What is Infrastructure?

The infrastructure industry is responsible for creating the foundations New Zealand is built on.   

Roads and pavements, highways and bridges, water and drainage systems, forestry roading and rural development and maintenance – everything that keeps this country moving and working is built and maintained by the infrastructure industry.

The infrastructure industry provides all the services that we all need up to the pavement outside your house, office or school.   Then other trades people connect the services to your homes.  

To help you understand what the infrastructure industry does here are some typical projects that infrastructure companies may complete:

• Property sub divisions
• Bulk earthworks
• Demolition
• Making new roads and bridges
• Maintenance of roads and bridges
• Laying pipes (pipelaying) 
• Painting the lines and symbols on the road (roadmarking)
• Building pavements and gardens around a town or city

To find out more about a career in infrastructure check out the employee and Modern Apprentice case studies.

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