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Construction & Infrastructure Services

Strategic Reference Group

About the Construction & Infrastructure Professional Services Strategic Reference Group (SRG)

The Construction & Infrastructure Professional Services strategic sector includes the following industries:

  • Quantity surveying
  • Architectural technology and design
  • Asset management
  • Surveying
  • Building information modelling
  • Procurement
  • Building officials and inspection
  • Construction management
  • Engineering
  • Project management

The Construction & Infrastructure SRG areas of focus include:

  • Lobbying the government for a robust pipeline of public works to start as quickly as possible
  • TEC Funding advice (Nov 2025)
  • Careers Mapping and Tahatū contributions
  • Engineering Workforce research and recommendations

SRG members are:

  • Alan Pollard – Civil Contractors New Zealand CCNZ
  • Bruce Walker – Survey and Spatial NZ
  • David Clifton – NZ Institute of Building Surveyors (NZIBS)
  • David Curtis – NZ Planning Institute (NZPI)
  • Donna Howell – Project Management Institute New Zealand (PMINZ)
  • Helen Davidson – Association of Consulting and Engineering (ACE)
  • Keryn Davis – Architectural Designers New Zealand (ADNZ)
  • Mark Abbot – New Zealand Institute of Architects Te Kahui Whaihanga (NZIA)
  • Mike Curry – Āpōpō – Infrastructure Asset Management Professionals
  • Mike Evans – New Zealand Institute of Quantity Surveyors (NZIQS)
  • Pamela Bell – New Zealand Institute of Building (NZIOB)
  • Paul Jeurissen – Unitec
  • Rebecca Fox – Civil Contractors New Zealand CCNZ
  • Richard Templer – Engineering New Zealand
Workforce Development Plans
Construction and Infrastructure Services

Workforce Development Plan

In collaboration with industry, mainly through this Strategic Reference Group, we’ve developed a workforce development plan for the sector that includes recommendations that will enable the workforce to thrive. It also includes valuable data insights and forecasts about the workforce, employment and learners.

Find out what qualifications and standards development work is currently underway for Construction & Infrastructure Services.