We remember February 22, 2011
Today marks six years since the devastating Christchurch earthquake of 22 February 2011, a seismic event that continues to not only affect the local region itself, but New Zealand as…
Auckland Transport – you got this one right!
In larger tenders, Government and most Public Sector Procurement Rules require best value for money rather than lowest cost as the decisive criteria – however despite this requirement best value…
Playing nice for the greater good
Collaboration. It sounds great, but is it so easy to do when it comes to building and designing structures? Many say yes, but if we’ve learnt anything from the Canterbury…
Connecting with the greatest minds in structural engineering
HERA is proud to have joined forces with Mageba to assist AECOM Principal Engineer and Steel Bridge Designer, Liam Edwards to attend the 19th Congress of IABSE (International Association for…
Update – ACRS ‘pending’ sites
Due to prevailing market dynamics and the recent Christmas period production shutdowns at some certified firms, some due ACRS assessments remain pending for completion. ACRS will be undertaking these pending…
Post: Kaikoura earthquake – we need your insight
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…
New composite design standard AS/NZS 2327 open for comment
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…
New Dimond Hibond 80 passes loaded fire test
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…
ACRS strategic renewal
In February 2016, Australasian Certification Authority for Reinforcing and Structural Steels or ACRS asked industry and stakeholders to have their say on “The Future of ACRS.” Asking “What do you…
Opus develop rust detection technology
Using innovative technology originally developed for cultural conservation, our member Opus International aims to detect rust on steel structures from up to 100m away. The idea for developing the technology…
Call for attendees – Steel Research Panel’s strategy workshop 2016
In the recent Steel Research Panel’s annual workshop, HERA agreed to launch quarterly workshops focused on the 5-to-10 year strategy for New Zealand steel research. Based on the themes of…
Pursuing IP commercialisation for promising seismic damage resistant system for modular steel structures
HERA has recently made a decision to assist the commercialisation for a seismic damage-resistant system for modular steel structures developed by Dr. John Jing in his PhD thesis. He’s received…