The 14th November Kaikoura earthquake was a sequence of ruptures with a combined magnitude of 7.8 on the Richter scale, and struck 15 kilometres north-east of Culverden, 95 km from Christchurch. Whilst the rupture started at the epicentre, the earthquake progressed northwards, travelling at a speed of 2 km per second, over a distance of…
2016 was a busy year for the NZ Welding Centre, with around 180 people attending our specialist courses and seminars for engineers, supervisors and welding inspectors. This month, 12 professionals complete their training programme in welding inspection leading to national and international qualifications: the CBIP Certified Welding Inspector (CWI), and the globally-recognised IIW International Welding…
The first joint New Zealand and Australian composite design standard DR AS/NZS 2327 has recently been published for public comment. The public comment period will continue until 24 January 2017 and electronic copies of the draft standard can be freely downloaded from here. This revision incorporates a number of technical and editorial changes, as follows: Changes…
We are saddened to advise that Dr Robin Shepherd – our founding Director from 1979 to 1980 passed away peacefully at age 83 in Los Angeles, California. Robin received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Canterbury in 1971 and D.Sc. in Structural Dynamics from the University of Leeds in 1973. Prior to…
HERA has been working with Dimond since 2014 on their new Hibond 80 deck product, with one of our work packages being the optimization of composite slabs using this deck in fire conditions. From the know-how developed previously in assisting a Singaporean client, through advanced finite element analyses our Finite Element Analyst Nandor Mago was able to demonstrate…
We’re sad to announce the passing of our former Executive Board member Kevin Spring at age 83. Kevin had a close association with HERA, first in the form of being an advocate for steel construction from a structural engineer’s perspective, and then in a governance role as a member of our Executive from 1994 to 2006. This…
A significant milestone for New Zealand structural steel industry has been achieved with the approval of the new standard AS/NZS 5131 Fabrication and Erection of Steel – released early this month. The need for this standard has arising out of concerns that product conformance does not meet the specified requirements in an increased global construction…
Steel Construction New Zealand (SCNZ) has appointed Darren O’Riley as its new Manager – based in the organisation’s office in South Auckland. Darren’s knowledge and expertise are a strong fit for SCNZ as the organisation moves forward. He has 28 years of sales and marketing, and business development experience – gained largely in the building…
The end of November saw a heavy contingent of our AGGAT team attend the 38th New Zealand Geothermal Workshop at the University of Auckland – as we work to share our research and development findings to create collaborative global opportunities in the clean energy space for our members. Highlighting five AGGAT research focuses, our team presented…
It was highly satisfying to be a part of the Pressure Equipment Workshop 2016 organised jointly by a dynamic industry committee composed of individuals from the PE industry and HERA. Nov302016 Over 100 people attended the workshop held last month at the Sudima Hotel in Auckland, and the concluding comment of a CEO of one of…
HERA has been actively working with the University of Auckland over the past three months to move into a partnership based model for the future of our AGGAT program. This will span long term developments typically over 5-7 years and have co-funding support from the government – applicable to organisations within industry as well. As…
University of Auckland As with every year, HERA was at the University of Auckland School of Engineering prize-giving for the best final year projects. This year’s project which caught the eye of our Industry Development General Manager Nick Inskip was by Matthew Battley and Evan Simmers. Their project focused on the design, testing and analysis…