Victoria Mgbanwa
Two Nigerians, Angela Odiete and Oludolapo Olanrewaju, have been listed among the top 10 students to compete for $10,000 in the Architecture Engineering and Construction Management Industry sector in New Zealand.
The students are expected to come up with an innovative solutions to help solve industry issues, with a winning price of $10,000.
This was disclosed on Tuesday by the organisers, Brandz on their LinkedIn account .
The organizers said, “They have been given an all-expense paid trip to Christ Church in New Zealand to compete in a three-day client brief challenge.
“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.
“30 architecture, engineering, and construction students, from nine tertiary institutes across Aotearoa, arrived in Ōtautahi Christchurch for the three-day competition.
“The institution 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.
“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.”
