Welding procedures training (WPS)
Four series webinar – Welding Procedures Training (WPS) Each running 3:30pm – 4:30pm Webinar 1: 12 May 2020 | Webinar 2: 13 May 2020 | Webinar 3: 20 May 2020 …
Design of welded structures – fatigue and fracture seminar (Christchurch)
Design of welded structures seminar | 11 Feb 2020 | Christchurch | Limited seats available | AboutWho should attend and why?ProgramPresenterLocationPricesRegisterAbout The degradation of products and structures imposes a significant…
Design of welded structures – fatigue and fracture seminar (Hamilton)
Design of welded structures seminar | 19 Feb 2020 | Hamilton | Limited seats available | AboutWho should attend and why?ProgramPresenterLocationPricesRegisterAbout The degradation of products and structures imposes a significant…
Welding qualification standard ISO 9606.1:2012 has now been adopted as AS/NZS ISO 9606.1:2017
The publication of AS/NZS ISO 9606.1:2017 Qualification testing of welders – Fusion welding – Part 1: Steels is seen as a move towards international best practice. And is a standard…
Notice – Welding of non-AS/NZS steels to AS/NZS 1554.1
When steel merchants aren’t able to supply parent materials to a preferred AS or AS/NZS specification fabricators will face the need to weld structural steel manufactured to an overseas standard.…
Call for comment – revision of draft AS/NZS 2980 Welder Quality Standard
AS/NZS 2980, our most widely used welder qualification standard, is up for revision. The draft for public comment can be accessed at the Standards NZ website. The draft is reflects…
Notice – MBIE consultation: building code verification method B1/VM1 update and proposed loop bar ban
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) is proposing several amendments to B1/VM1, and it’s important that you have your say in these changes as they’ll affect our steel industry. …
Calls for comment – SNZ TS 3404:2017 Durability requirements for steel structures and components
In August 2017, a SCNZ-led standard development committee, which HERA also takes part in, was established to develop a new technical specification for steel corrosion protection. Superseding NZS 3404.1:2009 Chapter…
Call for attendees – #MIC2017: delivering the goods on options for conformity
The factor of safety (FoS), also known as (and used interchangeably with) safety factor (SF), is the ratio between the nominal and the design load carrying capacity of a structural…
HERA mourns the loss of Associate Professor John Butterworth
We’re saddened to share the passing of University of Auckland’s Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering John Butterworth. Passing away after a long illness on 4 September – we…
Wyoming roaming for CCVIII
Our General Manager Structural Systems heads to Wyoming USA from 30 July to 2 August where he’ll present at the 8th International Conference on Composite Construction in Steel and Concrete.…
Resource – Butt joints in hollow sections
Structural steel hollow sections can be well suited to structural applications because they have a higher strength to weight ratio than open section profiles such as “I” beams and columns,…