Bachelor of Construction in Quantity Surveying

Future Skills Academy - Auckland International Campus

New Zealand,Auckland

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36 Months

Duration

CAD 23,900/year

Tuition Fee

CAD 0 FREE

Application Fee

Jul 2025

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New Zealand, Auckland

Type: College

Location Type: Urban

Founded: 2000

Total Students: 0 +

Campus Detail

Main Campus Address

Level 1, 350 Queen Street, Auckland

Bachelor of Construction in Quantity Surveying

Program Overview

Gain the skills to contribute greatly to the booming building industry, at our Auckland Campus on Queen St. Meet the surging demand for construction professionals by learning technical, work-ready skills to price and manage construction projects. This degree broadens your skills in business and construction law and management.


What will you learn?

You will study financial feasibility studies, budgets and cost planning. When you graduate, you will be able to price and manage construction projects.

During the programme, you will focus on:

Construction Costs

You will learn to measure and estimate the costs of construction work and prepare quantity surveying related documentation such as schedules of quantities and tender proposals. Gain the skills to prepare preliminary financial feasibility studies and detailed cost plans through analysing legislative, physical and financial constraints as well as cost and revenue streams discounted to net present value.

You will learn to critically evaluate design proposals in terms of initial and whole-lifecycle costs, sustainability, and buildability implications.

Treaty of Waitangi

You will find out how to incorporate knowledge of m?tauranga M?ori and the Treaty of Waitangi into land development and construction-related decisions. During the first year, you will study the relationship between the TOW and property development, including why iwi consultation is important when working with land issues and the broader construction industry context. In the second year, you will study alternative forms of procurement, including partnerships, inherent in which is partnerships with iwi.

Administration and Management

Learn how to financially administer construction contracts including preparing and managing contractual claims. You will gain the knowledge to apply principles of project management to plan and manage construction projects, including planning and teamwork and integrating knowledge areas such as scope, time, budget, risk, stakeholders, procurement, sustainability, resources, communication, quality, and health and safety.

Evaluation

You will learn to critically evaluate procurement pathways and contractual arrangements and critique contracts in terms of clarity, obligations, and risk allocation and draft new and amend existing contract terms. Gain the skills to critically evaluate construction processes through applying research skills with a view to improving performance in terms of time, quality, cost, sustainability, and client satisfaction.

Professional development

We will teach you how to maintain professional competency and currency and have the ability to progress toward further post-graduate study and specialise in fields such as commercial management, project management, or construction law, including exploring new and emerging technologies.