for the Purpose of Measurement”, The Ghana Surveyor, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp.41-51
    44. Osei-Tutu E and Adjei-Kumi T, (2001) Cost Trends of Residential Housing Provision in Urban Areas in Ghana from 1991 to 2001. Journal of Ghana Institution of Surveyors (The Ghanaian Surveyor), pages 1 – 11.
    45. Osei-Tutu E, and Adjei-Kumi T., (2000). “A Rational Procedure for the Selection of Appropriate Procurement Systems in Ghana”. Journal of Applied Science and Technology, Vol.5 Nos 1&2, pp. 168 – 176.

    Conference Papers

    1. Kissi, E., Adjei-Kumi, T., and Badu, E., (2016) Tender Price Index Development: A Critical Literature Review of Models for Prediction 9th cidb Postgraduate Conference on Emerging Trends in Construction Organisational Practices and Project Management Knowledge Areas Cape Town, South Africa, Feburary,1-4 pp.71-81 ISBN - 978-0-620-69590-9
    2. Kpamma, Z.E., Adjei-Kumi, T., Ayarkwa, J., and Adinyira, E. (2015). “Development of A User-Involvement Framework for Design Process: An Exploration of the Design Science Research Paradigm”, , 4th International Conference on Infrastructure Development in Africa (ICIDA), Kumasi, Ghana
    3. Kissi E., Adjei-Kumi T. and Badu E. (2015). “Critical Barriers to the Practice of Effective Cost Planning in the Ghanaian Construction Industry”, In Sherif M. and Kriengsak P., 6thInternational Conference on Engineering, Project, and Production Management in Gold Coast, Australia, September 2-4, pp 291-302
    4. Agbesi, K., Adjei-Kumi, T. and Fugar, F.D.K(2015) “Organisational Adoption of Sustainable Procurement in the Construction Industry: Development of a Conceptual Model”, 12th International Postgraduate Research Conference (IPGRC15), June,10-12, pp.744-756, ISBN 978-1-907842-72-6
    5. Mensah, I., Adjei-Kumi, T. and Nani, G. (2015) “Forecasting the Duration for Small Span Bridge Construction Projects Using Artificial Neural Network”, In Laryea, S. and Leiringer R.(Eds) Procs 6th West Africa Built Environment Research (WABER) Conference, August,10-12, Accra, Ghana, pp 555-570
    6. Kissi E, E. Bannor-Boateng and Adjei-Kumi T. (2015). “Strategies for Implementing Value Management in the Construction Industry in Ghana”, DII Conference on Infrastructure Development and Investment Strategies for Africa, Livingstone, Zambia September 16-18 255-267, ISBN 978-0-86970-787-6
    7. Kpamma, Z.E., Adjei-Kumi, T., Ayarkwa, J., and Adinyira, E. (2014).” Creating, Sustaining and Optimizing the Collaborative Realm for Participatory Design, , 22nd Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC-22), Oslo, Norway.16
    8. Kpamma, Z.E., Adjei-Kumi, T., Ayarkwa, J., and Adinyira, E. (2014). “Enhancing User- Involvement Through a Multi-Criteria Decision Aid: A Lean Design Research Agenda, ,22nd Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC-22), Oslo, Norway.
    9. Douh, S., Adiniyira, E. and Adjei-Kumi, T. (2014). “A Conceptual Framework for Assessing the Effectiveness of Public Works Procurement Process at Pre-Contract Stage in Chad Republic”, In Ejohwomu, O and Oshodi, O (Eds) Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Infrastructure Development in Africa, March 17-19, 2014 Abeokuta, Nigeria (CIOB endorsed), p. 385-397. ISBN: 978-978-938-173-9
    10. Kpamma, Z. E., Adjei-Kumi, T. (2013). “Construction Permits and Flow of Projects Within the Sunyani Municipality, Ghana.” Proceedings, 21st Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC- 21), Fortaleza, Brazil.
    11. Owusu, Prof E. Badu, and Adjei-Kumi T. (2007).” Towards Bridging the “Financing Gap” in Construction Firms in Ghana with Special Reference to Capital Equipment Acquisition Finance, Construction Management and Economics: Past, Present and Future”, CME25Conference, 16th – 18th July University of Reading, UK
    12. Nani, A. Mills, Adjei-Kumi, T. E. Badu, and P. Amoah (2007). “Notes on the Method of Measurement: Special Methods adopted in Ghana for Measurement using SMM5 and SMM6 and Recommendations for SMM7”, Annual Seminar by the Quantity Surveying Division of the Ghana Institution of Surveyors (GhIS), held from 3rd – 4th October, at the La Palm Beach Hotel, Ghana
    13. Nani, A. Mills, and Adjei-Kumi, T. (2007). „Misconceptions about the Use of the Standard Method of Measurement (SMM) in Developing Countries: A Ghanaian Perspective, Construction Management and Economics: Past, Present and Future”, CME25 Conference, 16th – 18th July, University of Reading, UK.
    14. Nani, Adjei-Kumi, T. and P. Amoah, (2007) Research in the Built Environment: Which Philosophy? International Symposium towards the Formation of Theory for the Built Environment, Digital World Centre, 18th – 19th June Salford, Quaye, UK,
    15. Nani, Adjei-Kumi, T. (2007). “The Challenges of Quantifying Construction Works for Project Control in Ghana”, CIB World Building Conference held in South Africa on the theme„ Construction for Development?, Proceedings pp.3134 – 3145
    16. Adinyira, S. Oteng-Seifah, and Adjei-Kumi T. (2007). “Sustainability Assessment of Rural Development: A Review of Methodologies”, IAMO Forum “Sustainable Rural Development: What is the Role of Agri-food Sector?”, 27 – 29 June, Halle (Saale), Germany
    17. Owusu, M.D., Badu, E., Edwards, D.J, and Adjei-Kumi, T. (2007), “Finance for Non-Financial Construction Managers: Empirical Analysis of Financial Variables that Influence Acquisition Decision-Making Process”. In: Boyd, D (Ed) Procs 23rd ARCOM Annual Conference, 3 -5 September 2007, University of Ulster, Belfast UK. Association of Researchers in Construction Management, Vol.2, pp 567-576
    18. Owusu, M.D., Edwards, D.J, Badu, E., and Adjei-Kumi, T. (2007), “Methodological Issues Related to Firms Financing Research”. In: Fadare Wale and Abiodun Adesanya (Eds) Procs International Conference on Sustainable Built & Natural Environment, 17 -19 January, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. Faculty of Environmental Design & Management, Vol.1 pp 91-101
    19. Adjei-Kumi T. and A. Retik, (1997) “A Library-based 4D Visualization of Construction Projects”, International Conference on Graphic Visualization, South Bank University, 27th - 29th August.
    20. Adjei-Kumi, A. Retik and A. Shapira, (1996). “Integration of Site-related Tasks into the Planning and Scheduling of Construction Projects”, International Symposium for the Organization and Management of Construction, CIB W65, Held in Glasgow, August

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