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Ep. 54 | Challenging the status quo – Mātauranga Māori is science! Part 2

General HERA, Podcast, Resources

Sep152021 Takarangi Research Professor and Researcher, Paora Tapihana. Listen on iTunes Listen on Spotify Listen on PodBean 15 September 2021 | Ep.54 – challenging the status quo: mātauranga Māori is science! Part 2 As we continue our special ‘lockdown episodes’ of Stirring the Pot we’re carrying on our conversation around mātauranga Māori and science. This…

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Resource – the potential business and economic benefits of Construction 4.0 in NZ

Articles for Troy Coyle, Fabrication 4.0, Innovation Centre, Notices and updates, Research & development, Resources, Structural Systems

HERA has identified a need for greater uptake of Industry 4.0 technologies to improve productivity in the construction industry. At the same time, we are also building our own capabilities in Industry 4.0 focusing on Construction 4.0, in particular in what we have coined “Fabrication 4.0”,”Sustainability 4.0” and “Monitoring 4.0”. We have already previously announced…

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HERA welcomes Fanqin Meng to our structural fire research project work

Articles for Kaveh Andisheh, Career, [email protected], Research & development, Scholarships, Structural Systems

We’re excited to let industry know that Fanqin Meng has joined our Structural Systems team to assist with our focus on structural fire performance research. Fanqin is joining the HERA Structural team for a six month period to contribute to two key structural fire projects. These projects will be conducted in collaboration with the University…

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Seismic research program improving optimisation of welded structures

Articles for Hafez Taheri, Career, Fabrication 4.0, [email protected], Research & development, Scholarships

Steel structures performed exceptionally well during the February 22, 2011 Christchurch earthquake. Such earthquake performance confirms that steel is the ultimate low-damage solution for modern multi-story buildings and structures. The performance also showed that the applicable New Zealand design and fabrication standards are safe – even though some minor damage in steel structures were reported…

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HERA’s composite design software now available!

Articles for Kaveh Andisheh, Consultancy, News, Resources, Structural Systems

We’re excited to announce that HERA’s long-anticipated Composite Design Software is now available for our members. In 2019, our Steel Research Panel identified it was important to develop electronic tools to support AS/NZS 2327 to allow our membership to better exploit the benefits of this standard. Responding to that feedback, we are pleased to release…

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HERA Foundation supporting the optimisation of welded connections

Career, Education, Fabrication 4.0, News, Scholarships

HERA Foundation PhD scholarship recipient’s Hafez Taheri’s research topic is part of a long-term HERA research program managed by the New Zealand Welding Centre. Its program leader, our General Manager of Fabrication 4.0, Dr Michail Karpenko, explains the underlying strategic objectives of this research and why the Foundation contribution is so valuable: “New Zealand’s major…

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Notice – publication of changes to the HERL Act

Articles for Troy Coyle, Comms 4.0, General HERA, Notices and updates, Research & development, Sustainability

We’d like to advise industry that a Heavy Engineering Research Levy Act Amendment Order 2021 was signed by the Governer-General on 5 July and published 8 July. This has been something that we have been working on with the MBIE innovation policy team and Customs for quite some time. MBIE’s role has been to coordinate…