This coming Friday will be Aotearoa New Zealand’s first ever Matariki celebrated nationwide. Although I am totally here for it, for many in our industry Matariki probably just means another ‘day off’ from work. If that is you, l’d like to challenge that thinking, because in my opinion, what Matariki should represent to you is…
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 Research Institute for some time now. Their works first coming under our radar after they won our industry award for innovation in 2020. At the…
We’re excited to advise that our CEO Dr Troy Coyle has been elected as Chair of the Tertiary Education Commissions (TEC) Workforce Development Council (WDC) Interim Board for Manufacturing, Engineering & Logistics. This WDC initiative follows a successful Expression of Interest (EoI) process, with 249 applications which resulted in a strong group of interim Establishment…
We’re proud to advise that HERA has now gained SSC Certification. HERA recently underwent the task of assessing our carbon footprint and have also been assessing our sustainability credentials as part of the process of achieving Sustainable Steel Council (SSC) Certification. This is part of our commitment to positively serve our community responsibilities. From our perspective,…
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…
Now that the World Health Organisation has declared COVID-19 as a pandemic, the most important thing we can do as individuals and companies – is not panic. There is a lot of information coming in from news agencies, email and social media – and everyone has a different opinion on how seriously we should (or…
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…
We’re excited to let our members know that we now have a new Senior Structural Engineer on board with us – and lets just say… he’s no stranger to HERA! Andrew Pennington joins the HERA fold once again after a sabbatical away pursuing other roles. His history with us dates back to 2013 when he…
We’re pleased to announce that we’ve had two new team members join HERA this month – Innovation Centre Manager, Greg Buckley, and Research Engineer, Hafez Taheri. They both bring a unique set of skills and diverse thinking to our HERA team fabric, and we’re excited to see the positive contributions that they’ll bring to our…
You’ll have seen lately that our Welding Centre has a lot of amazing projects on it’s horizon over the next three years. That’s why we’re excited to welcome Volkan Yakut to our team to help us deliver them! Volkan brings over 15 years’ global experience to the table as a Mechanical Engineer and International Welding…
After almost eight years at HERA, we’d like to let our membership and industry know that our General Manager Industry Development is starting a new journey at IANZ as their General Manager – NZ Quality College. Boaz came onboard with HERA as a Research Engineer. This was a time when our Industry Development team had…
Our next lady in the spot light is one we’re rather fond of. She’s been in our midst since 2011 and she definitely has some HERA blood pumping through her veins! Meet Audsley Jones, HERA Scholar and PhD candidate at the University of Canterbury, Department of Civil and Natural Resources. Since 2013 she’s been undertaking…