Notices, updates & calls for interest or comment - HERA

Integrating mātauranga Māori into Construction 4.0

Bridging the gap: How data is changing the future of building safety and resilience

The future of building – reusable frames that cut costs and carbon

Cut your carbon in half with clever design!

New research enhances understanding of welded joint integrity

We need you to make sure that industry voice is the foundation of vocational education!

Resource – Calibration of devices and equipment used in steel construction

Learning the ropes – Lydia’s internship experience at John Jones Steel!

Hao-Chang

Meet Hao Chang – a PhD scholarship recipient for our ACM CRC research

seismic-design-diaphragm

Seminar: Seismic design of diaphragm in steel frame structures

Dr-Vladislav-Yakubov

Meet Dr. Vladislav Yakubov – our latest researcher to join our ACM CRC team

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Notice – Laser welding safety

whole-team

Embracing the future of advanced manufacturing for Aotearoa New Zealand

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HERA Report R4-161 now released! A diaphragm design guide for steel framed structures

From concept to reality – HERA’s innovative software for design available soon!

HERA’s seismic research shared through international joint seminar!

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Update: latest edition of HERA Report R4-156 now available!

T-EBF

Breaking ground – early insights into reusable Eccentrically Braced Frame (EBF) in Construction 4.0

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Steel Stars: celebrating excellence in structural design at the University of Waikato

hera-massey-university

HERA and Massey University team up to revolutionise sustainable construction through circular design and construction 4.0

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The sustainable promise of Eccentric Braced Frame (EBF) in Construction 4.0

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Advanced simulations to evaluate composite slabs performance in severe fire

Navigating welding positions in fusion welding

Welding fumes – international developments

Taine Naera & Amir ShahMohammadi

Meet Taine Naera – our newest student intern

Cameron Henderson’s triumph in engineering at the University of Canterbury

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AUT Bachelor of Computer & Information Sciences Poster Showcase Highlights Innovation and Creativity

ahmad-sayadi

The Research of HERA Foundation Scholarship Recipient, Ahmad Sayadi

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DR AS/NZS 1170.2:2021 Amd 2:2023: A draft is open for commenting

Loading condition of a continuous steel column in engineering practice

Numerical Analysis of Restrained Continuous Steel Columns under Standard Fire

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Cold Forming of Steel before Galvanizing – What to consider

connecting-digital-cloud

Call for insight: survey to inform the future of low carbon design in construction

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Call for interest: PhD Scholarship now available in Ōtautahi Christchurch!

Call for interest: Contribute your data to a game-changing structural software tool

A State of the Art Review of Fillet Welded Joints

HERA Launches New Numerical Simulation Capacity for Structural Fire Analysis with Acquisition of SAFIR Software

Introducing Monitoring 4.0: Enhancing Structural Monitoring for Comprehensive Building Assessment

Endeavour update

construction-40

Resource – HERA R5-95:2023: Public governance in the context of Construction 4.0

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Resource – HERA R5-94:2023: Understanding Construction 4.0: A comprehensive review of narrow and broad perspective

Numerical Validation of Structural Fire Design for Steel Framed Car Park Buildings

IAG Construction 4.0 Members

Meet our Construction 4.0 IAG Members

branz-x-hera

HERA receives $150k of funding from BRANZ

timber-structure

Challenging the Mainstream Narrative: Mass Timber’s Viability as a Sustainable Building Material

2023 Best Steel Conference Paper Award

Seismic Application of Fillet and Partial Penetration Butt Welds

multi-storey-buildings

Call for structures – multi storey buildings in Christchurch or Wellington wanted!

HERA-report-R4-155-OSHJ-cover

Notice – significant updates made to HERA report R4-155 around OSHJ

CO2 gas cannisters

Notice – welding grade CO2 gas and gas mixtures

research

Research: investigating the effect of temperature on unprotected secondary beam

feedback

Calls for feedback – we need your input into our research focuses

Software – Slab Panel Method 2022

industry40

Notice – HERA industry 4.0 assessment for steel fabricators now available!

hera-report-r4159

Resource – HERA R4-159: Common language in Structures as Steel Banks

corrosion-bridge

Resource – Corrosion maps now available for macro-climate corrosion classification

Resource – HERA R4-156: Seismic Design of Moment Resisting Frames

Resource – The Slab Panel Method: Design of Composite Steel Floor Systems for Severe Fire

