Update – Member survey: improving member value
It’s no secret that to remain relevant you have to evolve, and like many traditional organisations and companies we realise HERA has to do this too. Having overcome the funding…
Notice – Why is site safety important?
Worksafe New Zealand has launched a new website on manufacturing safety, full of helpful tips and guides. Manufacturing is vital to New Zealand’s economy employing around 240,000 people. It represents…
Notice – Welding procedures for high strength quenched and tempered steel
“Quenched and tempered” (Q&T) steels for welded structures and pressure vessels provide enhanced hardness and strength properties compared to “regular” steels while maintaining adequate ductility, weldability and toughness. Steel manufacturers…
Notice – Proposed new fatigue design provisions for the forthcoming AS/NZS 5100.6
A regular enquiry received by HERA has been the application of fatigue design in steel bridges. On one hand, some designers have had trouble interpreting the current design rules; whilst…
Preparing our industry for disruption
We work in an industry based on well-established and traditional materials. Metals have been fabricated for millennia. Applications have historically ranged from warfare, tooling, building and construction and are now…
Resource – SCI publication of free online software for floor vibration
SCI has recently released an online based calculator for floor dynamic response prediction. Compared with the manual method proposed in SCI P354, the calculator investigates the floor vibration using finite…
Update – ACRS new developments for certificates of compliance
The Australasian Certification Authority for Reinforcing and Structural Steels was founded as a not-for-profit, voluntary, third party product certification scheme in 2000 and issued its first certificates of compliance in…
ORC plant information now available at a click!
A research team in Europe has finally put together what we’ve been waiting for – open access to all the ORC plants installed worldwide! This brilliant piece of work was…
Notice – Revised structural steel standards published
It is of great pleasure to report that the following structural steel Standards and Technical specification were published in April 2016. HERA is a participating member of the BD-023 Committee,…
Resource – Draft for public comment published for AS/NZS 1252 high strength steel bolt assemblies
The drafts for public comment DR AS/NZS 1252.1 and DR AS/NZS 1252.2 have been published by Standards New Zealand. The objective of these draft standards is to provide manufacturers of…
Welcome to Kim Nugent – our new Market Development Coordinator
HERA warmly welcomes Kim Nugent, who brings a unique insight into digital content marketing and communications as the newest edition of the Industry Development team. Hailing from the professional services…
Update – The role of the Welding Supervisor in quality management schemes
A SFC fabricator has demonstrated that all their welding and related activities are managed under a quality management system that fully complies with the requirements of AS/NZS ISO 3834; specifically…