Despite the distance Aotearoa New Zealand has from Europe, there are still business impacts to consider when it comes to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Undoubtedly, the last few years…
We’d like to introduce you to one of our student members – Rodney Stringer from Otago Polytechnic. Rodney is studying construction management and his engineering goal is to successfully deliver…
Significant updates to HERA report R4-131 Design of Composite Steel Floor Systems for Severe Fires (slab panel method (SPM) design guide) HERA is pleased to announce the re-publication of…
International Woman’s Day – a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women! Our final wahine to celebrate, who also contributes to the leadership & governance…
International Woman’s Day – a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women! Today, we continue to celebrate the amazing wahine who contribute to the leadership…
It is International Woman’s Day today – a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women! To tautoko (support) this day, we’ll be celebrating some…
HERA has placed a submission for MBIE’s Te Ara Paerangi Future Pathways Green Paper which looks to transform the current RSI system. New Zealand’s research system was designed nearly 30…
We’re excited to announce there is a now a new membership offering for our smaller sized members! This new tier is within our Platinum (Ordinary) category and comes in direct…
A healthy sustainability solution for structural engineers: nothing is lost, nothing is created, everything is reused. Traditionally, structural engineers have followed optimisation procedures to reduce material usage, increase the efficiency…
A homegrown solution to steel decarbonisation is on the way in collaboration with industry. HERA has been tracking research being done by Dr Chris Bumby and team at the Robinson…
A wero (challenge) that HERA has recently taken up, is to view our work through the lens of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs). The output of this…
Steel is a hero of the circular economy: study estimates 85% of Aotearoa’s building and construction steel waste is recycled Earlier this year, HERA published a Steel Recycling Report, which…