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’d like to advise our members about the Governments interest to identify ‘shovel ready’ infrastructure projects from the public and certain private infrastructure sector participants impacted by COVID 19. This comes after Ministers have advised that they wish to understand the availability, benefits, geographical spread and scale of ‘shovel ready’ projects in New Zealand. The…
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…
HERA was excited to kick off our year by hosting the 2020 Rotary National Science and Technology Forum at HERA House. This student event is part of our commitment to inspire future engineers to work in the metals industry and showcase the real opportunities that exist within our sector. The visiting group was part of…
Recently we had a health and safety incident occur at HERA. While thankfully not catastrophic, we think it’s important to share our lessons learnt so our members can avoid similar experience in the future. A team member in our welding team injured their eye during work hours at HERA House. Our facilities include offices and…
Sustainability has many facets. But it looks like climate change is the hands-down winner for the holiday sustainability hot topic (pardon the pun). So, how do we respond as an industry to this growing global concern? And what is HERA doing to assist? The catastrophic Australian fires and recent smoke impacts on New Zealand have…
Curious about what our industry cared about the most in 2019? Join us as we sum up our top read articles across our platforms, and why we’ve made the important shift to better communicate to you all. 2019 was a massive year for HERA! We had a huge shift in strategy that put emphasis on…
Our team at HERA wanted to take the time to wish all of our members the best as we break for our Christmas holidays. We look forward to seeing you in the new year! We’ve had a milestone year with some great new initiatives which we’re proud to have achieved. We embedded a new focus…
Nov272019 Listen on iTunes Listen on Spotify Listen on PodBean 27 Nov 2019 | Ep.22 – Digitisation: the future of steel fabrication In this episode of Stirring the Pot, we talk with Watkins Steel Managing Director, Des Watkins. Des has gone through a truly transformative process in his steel fabrication business – developing a four-step…
HERA fabricators members employing 10 or less staff are invited to participate in HERA’s Welding Capability Review Program. Our team will assist small fabricators (SMEs) in achieving compliance with the applicable standards framework by performing on-site review and preparing a confidential report that will also include opportunities for productivity and quality improvements. Compliance…
Nov132019 Listen on iTunes Listen on Spotify Listen on PodBean 13 Nov 2019 | Ep.21 – Bridging innovation – 3D printing In this episode of Stirring the Pot, we talk with MX3D CEO Gijs Van der Velden – all the way from the Netherlands! Gijs company has a clear mission to introduce the advantages of 3D…