We’re now standing at the cliff edge of the much-talked about fourth industrial age. Now more than ever, we need to know what’s coming down the pipeline – after all, forewarned is forearmed. The problem is, some of our members tell us they’re confused about which emerging technologies to investigate further. So how do we overcome…
Ensuring we build on our seismic research capabilities has never been more important to us. Which is why sponsoring STESSA18 made sense. To represent our commitment, we were proud to have our General Manager Welding Centre Michail Karpenko, Finite Element Analyst Nandor Mago and HERA Foundation Scholarship Recipient Hafez Taheri attend the STEESA18 – SCNZ…
Having spent the last 14 weeks cramped behind a school desk in Germany, our Research Engineer Holger Heinzel has successfully returned as a qualified International Welding Engineer (IWE)! Join him as he shares his experience. After some intensive study I now join the ranks of our General Manager Welding Centre Dr Michail Karpenko and Director…
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 of significance, because it forms the basis of the next revision of AS/NZS 2980 expected to be published late February. For the many users of…
We’d like to invite researchers and practising engineers to submit abstracts for presentation at the upcoming meeting of the International Institute of Welding (IIW) Commission X Structural Performances of Welded Joints – Fracture Avoidance. The meeting will be held in Auckland at HERA House, 12 – 13 March 2018. The IIW is a not-for-profit organisation…
We’re proud to have our General Manager Structural Systems Dr Stephen Hicks invited to deliver a keynote address at the 13th International Conference on Steel, Space & Composite Structures. Hosted in Perth from 31 January to 2 February 2018, it’s expected to be attended by over 70 attendees from 18 different countries across design, fabrication and…
Recently, the SESOC2017 conference was held in Wellington – the fourth to be hosted in New Zealand with the theme ‘Securing the future.’ During this event, both local and international speakers came together to address topics falling under this idea. In particular, the need for structural engineers to look beyond our New Zealand standards when…
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. This steel is often referred to as “alternative” steel or “not-prequalified” as it isn’t referenced in the welding standard AS/NZS 1554.1. While the standard allows…
Ballroom tuned mass damper analysis Member & client: Beca Group Duration: 2014 – 2016 Location: Bugis, Singapore HERA provided timely and critical analyses to help support our members on a major multi-storey steel-framed building in Singapore. Providing confidence to their structurally efficient design and allowing the project to progress forward. DUO is a 39-storey contemporary…
As part of our works to tap into the minds of our up and coming engineers we like to support local universities and recognise students who are breaking barriers and showing exceptional skill. And last week was no different. We were pleased to attend the University of Auckland Department of Mechanical Engineering Final Year Project…
If there was ever a cause to invest in, not much else would be worth more than investing in your future. HERA recognises this and places value not just on the future of our engineering profession but also our next generation. To this end, we recently sponsored the Young Engineers Forum in Wellington hosted by…
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 member or system. The factor of safety ensures that the probability of the actual resistance falling below the design resistance is sufficiently low. The magnitude…