Stirring The Pot

Reuse the past – the quest for net zero construction

In this episode of Stirring the Pot we’re talking with Neil Horsfield.

Neil is Beca’s General Manager Global Building Structures. Join us as we chat about the potential for adaptive reuse of our building stock. 

 

Connect with Neil:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/neil-horsfield-41b22622/

 

Connect with Beca:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/beca/ 

Website: https://www.beca.com/ 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/becagroup/ 

 

Find out more about our materials passport project: 

Materials passport for steel re-use: https://www.hera.org.nz/sustainability/material-passport/ 

 

You might also be interested in our other sustainability focuses:  

Zero carbon steel: https://www.hera.org.nz/sustainability/steel-circular-economy/  

Circular economy: https://www.hera.org.nz/sustainability/steel-circular-economy/ 

Steel recycling: https://www.hera.org.nz/sustainability/steel-recycling/ 

 

Find out more about HERA’s Industry Awards:

https://www.hera.org.nz/our-industry-awards/

 

We also wish to express our sincere appreciation to New Zealand Steel for their invaluable sponsorship of our Future Forum and Nation Dinner events!

Constructing for resilience and durability

In this episode of Stirring the Pot we’re talking with Raed El Sarraf.

Raed is Technical Principal at WSP New Zealand. He has extensive experience in corrosion engineering and asset integrity management of structural steel and other metal structures. 

 

Connect with Raed:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/raed-el-sarraf-2ab0a713/

 

Connect with WSP New Zealand:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wspnz/ 

Website: https://www.wsp.com/en-nz/ 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wsp_in_nz/ 

 

Find out more about HERA’s Industry Awards:

https://www.hera.org.nz/our-industry-awards/

 

Find out more about HERA’s resilience and durability research and tools: 

Design for low carbon: https://www.hera.org.nz/announcement-of-funding/ 

Corrosion map : https://www.hera.org.nz/resource-corrosion-map/ 

HERA Report R4-133: NZ steelwork corrosion and coatings guide: https://www.hera.org.nz/product/hera-report-r4-133/  

 

We also wish to express our sincere appreciation to New Zealand Steel for their invaluable sponsorship of our Future Forum and Nation Dinner events!

Student of the year on fire!

In this episode of Stirring the Pot we’re talking with Fanqin Meng.

Fanqin, who is no stranger to HERA, is a Structural Fire Research Engineer within our team! We are shining the spotlight on him as the recipient of the Student of the Year Award which he received at this years Future Forum Industry Awards in Ōtautahi Christchurch.

 

Connect with Fanqin:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fanqin-meng-a759b1204/

HERA profile: https://www.hera.org.nz/team-member/fanqin-meng/ 

 

Find out more about HERA’s Industry Awards:

https://www.hera.org.nz/our-industry-awards/

 

Find out more about HERA’s student membership:

https://www.hera.org.nz/become-a-student-member/ 

 

We also wish to express our sincere appreciation to New Zealand Steel for their invaluable sponsorship of our Future Forum and Nation Dinner events!

Addressing the skills gap through diversity… 4 years later

In this episode of Stirring the Pot we’re talking with Byron Konia.

Byron is a Senior Mechanical Engineer and Māori Advisor at Stantec in Wellington.  We last spoke to him back in 2019 when he was just starting off his career as a young Graduate Hydraulic Engineer. Join us as we reconnect and find out what he has been up to and how he thinks the engineering environment has changed to better attract and retain a diverse workforce.

 

Connect with Byron 

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/byronkonia/ 

 

You may also want to check out his kemu (game) he developed in his own journey to improve his reo Māori! 

Website: https://kupurorirori.co.nz/pages/maua-korero-our-story 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kupurorirori 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kupu.rorirori 

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kupurorirori 

 

Connect with Stantec 

Website: https://www.stantec.com/en/offices/new-zealand-locations-hub 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/stantec/ 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StantecInc 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Stantec 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stantec/ 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/StantecInc 

 

Find out more about HERA’s mātauranga Māori mahi:

Website: https://www.hera.org.nz/matauranga-maori/ 

Research on the intersection between mātauranga Māori and Construction 4.0: https://www.hera.org.nz/construction40-matauranga-maori/ 

Whanake Scholarship: https://www.hera.org.nz/hera-whanake-scholarship/ 

Celebrating a mind of steel

In this episode of Stirring the Pot we’re talking with Geoff Bird.