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Submission – Te Ara Paerangi and the future of Aotearoa’s research system

celebrate

HERA opens new membership category to support sole practitioners and small firms!

unsdg-17goas

Resource – HERA’s role in progressing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

steel-recycling

Update – Steel Recycling Report

industry4.0

Resource – HERA report shows adoption of construction 4.0 worth $8 billion

Resource – the potential business and economic benefits of Construction 4.0 in NZ

levy-amendment

Notice – publication of changes to the HERL Act

lsf-infographic

Resource – Living Standards Framework report update and infographic for bid documentation

steel-recycling

Resource – 2021 Steel Recycling Report

industry4.0

Notice – exploring Industry 4.0 opportunity for construction

carparking

Notice – HERA Report R4-152 validation of structural fire design for steel framed carparks published

environment-innovation

Calls for research – HERA sustainability fund open for ideas from our members

steel-building

Notice – HERA Report R4-153 steel building guide published

r4142-moment-connection

Notice – HERA Report R4-142 moment-resistant connections updated

weathering-steel-bridge

Notice – New edition of NZ weathering steel guide for bridges now published

dhconstruction-audit

Notice – NZ’s first sustainable steel certification program

transformation

Notice – Aotearoa Transformation Agenda and Plan

shovel

Notice – ‘Shovel ready’ infrastructure projects

lab-testing

Notice – COVID-19: what does it mean for the NZ metals industry?

eye-protection

Resource – Case study on a welding related eye injury

grayson-productivity

Notice – Free assistance now offered to SMEs to achieve compliance with applicable standards

marsden-refinery

Call for papers – HERA Pressure Equipment Workshop in Auckland, June 2020

asnzs-2327

Call for comment – DR AS/NZS 2327:2017 Amendment

woman-machine

Notice – ACC workplace injury prevention subsidy available for SME’s

industry40-trek

Notice – Leave the beaten track and join the Industry 4.0 Trek

draft-amendment

Call for comment – DR AS/NZS 2980:2018 Amendment 1:2019

bottle

Call for attendance – Do you want to improve your fabrication business? See how bottleneck analysis can help!

web-development

Call for information – Request for steel floor deck data for new composite beam design software

consultancy

Notice – Welding consumable levy increase due to come into effect 1 February 2019

rsic-infrastructure

Update – Establishing new brittle fracture provisions for the Australasian steel structure standards

bc-update

Notice –B1/VM1 Amendment 17 and B2/AS1 Amendment 10 published

research-development

Call for interest – tell us your problems you’d like us to solve with R&D!

fea-multistorey-structure

Call for attendance – free seminar for designers on cost effective fire solutions for steel structures

thinking

Notice – demystifying HERA’s research levy & how all of industry can leverage it (including SMEs!)

nzs3404

Update – removal of conflict with latest national standards including AS/NZS 5131 and NZS 3404.1

mbie-call-for-comment

Call for comment – MBIE consultation for proposed changes to B1/VM1 and B2/AS1

stafford-engineering

Resource – ASME U-Stamp Certification opens US export market to Stafford Engineering

Update – Hidden values now transparent

teamwork-positivity-innovation

Call for interest – Get your business ahead of the pack!

dh-audit

Call for attendance – The cost of ‘quality’ HERA seminar

building-performance-b1vm1

Notice – B1/VM1 Amendment 16 now published

bridge-structure

Call for attendance – NZSSDA seminar: protecting NZ’s infrastructure

nz-sdg-summit-2018

Call for attendance – NZ Sustainable Development Goals Summit

dh-engineering-workshop-tour

Notice – Receive co-funding to join a USA manufacturing Trek this June

apprentice-paul-taurima

Notice – Apprenticeships and training without the fees via Competenz

ppuri-2018-fair

Call for interest – KOTRA subsidised business trip to Korea

publication

Call for interest – HERA is seeking a new Information Officer

mike-lehan-chairman

Call for interest – Clinker plant member opportunity ripe for exploring

welding

Call for papers – IIW Commission X meeting at HERA House, 12 – 13 March 2018

draft-position-public-policy-2017

Call for comment – Draft HERA Public Policy Position 2017

reinforcing-steel-welding

Update – AS/NZS 1554.3:2014 A1 Structural steel welding – Part 3: welding of reinforcing steel amendment

welding

Notice – Welding of non-AS/NZS steels to AS/NZS 1554.1

orc-pilot-plat-pfs

HERA submission – low-emissions economy issues paper

welding-demonstration

Call for comment – revision of draft AS/NZS 2980 Welder Quality Standard

building-code

Notice – MBIE consultation: building code verification method B1/VM1 update and proposed loop bar ban

technical-advisory-board-2017

Call for interest – Join our HERA Industry Advisory Panel and make a difference!

