Keeping your finger on the pulse is a challenge that Civil Engineering Researchers are constantly having to do as new technologies are introduced to the industry. This is exactly what Auckland University of Technology Teaching Assistant and PhD Researcher Niusha Navabian is investigating as part of her passion to be a successful Structural Engineer. To…
The women engineers that go to work every day are delivering work that have massive positive impacts on their communities. But they’re also sisters, daughters and mothers – and finding work balance is key. GHD Structural Team Leader Amy Wiliams knows this well. By day, specialising in the delivery of seismic assessments as well as…
In the world of engineering, there are women making a difference behind the scenes as much as in front of them! HR is one space where that is certainly happening. That’s why we’d like you to meet Deb MacCauley who is GM People & Culture at Longveld in Hamilton. Deb started out as a contractor…
There are many types of engineers working with our membership that we’ll be shining a light on this week – and Joanna Wilce is no different! Based at SGS, Joanna has over fifteen years experience in management and technical roles with a broad range of knowledge in legislative compliance, operations and production management of industrial…
A lot can happen in a year… so we thought we’d touch bases with one of the ladies we profiled last year during #INWED18 to see if much has changed since then! Catching up with New Zealand Steel Process Engineer, Mikaela Keir who is in the Steel Making Technical department. On a day to day…
In the lead up to International Women in Engineering Day on 23 June – we want to celebrate some of the amazing wahine in our industry. That’s why this week we’ll be giving a voice to many of the ladies in our midst – starting off with Ting Wang, a Civil Engineer at Tonkin +…
After 11 years at HERA, we’d like to let our membership and industry know that our General Manager Structural Systems Stephen Hicks will be heading back to the UK to pursue a career as Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Warwick. Stephen came to us from the Steel Construction Institute (SCI). He’d been…
What the heck is HERA about and what’s our plan for the future? Two very good questions – and we’re excited to tell you the answer! Because for the first time, we’re releasing our strategy publicly. We’re doing this because we are really focused on building a tribe within our industry. We want to create…
We’re pleased to announce that the Heavy Engineering Research Levy Notice 2018 has now been published and listed on the legislation.govt.nz website. This means a levy increase from 5c to 10c per kilogram of welding consumables is due to come into effect on 1 February 2019. We want to thank everyone who responded to our…
Back in August we called for comments from our members on MBIE’s proposed changes to B1/VM1 and B2/AS1. Three months later – we’re pleased to report these amendments have now been published. Over the last 9 months, HERA have worked closely with SCNZ and MBIE to exploit the significant investment that has been made in…
Working with the Building System Performance (BSP) branch of MBIE, the New Zealand Standards Approval Board has revoked NZS 3404.1:2009. This development will eliminate the conflict that has existed with other standards and provide a clear signal about which version of NZS 3404.1 should be used to support regulatory compliance. It’s important that designers, building…
Over the last six months, HERA have worked closely with SCNZ and MBIE to get value from the significant investment made in developing the new composite design standard (AS/NZS 2327) and durability technical specification (NZS TS 3404) by having them referenced in B1/VM1 and B2/AS1 of the New Zealand Building Code. It’s important that you…