Construction and Urban Planning internships in New Zealand

​We arrange your Construction and Urban Planning internship in New Zealand. We work with specialist builders in general commercial annd residential construction work and independent consultancies. ​All internships provide a high level of work experience with the aim to increase your skills within the area. The examples below are just a guideline and each internship role will be developed individually according to the company and the candidate.

Architecture

Construction Management

Landscape Design

Quantity Surveying

Urban Planning

Architecture 

 

Some of the tasks that an architecture internship might include are:

• Examining the feasibility, social, economic and environmental impact of urban developments.
• AutoCAD drafting, and potentially experience with Revit.
• Assisting with architectural drawing and model making.
• Assisting with maintaining design tools, such as spreadsheets.
• Producing detailed workings, drawings and specifications.

Construction Management 

 

There are various tasks that are involved in the Construction Management industry. Among them are some of the following:

• Assisting the project managers in attending design or construction meetings, and drafting minutes of meeting. 
• Assisting in the administration of contracts, including writing site instructions.
• Coordinating responses to contractor requests for information, and claims review.
• Issuing tender documentation, including compiling contracts.
• ​Spend a number of hours on construction sites, as all construction meetings are held on site.
• Ensuring each project is completed to plan and to budget.
• Ordering of materials.

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My feeling about New Zealand? AWESOME! This is the best thing that I ever had. How was it? It was absolutely awesome! I really enjoyed that! I will never forget what I've been through!

Lylya (France)

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New Zealand is a beautiful country, ACE for adventure... one of the best times in my life so far!!

Tim (The Netherlands)

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Landscape Design 

 

The role will be quite diverse and include, but not be limited to, the following:

• Bush regeneration activities, including mulching, weeding, planting of native species and general garden maintenance duties.
• triangulation from existing site features such as buildings, fences, trees, etc.
• Planting plans, paving, fencing, lawn construction.
• Identification of landscape features.
• Concept Design.
• Design presentation to give the client a clear picture of the design outcomes.

Quantity Surveying

 

Some of the intern's responsibilities may include:

• Assisting the Survey Technician with field surveys, including land transfer. topographical, height to boundary, and building set outs.
• Liaising with clients, associated consultants and company agents and suppliers.
• Assisting the Directors in maintaining high standards of customer service.
• Operating survey equipment and placing survey marks.
• Maintenance and replacement of survey consumables and stock, field tools, and health and safety equipment.
• Ensuring all contracts are carried out in a safe manner, and assisting current Quantity Surveyors by monitoring labour performance.

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Honestly, take risks! You never know what the future holds for you. The only way to find out where you belong in this world, or what you are meant to do, is to take risks. Hands down! At the end of the day, it opens your eyes to endless
possibilities! There is nothing you can't do! 

Jacqueline (USA)

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Find time to fully enjoy your NZ experience, discover with an open spirit.. It may change your way of viewing things once you will be heading home. 

Yamina (France)

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Urban Planning 

 

This internship provides the next step for a highly motivated young planner looking to make the next step in their career. Some of the duties an intern in urban planning may do include:

• Research projects examining the feasibility, social, economic and environmental, impact of urban developments.
• Investigating a number of commercially nominated sustainable projects under design, commercial and environmental perspectives.
• Developing an implementation framework for urban development - informed by the Central City Framework and timetabled upgrade works.
• Asset ownership for urban development devices agreement, including operations and maintenance between the different business units.
• Taking a lead role or being part of working group writing the Wellington urban development chapter for the Regional Standard for Water Services inclusion.

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