Construction and built environment
Massey leads university education in construction management and quantity surveying in New Zealand. We have the only bachelor’s and master’s degrees specifically developed for construction. Our researchers are leading the way in their areas of specialisation and bring this expertise to create our contemporary and relevant study programmes.
Study
Undergraduate
Undergraduate programmes
- Bachelor of Construction
- Bachelor of Construction (Construction Management)
- Bachelor of Construction (Quantity Surveying)
- Certificate in Science and Technology
- Diploma in Facilities Management
- Diploma in Science and Technology
- Graduate Certificate in Science and Technology
- Graduate Certificate in Science and Technology (Lighting)
- Graduate Diploma in Facilities Management
- Graduate Diploma in Science and Technology
Postgraduate programmes
- Master of Construction
- Master of Construction (Building Technology)
- Master of Construction (Construction Law)
- Master of Construction (Construction Project Management)
- Master of Construction (Facilities Management)
- Master of Construction (Quantity Surveying)
- Postgraduate Diploma in Construction
- Postgraduate Diploma in Construction (Building Technology)
- Postgraduate Diploma in Construction (Construction Law)
- Postgraduate Diploma in Construction (Construction Project Management)
- Postgraduate Diploma in Construction (Facilities Management)
- Postgraduate Diploma in Construction (Quantity Surveying)
Doctorates
Graduate Certificate in Science and Technology – Lighting Speciality
Lighting is a unique specialisation you can focus on in the Graduate Certificate in Science and Technology.
The courses in this speciality are designed to provide formal education to professionals in lighting and related industries.
Research
Our researchers specialise in resilient and sustainable healthy buildings, productivity, construction management, construction law and lighting.
Meet our graduates
My employer encouraged me to further my study in construction. I chose Massey’s Master of Construction as it allowed me to study via distance and block courses while I worked, making for a manageable workload.
Gareth Arnold
Master of Construction
My study experience at Massey was a great mixture of enjoyment and challenge. It gave me a broad introduction to the processes and knowledge required to be successful in the construction industry.
Jade Allen
Bachelor of Construction (Quantity Surveying)
Studying at Massey allowed me to both work and study full time. I am now much more advanced in my career than those of similar ages who either just studied or just worked.
Ruan Malan
Bachelor of Construction (Quantity Surveying)
I found this programme challenging, but fun at the same time. We had an awesome lecturer which made the experience unforgettable…” For those of you with an interest in lighting and lighting design, this is definitely the choice for you!
Simon Hadlow
Graduate Certificate in Science and Technology (Lighting)
Studying at Massey has been amazing! At the end of my first year, I started a cadetship at Kalmar Construction - which I have continued into my third year of study - doing the work of a Junior/Intermediate Quantity Surveyor.
Simone Scheepers
Bachelor of Construction (Quantity Surveying)
When I first drove to Massey to view the campus I knew straight away that I wanted to study here. I had never heard of a construction degree before, but I applied for it anyway and have never looked back.
Siobhan Walsh
Bachelor of Construction (Quantity Surveying)
The papers I completed at Massey University were essential to being able to navigate the measuring software I use every day in my work.
Stacey Otene
Bachelor of Construction (Quantity Surveying)
Accreditation
The Graduate Diploma in Facilities Management and Diploma in Facilities Management are affiliated with the Facilities Management Association of New Zealand (FMANZ). Students are eligible for student membership. Upon completion students can apply for one of FMANZ's membership categories.
IESANZ accredits the GradCertScTech (Lighting), so successful completion of this qualification provides academic requirements for membership.
The Quantity Surveying specialisations in the Bachelor of Construction and Master of Construction are accredited by the New Zealand Institute of Quantity Surveyors (NZIQS) for Graduate Membership.
The Bachelor of Construction (Quantity Surveying major) is accredited by the Pacific Association of Quantity Surveyors (PAQS).
RICS promotes professional qualifications and standards in the development and management of land, real estate, construction & infrastructure. With offices covering the major political and financial centres of the world, their market presence means they are ideally placed to influence policy and embed standards at a national level. Their accreditation will provide graduates with opportunities worldwide.
Services
Construction contract creation
Massey staff have expertise in drafting building contracts so that the contract is more succinct and easily interpreted.
Dispute over a construction contract can incur large amounts of money and time. This delays works, increases costs and strains relationships.
Contracts can be populated with risk assignment clauses as required for each project.
Lighting services
We have equipment in our photometric laboratory to test lighting performance, energy consumption of new lighting technologies and research and development of new luminaires. The photometric laboratory is on Massey's Auckland campus.
Resources
Healthy heating
Most New Zealand homes fail to meet the World Health Organisation temperature guidelines in winter. This article gives advice on healthy heating, based on the research of the extensive research in this area by Professor Robyn Phipps.
New Zealand Construction and Infrastructure Survey
This quarterly survey covers conditions in global construction and infrastructure markets and produces locally relevant data for the New Zealand market. It is produced by the Property Council of New Zealand and the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors and is supported by Massey's Real Estate Analysis Unit.
Awards and recognition
2019 NZ Esri Young Scholar Award
Rose Mwipiko is the winner of the 2019 NZ Esri Young Scholar Award which recognises the very best GIS students around the globe. Rose's project uses ArcGIS to explore the effects of the built environment on depression in the Wellington Region.
Health Research Council Emerging Researcher Award
In 2016 Mikael Boulic was awarded the Emerging Researcher Award by the Health Research Council of New Zealand. The award was in recognition of a project to improve health outcomes and indoor environments in primary schools, in an effort to decrease rates of illness, decrease absenteeism and the level of chemical pollutants using a low-cost solar ventilation unit.
Highly Commended - James Hardie Innovation category
Professor Robyn Phipps won the highly commended award in the James Hardie Innovation category at the 2016 New Zealand Institute of Building Awards. This acknowledges her leadership on a project aimed at improving health and wellbeing in low decile classrooms with a low cost solar ventilation system.
IESANZ award for Massey lighting students
Three Massey students won awards at the 2019 Illuminating Engineering Society of Australia and New Zealand (IESANZ) Lighting Awards. Awards were for energy efficiency and best student lighting design.
James Hardie Innovation Award
Dr Mikael Boulic received this award for his leadership in developing SKOol MOnitoring BOx (SKOMOBO), a system that monitors carbon dioxide, relative humidity, air temperature, and estimates air-particles inside New Zealand classrooms.
New Zealand Institute of Building Charitable Trust’s Awards of Excellence
Professor Robyn Phipps was awarded the New Zealand Institute of Building Charitable Trust’s Awards of Excellence.