call-for-comment

Calls for comment – SNZ TS 3404:2017 Durability requirements for steel structures and components

delivering-goods

Call for attendees – #MIC2017: delivering the goods on options for conformity

transition

Update – Revised rules to transition arrangements for IIW qualifications

hera-stream-mic2017-geoff-crittenden-wtia

Call for attendees – #MIC2017: WTIA’s Geoff Crittenden on Australia’s submarine project and it’s welding industry

transformation

Call for attendees – #MIC2017: Can HERA drive industry transformation?

career

Call for interest – HERA is seeking our new CEO. Could it be you?

brian-uy-uos

Call for attendees – #MIC2017: University of Sydney’s Professor Brian Uy on the road from design to reliable structures

kenneth-husted-uoa

Call for attendees – #MIC2017: UoA’s Dr Kenneth Husted on why the innovative survive

industry4.0-mic2017

Call for attendees – #MIC2017: NZMEA CEO Dieter Adams on Industry 4.0

steel-construction

Call for interest – Co-funding request for steel construction research

verification

Notice – Steel building product conformance of critical items

boron-structural-steel-export-subsidies

Resource – Adding boron to structural steel for export subsidies

Update – ACRS restructuring for efficiency

camera

Call for assistance – We want your steel and composite bridge photos!

visionary

Call for interest – Are you a visionary industry member looking for opportunity?

welding-reinforcing-bar

Resource – Welding of seismic grade reinforcing bar

Update – ACRS ‘pending’ sites

trust-representatives-rotorua

Call for interest – Building research partnerships

hollow-section-welding

Resource – Butt joints in hollow sections

audience

Call for attendees – Steel Research Panel’s strategy workshop 2016

open

Registration open – Pressure equipment workshop 2016

workshop

Registration open – New Zealand geothermal workshop 2016

paper

Call for papers – IABSE 2017

callaghan-innovation

Event – Exploring materials selection presentation

hera-house

Notice – Executive member change

resources-books

Resource – Welding and local exhaust ventilation

marine-ocean

Call for interest – Do you have a strong track record in marine related projects?

people-meeting

Notice – AS/NZS ISO 3834: The allocation of quality management tasks

feedback

Call for comment – Addressing skill issues in our industry

coordination-team

Notice – The welding coordination team in AS/NZS ISO 3834

adolf-hobbacher-presenting

Call for attendees – Design and analysis of welded connections seminar

carl-davies-nash

Notice – NASH General Manager Carl Davies moves on

business-conduct

Notice – New IPENZ code of ethical conduct resource available

Update – Member survey: connecting with the digital cloud

Update – Member survey: our new communication walk, talk and feel

pressure-equipment

Call for attendees – Second NZ pressure equipment workshop ‘working together’

Update – Member survey: improving member value

procurement-model

Update – NZ’s procurement model. How does it fare?

worksafe-inspector

Notice – Why is site safety important?

quenching-tempering

Notice – Welding procedures for high strength quenched and tempered steel

stress

Notice – Proposed new fatigue design provisions for the forthcoming AS/NZS 5100.6

building-construction-cranes

Update – Industry policy direction for building product conformance endorsed

mbie-auckland

Update – Complaints about non-compliant building products

calculator

Resource – SCI publication of free online software for floor vibration

Update – ACRS new developments for certificates of compliance

steel-structure

Notice – Revised structural steel standards published

construction-helmet

Call for comment – Have your say in driving our industry policy direction for building product conformance

publish-key

Resource – Draft for public comment published for AS/NZS 1252 high strength steel bolt assemblies

welding-standard

Call for comment – SFC structural steelwork fabrication and erection standard

seafood-market-offshore-fish-farm

Call for interest – A niche research and development opportunity

march-welding-supervisor-course-attendees

Update – The role of the Welding Supervisor in quality management schemes

workers-skills

Call for comment – Register essential skills in demand for your business

construction-cranes

Notice – Draft policy on building product conformance

survey-results

Update – Results of our survey on NZQA Level 5 training

university-qualification

Registration open – IWE & IWT qualification course: a pathway to career success

melbourne-australia-skyline

Registration open – 69th IIW annual assembly and international conference in Melbourne

composite-beam-loaded-failure

Notice – Design of composite beams with composite slabs using profiled steel decking

welding

Call for comment – Should HERA support a NZ certificate in mechanical engineering?

