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Meet Ozgur Erdem – the latest team member to join our Welding Centre team

We’re excited to introduce you to Ozgur Erdem, our new addition as Senior Welding Engineer, to the Welding Centre team! Ozgur is joining the Welding Centre team as Senior Welding Engineer. With over 20 years worth of experience in fabrication and construction in countries Russia, Libya, Iraq, Albania and in his homeland, Turkey we’re excited…

Impacts of battery electric vehicle fire

Current concerns on the impact of battery electric vehicle fire on steel structures

Concerns are raised on the risk of fire and the robustness of the structures that accommodate electric vehicles as news of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) catching on fire surfaces. The electric vehicle fire that occurred on Harbour bridge on March 30th evening resulted in significant traffic disruptions and gained nationwide attention. Such incidents could become…

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Meet Ngato-Zharnaye Livingstone – our new team member! 

HERA is happy to introduce Ngato-Zharnaye Livingstone to the team as our new Customer Support Assistant.   Ngato was our successful applicant for our Customer Support Assistant role, standing out amongst the many applicants we had! In the last few weeks, Ngato has been guided by her predecessor Taylah Nicol and Manager Customer Experience, Rebecca…

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An update on our Whanake Scholarship recipient – Sarah Lewis

Recently, we had a lovely visit from our inaugural Whanake Scholarship recipient Sarah Lewis to update us on what she is currently up to! Sarah is studying a Bachelor of Engineering, majoring in mechatronics at Massey University in Palmerston North. She is also a graduate of the Puhoro STEM Academy. She was our very first scholarship…

#60secsofsteel: Cedric Easthorpe of DBM Vircon

Our next ‘Sixty seconds of steel’ feature is with Cedric Easthorpe of DBM Vircon. HERA member DBM Vircon is one of the world’s largest structural modelling and steel detailing companies with considerable experience in commercial, industrial, infrastructure and digital engineering projects. With offices spread across the U.S.A, Canada, Australia, United Kingdom, New Zealand, India, Philippines,…