Nigerian Students Ranked Top In New Zealand, Compete For $10,000
Two Nigerian students have been selected among the top 30 students in the Architecture Engineering and Construction Management Industry sector in New Zealand.
They have been given an all-expense paid trip to Christ Church in New Zealand to compete in a three-day client brief challenge.
During the trip, students will create innovative solutions to help solve industry issues, with the winners taking away a $10,000 prize.
“We are excited to announce the following 30 students have been selected to compete in the 2024 edition of ArchEngBuild.
“The students will compete in teams to solve a real-world building and construction challenge – with a winning prize of $10,000,” the organisers, Brandz wrote on LinkedIn on Tuesday.
“30 architecture, engineering, and construction students, from nine tertiary institutes across Aotearoa, arrived in Ōtautahi Christchurch for the three-day competition.
“They heard from experts, toured the Tūranga Central Library, and are now hard at work in teams of three, addressing a real-world building and construction challenge,” Brandz wrote in another post.
The students are from nine tertiary institutions which are the University of Canterbury, Unitec, The University of Auckland, Otago Polytechnic | Te Pūkenga, Auckland University of Technology, Ara Institute of Canterbury, Victoria University of Wellington, WelTec, Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki, NZ.
