Shingai Chigangacha is a Senior Lecturer with more than a decade's experience as an industry practitioner. Her passion lies in harnessing the potential of construction as a catalyst for positive social change. Her journey is fuelled by a burning desire to contribute significantly to this transformative process.
Shingai joined ARU in August 2024, bringing with her extensive experience as a Chartered Quantity Surveyor (MRICS) and Project Management Professional (PMP).
Before joining ARU, she worked full-time as a quantity surveyor and project manager, while also lecturing part-time. She maintains strong industry connections and actively collaborates with practitioners to ensure academic outputs are aligned with the evolving needs of the construction sector.
Shingai's research interests include Construction 5.0, digitalisation, human–machine collaboration, and sustainability. She draws on a blend of practical industry experience and academic insight to enrich curriculum development, support student mentoring, and lead industry-engaged research initiatives.
Shingai has supervised two MSc students to completion and is currently supervising a PhD student and an MSc student.
Course Director: MSc Construction Project Management
PhD Construction Management – University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
MSc Construction Management – University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
PG Cert Learning and Teaching (Higher Education) – ARU
BSc (Hons) Quantity Surveying – National University of Science and Technology, Zimbabwe
Post-doctoral research fellow – National Research Fund, South Africa, 2023 – R640 000.00
Chigangacha P. S. and Haupt, T. C. (2025) Construction 5.0: An Introductory Text, Abingdon: Routledge. (Proposal accepted)
Chigangacha P. S., Hlophe, L. S. and Haupt T. C. (2024) 'Construction 5.0: Innovations, Trends, and Implications for the Future', Journal of Construction, 17(2), pp. 51-.60
Chigangacha, P. S., Edwards, D. and Haupt, T. C. (2023) 'An investigation into the impact of hand-arm vibration exposure on construction workers in the UK construction industry', Journal of Construction, 16(1), pp. 31-44. ISSN 1994-7402.
Akotia, J., Awuzie, B. O., Chigangacha, P. S. and Haupt, T. C. (2022) 'Evaluating the consideration of social sustainability factors in urban regeneration projects: The case of UK construction industry', Journal of Engineering, Design & Technology.
Awuzie, B. O., Mcwari, S. P., Chigangacha, P. S., Aigbavboa, C. O., Haupt, T. C. and Obi, L. I. (2022) 'Analysing Outsourced and Insourced Public Infrastructure Projects’ Performance in a Provincial Department of Public Works: A Grounded Theory Approach', Journal of Engineering, Design & Technology. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1108/JEDT-11-2021-0640
Chigangacha, P. S., Bui, N., Ibrahim, H. and Henjewele, C. (2025) 'AI Powered Auto-Scheduling of Construction Projects for Improved Efficiency', Conference for the Association of Researchers in Construction Management (ARCOM), Dundee, Scotland, 1-3 September.
Olarinoye, E. M., Zulu, E. and Chigangacha, P. S. (2025) 'The impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) on risk assessment in construction', Proceedings of the 19th Built Environment Conference, Construction 5.0, The Journey Continues, Pretoria, South Africa, 18-19 July.