Two Nigerian students, Angela Odiete and Oludolapo Olanrewaju, have been named among the top 30 students in the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction Management sector in New Zealand.
They also ranked among the top 10 in construction management nationwide.
As a reward, they received an all-expenses-paid trip to Christchurch, New Zealand, to compete in a three-day client brief challenge.
During the event, students will develop innovative solutions for industry problems, with the winners receiving a $10,000 prize.
“We are excited to announce the following 30 students have been selected to compete in the 2024 edition of ArchEngBuild, says a statement by the organisers, Brandz on LinkedIn on Tuesday.
“The students will compete in teams to solve a real-world building and construction challenge – with a winning prize of $10,000.
“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 stated in another post.
The students are from nine tertiary institutions: 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, and Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki (WITT).
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