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HERA was on the ground in Sydney last month for the Advanced Manufacturing Readiness Facility (AMRF) visit and the conf...
03/09/2026

HERA was on the ground in Sydney last month for the Advanced Manufacturing Readiness Facility (AMRF) visit and the conference (ACM CRC Annual Partner Meeting).

Alan (HERA CEO) and Michail (HERA GM Fabrication 4.0) saw firsthand the progress being made across the programme and the value of industry and research working together.

Thanks to:
- Anna Paradowska, Emma Rich, and Ben Leavold for a fantastic AMRF visit.
- Luke Preston and the ACM CRC team for organising an excellent partner meeting.
- Anna Paradowska, Vladislav Yakubov, and the PhD students and supervisors at the University of Sydney for their hard work on HERA's ACM CRC project.

Two days well spent.

Stuck on a spec question? If you're a Platinum Ordinary or Gold Associate member, you get 15 minutes free on our advisor...
02/09/2026

Stuck on a spec question? If you're a Platinum Ordinary or Gold Associate member, you get 15 minutes free on our advisory hotline. No guessing required.

Ordinary members also get first access to voting rights, steel data, and research nominations. Check your membership tier and see what's included.
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01/09/2026

Born in 1955 in the remote farming community of Pōrangahau in southern Hawke’s Bay, Dr Charles Clifton’s path to becoming one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s most influential structural engineers was anything but conventional.

Growing up on a farm, his curiosity for how things worked showed itself early. Whether it was experimenting with makeshift engineering projects or asking questions about electricity and construction, the groundwork for Charles' career was being laid.

Those formative experiences sparked a lifelong fascination with engineering and problem-solving. After studying civil engineering at the University of Canterbury in the 1970s, Charles began a career that would ultimately reshape the way steel is used in Aotearoa New Zealand buildings and influence structural engineering practices internationally.

Catch up on the Humans of Steel podcast with Charles to hear more - https://youtu.be/pZQrdGl023w

Between 1983 and the mid-2000s, structural steel's market share in New Zealand's multi-storey buildings grew from virtua...
31/08/2026

Between 1983 and the mid-2000s, structural steel's market share in New Zealand's multi-storey buildings grew from virtually zero to over 50 per cent.

That did not happen by chance.

In the latest episode of Stirring the Pot, Humans of Steel edition, we sit down with Professor Charles Clifton, who started HERA's structural division in 1983 and spent the next four decades rebuilding steel's reputation in New Zealand construction.

He walks us through what it actually took. Developing Aotearoa New Zealand's own corrosion durability design method, later adopted in Australia. Adapting capacity design principles from concrete research to make steel perform in earthquakes. And investigating the World Trade Center collapse to separate fact from fear about how steel behaves in fire.

🔗 - https://youtu.be/pZQrdGl023w

28/08/2026

FaST (Fire and Steel Temperatures) is now available.

Developed by HERA, FaST was created to simplify the process of assessing steel temperatures in fire.

The software combines commonly used fire temperature models, steel exposure configurations and fire protection arrangements in a single workflow, producing fire and steel temperature histories, visual outputs and exportable results.

For engineers assessing multiple fire scenarios, FaST reduces the need for repetitive manual calculation and brings the process into one place.

Optimise fire protection decisions. FaST.

Download Now! - https://hera.org.nz/technical-support/resources/digital-tools/fast-tool/

Something new is coming for structural fire engineering.Assessing steel temperatures in fire usually means repetitive fi...
27/08/2026

Something new is coming for structural fire engineering.

Assessing steel temperatures in fire usually means repetitive fire curve generation and a lot of iterative heat transfer calculation. Tomorrow, we're launching a tool built to make that faster and more consistent, bringing fire scenarios, steel temperature response and protection arrangements into one structured workflow.

Want to see smarter fire design in action? Join Mayank Shrivastava on 27 August for our Beyond Fire Protection lunchtime webinar, where he'll share practical strategies for designing safer, leaner and more sustainable steel structures with less unnecessary fire protection.

https://hera.org.nz/training-events/structural/beyond-fire-protection-webinar/

Welding Stainless Steel? Get the standards right before you're on site.AS/NZS 1554.6. ASME B31.3. Two standards, differe...
26/08/2026

Welding Stainless Steel? Get the standards right before you're on site.

AS/NZS 1554.6. ASME B31.3. Two standards, different qualification approaches, and plenty of room for costly mistakes if you mix them up.

Join HERA and the New ZealandStainless Steel Development Association (NZSSDA) for a practical seminar on welding stainless steels for pressure equipment, piping, hygienic services and structural work.

You'll walk away with a clear handle on:
- Stainless steel families and weldability
- AS/NZS 1554.6 qualification and inspection requirements
- ASME Section IX and B31.3, and how they differ from AS/NZS approaches
- Building a solid WPS (and the common pitfalls that trip people up)
- Quality assurance that actually holds up on audit

Built for engineers, fabricators, welding coordinators, inspectors, specifiers and asset owners working on projects that need to comply with AS/NZS 1554.6 and ASME B31.3.
📍 Auckland: 10 November 2026, 1:00pm–4:30pm
📍 Hamilton: 11 November 2026, 1:00pm–4:30pm

Register now - https://hera.org.nz/training-events/welding/welding-of-stainless-steel-seminars/

Standards New Zealand has opened public consultation on the proposed revision of NZS 3404 Steel Structures Standard Part...
25/08/2026

Standards New Zealand has opened public consultation on the proposed revision of NZS 3404 Steel Structures Standard Parts 1 & 2.

The draft revision incorporates nearly three decades of industry and technical developments, including updates covering structural analysis, connections and fasteners, seismic design, fatigue, fire design, fabrication and er****on requirements, and alignment with related standards.

This draft is now available through Standards New Zealand's online consultation platform for public comment.

🗓 Consultation closes 22 September 2026
https://consultations.standards.govt.nz/draft-standards/dz-3404-part-1-and-2-steel-structures-standard/

19/08/2026

Scrap supply and electricity supply are key factors in understanding how clean the manufacturing process of steel can be.

Michael Allison modelled both in his research with HERA. The finding: electricity matters, but scrap supply matters more for cutting emissions.

More local scrap in the loop means a bigger emissions win, no new tech required.

Watch the full conversation on Stirring the Pot to see what it takes to close the gap. - 🔗 https://youtu.be/gRBBNF0q_FU

And to read more on Steel Circularity in NZ, our report is now out! - https://hera.org.nz/product/hera-r4-167-steel-circularity-in-new-zealands-construction-sector-a-critical-review-of-the-option-space/

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