Call for interest – HERA is seeking a new Information Officer
Want to work with great staff in a friendly and innovative environment? Then this role is for you! HERA is looking for someone to take the lead as we transition…
Call for interest – Clinker plant member opportunity ripe for exploring
HERA is well known for our research collaborations but maybe not so well for our role as a catalyst for collaboration amongst our members. This is supported by our “About…
Call for papers – IIW Commission X meeting at HERA House, 12 – 13 March 2018
We’d like to invite researchers and practising engineers to submit abstracts for presentation at the upcoming meeting of the International Institute of Welding (IIW) Commission X Structural Performances of Welded…
Call for comment – Draft HERA Public Policy Position 2017
HERA advocates on behalf of our members where we feel we can make an informed contribution – and this is in R&D and industry development. And as a result, we’ve…
Update – AS/NZS 1554.3:2014 A1 Structural steel welding – Part 3: welding of reinforcing steel amendment
In May 2015, Standards Australia was alerted to the fact that the 2014 editions within the AS/NZS 1554 suite contained material that was included without adherence to their standards development…
Notice – Welding of non-AS/NZS steels to AS/NZS 1554.1
When steel merchants aren’t able to supply parent materials to a preferred AS or AS/NZS specification fabricators will face the need to weld structural steel manufactured to an overseas standard.…
HERA submission – low-emissions economy issues paper
The New Zealand Productivity Commission – an independent Crown entity – called for an in-depth inquiry into the issue of New Zealand’s transition to a low-emission economy and how it…
Call for comment – revision of draft AS/NZS 2980 Welder Quality Standard
AS/NZS 2980, our most widely used welder qualification standard, is up for revision. The draft for public comment can be accessed at the Standards NZ website. The draft is reflects…
Notice – MBIE consultation: building code verification method B1/VM1 update and proposed loop bar ban
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) is proposing several amendments to B1/VM1, and it’s important that you have your say in these changes as they’ll affect our steel industry. …
Call for interest – Join our HERA Industry Advisory Panel and make a difference!
HERA is seeking expressions of interest from members who would like to be on an Advisory Panel for heavy engineering industry development. This objective of this panel will be to…
Calls for comment – SNZ TS 3404:2017 Durability requirements for steel structures and components
In August 2017, a SCNZ-led standard development committee, which HERA also takes part in, was established to develop a new technical specification for steel corrosion protection. Superseding NZS 3404.1:2009 Chapter…
Call for attendees – #MIC2017: delivering the goods on options for conformity
The factor of safety (FoS), also known as (and used interchangeably with) safety factor (SF), is the ratio between the nominal and the design load carrying capacity of a structural…