HERA was thrilled to host the 2023 Rotary National Science and Technology students at HERA House to kick off the new year! As part of our commitment to inspire future engineers to work in the metals industry, this student event showcases and highlights the real opportunities that exist within our sector. This years cohort…
HERA considers recognition and celebration of top academic achievement of high importance. That being so, we are proud to award a HERA prize to the highest scoring students from the University of Canterbury in their undergraduate research project. This award recognises final-year engineering students who have completed their research project focused on structural steel…
Do you want to be part of creating transformation in the construction industry? Do you see yourself as an influencer of change and progression? Yes you say? Then HERA and the Construction4.0hub has an opportunity for you!!! We are on the lookout for the right people to join our Construction 4.0 Industry Advisory Group. You’ll…
Each year the Auckland University of Technology (AUT) hosts an awards night to recognise and celebrate their top Graduands. An evening that HERA is proud to be a part of! The awards night was held last week in December, and albeit the ceremony had to be held online this year, it was a very…
In the sustainable future research theme of our Construction 4.0 project, we ensure that our transformation is environmentally sustainable. In this research theme, existing greenhouse gas emission datasets (e.g. ecoInvent, BRANZ CO2NSTRUCT) for building materials and products will be adapted and extended to represent the NZ construction situation. They will be used to calculate the…
Our last research theme is intended to ensure we remain on top of emerging technologies. The Construction 4.0 technologies theme will be research driven to investigate emerging artificial intelligence approaches (typically developed for domains outside of construction) applicable to our research programmes and adapt emerging computing techniques to the complex requirements of Construction 4.0 data.…
The knowledge transfer research theme within our Construction 4.0 project will develop an alternative to traditional linear knowledge or technology required to create transformation. It will investigate the unique organisation and sector specific characteristics of knowledge and technology transfer in the construction sector in Aotearoa New Zealand. This new approach will draw on the principles…
The mātauranga Māori project is focused on building a uniquely Māori framework to address Construction 4.0. So far, we have introduced our over-arching data connectivity standardisation research theme and our three research programs (circular design, smart construction and monitoring 4.0) – we have three more to overview – Mātauranga Māori and construction 4.0, technology transfer…
The third research program in our Construction 4.0 program is the development of Monitoring 4.0. (the other two programs are Circular Design and Smart Construction). The Monitoring 4.0 research will develop a framework for: objective/improved monitoring and performance assessment of structural systems using in-situ data and numerical models; and optimal instrumentation plans to maximise the…
Smart construction leads and follows smart design. Smart construction is the second research program that we have in our Construction 4.0 project (the first being smart design and the third being smart monitoring, which we will highlight next week). This program will investigate the intrinsic properties and invariant signatures of construction objects, such as footings,…
Nov162022 Listen on iTunes Listen on Spotify Listen on PodBean 16 November 2022 | Ep.81 – looking under the hood: Kaveh Andisheh In this episode of Stirring the Pot we’re talking with our General Manager of Structural Systems, Kaveh Andisheh. One thing we have come to recognise is that one of the strengths of HERA…
Our Automation and Welding Engineer, Holger Heinzel, and Structural Engineer Reza Kordani, recently attended the University of Auckland’s project presentations for their final-year students. In late October, the Department of Mechanical & Mechatronics Engineering at the University of Auckland invited industry representatives to attend the project display day of their final-year students. During the last…