fabsec-fbeam

Update – Fabsec F-Beam software remains free to NZ users

welded-structure

Call for attendees – Welding supervisor and inspector courses

multiple-cranes

Update – Building controls No. 176 and 177: guidance on product substitution, safety and suitability of external cladding

eye

Notice – Witnessing welding qualification test

stephen-joyce

Update – Ministerial response on why R&D funding from industry levy doesn’t qualify for co-funding

steel

Notice – Influence of durable marking methods on the fatigue strength of steel compontents

welding-course-progression

Call for attendees – Upcoming courses in welding inspection

safetynaction-hsr-training

Call for interest – HSR transition training

publication-books-resources

Resource – HERA published in Institution of Civil Engineers flagship journal

fire-explosion

Notice – Managing the risk of welding related fire and explosions and the role of the welding supervisor

greenstar-nzgbc

Notice – New Greenstar steel credit for New Zealand

outdated

Notice – Outdated standards

worksafe-nz

Notice – Amendment to code of practice for above ground stationary tanks with integral secondary containment

error

Notice – HERA report R4-103 error alert

executive-election-vote

Notice – HERA Executive elections now running. Have your say and vote!

materials-test-rig

Call for interest – Fabrication & installation of rig materials

procurement-contract

Notice – Meeting new government procurement rules in steel construction

fire-contour

Notice – Temperature distribution in typical composite slabs under standard temperature-time fire condition

standards-australia

Notice – Correction ammendments to AS/NZS 1554 Structural Steel Welding Part 1, 5 & 7

oasys-vote

Call for comment – Design software for composite design standard AS/NZS 2327

plasma-laser-cuts-stainless-steel

Notice – Quality requirements for thermal cutting

blue-book

Resource – Code of practice for fabrication of stainless steel plant & equipment blue book

fcaw-welds

Notice – Surface imperfections on welds made with flux cored arc process

web-post-buckling-cellular-beam

Resource – Fire protection of beams with web-openings

mbie

Notice – New Government rules of sourcing third edition

assess-benchmark

Call for interest – Structural steel fabricator benchmarking study confirmed

uk-britain-england

Notice – Imminent trade delegation to UK pending

aggat-global-conference-2015

Call for attendees – AGGATsk not

composite-bridge

Call for interest – Design guidance on existing steel-concrete composite bridges

Call for comment – Seeking nominations for our Industry Awards in September

tosca-structure-fea

Call for comment – Tosca structure optimisation

silica

Call for interest – AGGAT IP opportunity

competition

Update – Structural steel fabricator benchmark study participation

beca-3d-revit-model-uoa

Resource – Latest in steelwork research and thinking utilised in new University Auckland building

aggat-global-conference-2015

Update – AGGAT Global Conference speakers now confirmed

weld-access-holes

Resource – Weld access holes in seismic applications

fabrication-profitability-indicatiors

Call for interest – Structural steel fabricator benchmarking study participation

aggat-global-conference-2015

Call for attendees – AGGAT Global Conference 2015

issf-stainless-steel-agriculture

Resource – Stainless steel in agricultural applications

welding-inspection-course

Event – Welding seminars and courses for 2015

computer-work

Call for interest – Opportunity for software developers in calibrating AS/NZS 2327

stainless-steel-postweld

Resource – Specifying roughness of welded stainless steel surfaces

multi-storey-buildings

Notice – Standard to help comply with new regulations for building work

publication-book-edition

Notice – New edition of AS/NZS 1554.1 now available

abstract

Call for papers – International design challenge

alan-welding

Call for attendees – Welding Inspection Part 2

history-displacement-failure

Notice – Fire resistance of unprotected concrete filled hollow steel columns