Earlier this year, we applied for the MBIE 2017 Research Partnership Investment Round under the title “Transforming the heavy metals engineering industry through disruptive innovation” – an application now approved by their Science Board to progress to the full proposal stage. While this advance has considerably improved our chance for success, the investment round is…
Have we stopped ourselves from being our best version because we’re scared of the unknowns we’ll have to cross or the outcomes it may or may not bring? I recall a popular article that has done the rounds lately which highlights a hypothetical (yet highly likely) conversation between a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chief…
With some disappointment but also an accompanying sense of clarity in purpose, we share the sad news that a our joint Pukeroa Oruawhata Trust / HERA proposal submitted to the NZ government for the establishment of a Regional Research Institute (RRI) in Rotorua was unsuccessful. Long-listed following our previous proposal last year, it was found…
Preparing grant applications can be a daunting task requiring a lot of time and effort on the writer’s part. Having come out of three major funding applications prepared and submitted to government in the past three months (Regional Research Institute proposal, Research Partnerships proposal and Endeavour Research Programmes proposal), it’s safe to say – HERA…
Today marks six years since the devastating Christchurch earthquake of 22 February 2011, a seismic event that continues to not only affect the local region itself, but New Zealand as a whole. As we honour the 185 people who lost their lives, and the many hundreds more who suffered injury, or damage to homes and…
Our AGGAT team is progressing well on our Pukeroa Oruawhata Trust project in Rotorua for the development of a geothermal spa/bathing recreational facility. On a tight timeline for delivery, construction is expected to begin towards the end of the year – so we have much to do. Our engineers have been actively assessing our client’s…
Ground breaking research and development. When it happens – it changes the lay of the land in ways we’d never imagine. Take Edison and his electric light – an apparatus which would cause gas lighting to be a thing of the past, despite naysayers saying it wasn’t possible. Oh how he proved them wrong. But…
Call for interest – we’re preparing an application for a heavy engineering industry sector-led research partnership under the 2017 MBIE Partnership scheme in response to the Government’s Partnership Investment Plan 2017-19. This proposal aims to provide high–quality research to increase the competitiveness and sustainability of companies like yours, in the framework of a larger sustainable…
Recently, our Intern Researcher Jenny Knittel had the opportunity to visit Top Energy Limited at Ngawha Springs, as we work to explore waste heat opportunities throughout New Zealand for the benefit of our AGGAT partners and members. A local electricity generation and lines network supplying power to 30,000 consumers throughout the mid- to far-north of…
The 14th November Kaikoura earthquake was a sequence of ruptures with a combined magnitude of 7.8 on the Richter scale, and struck 15 kilometres north-east of Culverden, 95 km from Christchurch. Whilst the rupture started at the epicentre, the earthquake progressed northwards, travelling at a speed of 2 km per second, over a distance of…
The first joint New Zealand and Australian composite design standard DR AS/NZS 2327 has recently been published for public comment. The public comment period will continue until 24 January 2017 and electronic copies of the draft standard can be freely downloaded from here. This revision incorporates a number of technical and editorial changes, as follows: Changes…
HERA has been working with Dimond since 2014 on their new Hibond 80 deck product, with one of our work packages being the optimization of composite slabs using this deck in fire conditions. From the know-how developed previously in assisting a Singaporean client, through advanced finite element analyses our Finite Element Analyst Nandor Mago was able to demonstrate…