Please join us in welcoming Intern Hayley Ngo into the HERA fold. Hayley will be investigating the state-of-the-art of Construction 4.0 globally and here in Aotearoa New Zealand. Construction 4.0 is the application of Industry 4.0 technologies and approaches in Construction. As part of the HERA research project, Hayley is completing a literature review on…
We’re excited to have Student Intern John Cole join us on a project we’ve partnered with Pūhoro STEM Academy on. The project is looking to investigate the interface between Mātauranga Māori and Construction 4.0. Construction 4.0 is the application of Industry 4.0 technologies and approaches in Construction. Mātauranga Māori* included knowledge and wisdom understood and…
Here’s how you can be too! Last year, we wrote about our carbon zero journey of calculating our operational carbon emissions for FY 19. We also did a podcast interview with Thinkstep-ANZ to explain the process further. We are happy to report that we have offset against those calculated emissions, ensuring certified Zero Carbon Business Operations…
We’re excited to bring to light a New Zealand case study on the use of 3D scanning as a new digital tool by one of our members. Those of you at HERA’s Future Forum: 2020 VISION in February would have heard Des Watkins from Watkins Steel promote the use of digital technologies, including 3D scanning,…
This is the news we have been eagerly waiting to share… Rākau Nugent-Langslow arrived 7.03 pm on 28 July weighing 3.11 kg. Mother, Kim Nugent (Ngati Kahu and Ngati Kahungunu), HERA’s very own GM of Comms 4.0, is doing great and enjoying her time with Rākau (Ra for short) in the sun. The name Rākau…
HERA has just gone through an independent review of its carbon footprint. We’re sharing our experience, the resultant report and accounting spreadsheet in the hope that this will help you to do the same! As we increasingly see and experience the tangible impacts of climate change and the visible impacts of business activity (or lack…
Our current state of play has created a massive disruption to business as usual – but are there any positives to come out from the Covid-19 pandemic? Covid-19 has dramatically impacted us all in many different ways. Of course, most discussions have been on the negatives of Covid-19, but here are five silver linings that…
We’re calling for members interested in being certified via New Zealand’s first ever sustainable steel certification program – a new initiative being driven by the Sustainable Steel Council (SSC). The Sustainable Steel Council is a group of industry leaders committed to a circular economy, the long-term viability of the industry and its contribution to inter-generational…
Want to be part of the Aotearoa Steel Industry Transformation Agenda? Then this is your call to get involved in this transformation! This Agenda is an industry-wide blue-print to position our industry for a sustainable future. It will be based on Treasury’s Living Standards Framework, which looks at performance across four capitals: Human capital, Social…
Mar182020 Listen on iTunes Listen on PodBean 18 Mar 2020 | Ep.25 – 20/20 VISION: HERA’s Future Forum In this episode of Stirring the Pot, we check in with our CEO Dr Troy Coyle and Metals NZ CE Nick Collins. Together we reflect back on the first of HERA’s Future Forum Conference which this year…
The dust has settled from the first of our Future Forum conferences and we’d like to congratulate the winners and runners-up at our 2020 Vision: Nation Dinner. It goes without saying, that the performance of forward thinking companies play a pivotal part in propelling our industry into the future, and making sure we have relevance.…
Feb192020 Listen on iTunes Listen on Spotify Listen on PodBean 19 Feb 2020 | Ep.24 – School of future environments In this episode of Stirring the Pot, we talk with Dr Shahab Ramhormozian and Prof Charles Walker from the Auckland University of Technology (AUT). Shahab is a Lecturer in Structural and Earthquake Engineering and Prof…