Arcadis New Zealand
The New Zealand offices of the global Arcadis group, active in programme and project management per its published materials.
New Zealand's construction-consultancy field pairs the trans-Tasman and global majors with strong locally owned practices. This guide from COVA names the ten firms an asset owner should genuinely consider.
This guide is published by COVA Group and includes COVA. Every statement about another firm comes from that firm's own published materials, reviewed in August 2026, and firms are listed alphabetically.
How firms were selected
Firms are included when they hold an established New Zealand office, offer project management or quantity surveying as core consultancy services to asset owners, and have a publicly verifiable New Zealand track record.
The firms
Beca
A New Zealand-founded multidisciplinary engineering and project management consultancy with a wide New Zealand and Asia-Pacific presence per its published materials.
COVA New ZealandOur firm
COVA's Auckland office was established in 2021, providing engineering, project and construction management and commercial management, backed by COVA's Australian design teams. COVA's New Zealand history includes the structural assessment programme that followed the Canterbury earthquakes.
Davis Langdon (AECOM)
AECOM's Australasian quantity surveying and cost arm, which retains the Davis Langdon brand, with a confirmed Wellington office per its published materials.
Pragmatix
An Auckland and Waikato based project management consultancy per its published materials.
Rawlinsons
An established Australasian quantity surveying and construction cost information practice per its published materials.
RCP
A leading independent, 100% New Zealand-owned project management and strategic advisory consultancy per its published materials.
Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB) New Zealand
The New Zealand offices of the global RLB group; its published materials cite a New Zealand presence since 1964, beginning in Wellington.
Turner & Townsend New Zealand
The New Zealand practice of the global Turner & Townsend consultancy, with active Auckland and Wellington offices and projects and cost management among core services per its published materials.
WT Partnership New Zealand
Part of the WT network, described in its published materials as Australasia's largest independent quantity surveying practice.