#MIC2015 – Metals Week in review
Metals Week 2015 was held at the Aotea Centre Auckland 1st – 4th September. In 2014, The Metals New Zealand Executive had the idea to create a significant and overarching…
Passing of Former HERA Director Gavin Fletcher
It is with great sadness that advise of the passing of former HERA Director Gavin Fletcher who suddenly died on 30 August at his home. Gavin was the second HERA…
Our metals industry future is promising and in our hands
I have just come back from a study tour to Germany with the theme “Factory of the Future”. This gave me a fantastic insight into what is going on in…
DIY vibration testing
The two most advanced design guides on floor vibrations are SCI Publication 354 and CCIP-016 for steel-framed buildings and reinforced concrete buildings, respectively. Both design guides permit engineers to predict…
Notice – HERA Executive elections now running. Have your say and vote!
HERA Ordinary Member contact people will have received their ballot information via email for the nominees to the vacant HERA Executive positions. Voting closes on the 26th May 2022. In…
A lesson from Scotland
Scotland has around the same population as New Zealand and like New Zealand, the metal fabrication industry has benefited from oil and gas, especially those located close to the oilfields…
Welcome to Jing Cao – our new Senior Structural Systems Engineer
HERA is pleased to welcome Dr. Jing Cao to the Structural Systems division. Jing graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering from Tongji University in Shanghai, China. He obtained his PhD…
Call for interest – Fabrication & installation of rig materials
HERA members can you help? An essential objective of the AGGAT program under this research aim is the installation of a materials test rig on a geothermal site to investigate…
First-party welding inspection to AS/NZS ISO 3834 and AS/NZS 1554.1 standards
For structural steel products to be free from serious problems in production and in service, it is necessary to provide a suitable level of quality management from the design phase,…
New Zealand engineering firm riding on the crest of wave energy – EHL Group
HERA member EHL provided the basis for US energy innovator Northwest Energy Innovations’ wave energy device, which was successfully deployed at the US Navy Wave Energy Test Site (WETS) near…
Non-standard products
There is an increasing dialogue out in the market place about non-standard products being sold into the building and construction industry in NZ. The alleged numbers being reported are significant…
Notice – Meeting new government procurement rules in steel construction
The recent tender round for a Christchurch cornerstone project highlighted the need for clarity around what information is required to allow the procurement decision makers to comply with the new Government…