Bachelor of Construction (Quantity Surveying)

Summary

Take a leading role in the construction industry with a Bachelor of Construction (Quantity Surveying) or (Site Management).

You'll be in high demand as a construction professional and have the technical, work-ready skills to price and manage construction work and challenge the status quo to improve processes and drive efficiencies.

What you'll learn

• Budgeting and financial administration of construction projects, including whole life-cycle costing
• Law, contracts and contractual risk analysis
• Planning and managing of construction projects
• Site logistics and project management (managing time, costs, quality and client satisfaction)
• People management and negotiation skills, and
• Construction business management.

Your career options

You'll have excellent career opportunities as a construction professional. You can work as a consultant quantity surveyor, an estimator, a contract manager, a contract administrator or a project manager.

With experience, you may become a senior consultant, commercial or divisional manager, or operate your own consultancy. With further study, you could specialise in the field of construction law or dispute resolution.

Pathways into this programme

If you don't meet the requirements to enter this programme, our bridging programme is the perfect option (this is advertised as the bridging option into our engineering diploma but is a highly suitable pathway into this degree as well)! Alternatively, you could complete the New Zealand Certificate in Construction Trade Skills (Level 3) (Carpentry).

Further study options

Upon successful completion of this programme, you will be able to gain entry into relevant postgraduate qualifications. Possible programmes include the Graduate Diploma in Construction Project Management (at Unitec) or the Postgraduate Diploma in Construction - Building Technology, Construction Law, Construction Project Management, Facilities Management, Quantity Surveying - (at Massey).