Reinforcing our position in New Zealand

Headquartered in Christchurch, Aotearoa New Zealand, Cosgroves is an industry-leading firm known for technical excellence. With their 90-person buildings engineering group, they serve both public and private sector clients. 

The addition of Cosgroves will significantly expand our buildings engineering capabilities in New Zealand and will support our growth in healthcare, advanced manufacturing, and mission critical/data centers. All of these sectors are global business priorities. 

Cosgroves increases our team in New Zealand by approximately 10% to nearly 900 people. Together, we will offer a collective presence of more than 2,800 professionals across Australia and New Zealand. Our complementary strengths support our strategic growth plan in an important region.

Cosgroves’s Services

  • Civil engineering 
  • Mechanical/hydraulic engineering 
  • Electrical engineering 
  • Fire engineering services
  • Sustainability 
  • Digital delivery 

Growing across New Zealand

Founded in 1996, Cosgroves specializes in building services, fire, and civil engineering. Cosgroves is driven by a passion for bringing buildings to life; delivering smart, sustainable, and cost-effective design solutions that meet the needs of their clients and the people who use the spaces they help create. Their enduring relationships, trusted expertise, and steadfast values set Cosgroves apart. (Image: Architectus and Lab-Works Arch/Sarah Rowlands Photography)
Cosgroves’ mission: Encouraging sustainable growth in our people and projects.
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Cosgroves employs 90 ambitious professionals across New Zealand.
Cosgroves has offices in Auckland, Tauranga, Wellington, Christchurch, and Queenstown.
Cosgroves focuses their services in the Buildings sector.

Brady Cosgrove, Founding Director Cosgroves

For nearly 30 years, we have been delivering reliable, sustainably focused services, and we now find ourselves facing an exciting opportunity for growth. In joining Stantec, we are positioning ourselves to capitalize on increased investments through our local relationships and Stantec’s international experience, while providing our staff with expanded opportunities to work on national and international projects.

Gord Johnston President and CEO Stantec

Cosgroves is a highly respected technical firm, and bringing them onboard will diversify our offerings and reinforce our position amongst the top-ranked firms in New Zealand. Our two firms have shared values and a history of working together, and our complementary strengths will support our strategic plan in a key region we’ve identified as a core area for growth.

Cosgroves Project Experience

Interior of Theatre showing stage in the middle of the room, surrounded by floor level and balcony seating.


Christchurch Town Hall Redevelopment

Location: Christchurch, New Zealand
Client: Christchurch City Council
Architect: Warren and Mahoney
Image Credit: Christchurch City Council

Following the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes, the Christchurch Town Hall was repaired and refurbished, with Cosgroves engaged to provide electrical building services. To preserve the heritage-listed structure, all new cabling was carefully concealed within the existing and new fabric, requiring high design standards and increased contract observation during construction. The project received many awards following its successful completion.

Building exterior with three people walking out of the front entrance.


Rutherford Regional Science and Innovation Centre (RRSIC)

Location: Christchurch, New Zealand
Client: The University of Canterbury
Architect: Jasmax

The RRSIC was commissioned to be a world-class, on-campus facility for science teaching and research at the University of Canterbury. Cosgroves provided mechanical, hydraulic, electrical, ancillary electrical, vertical transportation, and environmentally sustainable design services on the complex, award-winning tertiary laboratory building.

Close up of the upper building detail - wood vertical slats against a night sky.


Invercargill Central

Location: Invercargill, New Zealand
Client: Invercargill Central Limited
Architect: Buchan
Image Credit: Trev Hill Photography

The Invercargill Central redevelopment aims to breathe life back into the city’s central business district with a large hub centered around food, hospitality, entertainment, and retail. The project aims to maintain, integrate, and preserve the three heritage building façades that surround the development. Cosgroves provided all building services for the project. This project has won multiple awards across different industry bodies.

Rendering of hospital exterior entrance.


Manukau Health Park

Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Client: Warren and Mahoney for Health NZ | Te Whatu Ora
Architect: Warren and Mahoney
Image Credit: Warren and Mahoney

One of the largest health projects in construction across New Zealand, this redevelopment will take pressure off other facilities in Auckland and improve access to healthcare services. Cosgroves provided the full range of building services for the new buildings and internal refurbishments. 

Exterior view of building from the front with red architectural higlights against a blue sky.


Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) Outpatients Building

Location: Christchurch, New Zealand
Client: Ministry of Health New Zealand
Architect: CCM Architects
Image Credit: Sarah Rowlands Photography

Cosgroves provided fire engineering and design services for the CDHB Outpatients Building, a complex healthcare facility. The facility provides integrated spaces for the delivery of outpatient services and a range of clinical services.

Buildign exterior at night it up  - view from the street.


The Court Theatre

Location: Christchurch, New Zealand
Client: Christchurch City Council
Architect: Athfield Architects and Haworth Tompkins

The new development of The Court Theatre, New Zealand’s largest production theater, returned to the Christchurch CBD, following its temporary relocation after the 2011 earthquakes. The Cosgroves team embraced innovation to deliver a complex and exceptionally coordinated build. Cosgroves provided the full suite of building services as well as civil and fire engineering design services.

Contact

Ralph Fouché , Regional Leader, Australia & New Zealand

With offices across Australia and New Zealand, our teams can design for our neighbourhoods yet still rely on a wider regional community.

Ralph Fouché

Regional Leader, Australia & New Zealand

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