Geoff Bird was this years recipient of the HERA Foundation Keith Smith Memorial Award, for distinguished service to Aotearoa New Zealand’s metals industry. Join us as he chats with our Executive Board Chair Craig Stevenson on his career pathway towards this acknowledgement and everything in between!

 

Connect with Geoff & Craig

Geoff: https://www.linkedin.com/in/geoff-bird-176b89a/

Craig: https://www.linkedin.com/in/craigstevensonaurecon/

 

Connect with Beca

Website: https://www.beca.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/beca/

 

Find out more about HERA’s Industry Awards

https://www.hera.org.nz/our-industry-awards/

The connection between steel + timber (pardon the pun)

In this episode of Stirring the Pot we’re talking with Robert Finch.

Robert is Director of Timber Unlimited and is also a member of HERA’s Industry Advisory Group for the "Low Carbon Design Framework for Low Rise Buildings” project. He has a background in Mechanical Engineering and Materials Engineering, has managed research and product development, and set research directions for the past 23 years.

 

Connect with Robert

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-finch-508086a1/

 

Connect with Timber Unlimited

Website: https://timberunlimited.co.nz/ 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/timber-unlimited/ 

 

Materials passport for steel re-use:

https://www.hera.org.nz/sustainability/material-passport/ 

 

Steel and the circular economy:

https://www.hera.org.nz/sustainability/steel-circular-economy/ 

 

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Hybrid Building Seminar Details

Are you attending the Gala Awards Dinner and want to maximise your travel and add some learning? Then book your place now! Come and hear our speakers present on Hybrid Buildings.
Hosted by Timber Unlimited and NZ Timber Design Society.
Programme (Coming soon!)
Where: Crystal Room at Cordis Hotel, Auckland
Time: 9am - 3pm
Cost: $150+GST  (click here to register and pay)
TDS Member rate: $130+GST

Innovating for the global stage

In this episode of Stirring the Pot we’re talking with Cliff Ellery.

Cliff Ellery is General Manager - Innovex at Tīra. From grassroot beginnings in the Taranaki, to receiving the 2023 #INN0V8 change industry award for exporting spiral welding innovations – in this episode we talk about the innovation that led Tīra to the win, its business expansion plans, and what others could learn from their experience with technology innovation. 

 

Connect with Cliff

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cliff-ellery-70611162/

 

Connect with Tīra

Website: https://www.tira.co.nz/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tira-nda/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tiragroupnz/

 

Find out more about HERA’s Industry Awards:

https://www.hera.org.nz/our-industry-awards/

Top tips to push steel bridge design boundaries!

In this episode of Stirring the Pot we’re talking with Phil Gaby.

Phil is Project Director at Holmes ANZ and a civil structures designer, with expertise in bridges, wharves and water retaining structures.  Specialising in design and constructing projects and alternative designs where value engineering is needed to bring projects back on track, Phil’s passion is delivering efficient, elegant, quick and easy-to-construct affordable structures with the lowest practical environmental footprint.

Join us as he chats with our Structural Sustainability Engineer Dr. Amir Shah Mohammadi about structural steel design for bridges in particular and how we can push the boundaries of these designs to be more innovative and courageous.

 

Connect with Phil

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/phil-gaby-137114246/

 

Connect with Holmes

Website: https://holmesanz.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/holmes-anz/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/holmes.anz/

 

Find out more about HERA’s works in steel bridge design:

HERA Report R4-97: New Zealand Weathering Steel Guide for Bridges – rev 3: https://www.hera.org.nz/product/hera-report-r4-97/

Contact Kaveh: https://www.hera.org.nz/team-member/kaveh-andisheh/

Building green – carbon offsetting in practice

In this episode of Stirring the Pot we’re talking with Nico Patchay.

In this episode, we’re having a korero with Nico Patchay, Technical Manager of Niche Modular Construction.

As the first company to use HERA’s zero carbon steel program, Hōtaka Whakakore Puhanga Waro, through offsetting – we thought we’d delve into how they’ve utilised the program for their steel modular building projects and what their experience has been in using it.  

 

Connect with Nico

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicopatchay/

 

Connect with Niche Modular

Website: https://www.nichemodular.co.nz/

 

Find out more about HERA’s sustainability focuses:

Zero carbon steel: https://www.hera.org.nz/sustainability/steel-circular-economy/ 

Circular economy: https://www.hera.org.nz/sustainability/steel-circular-economy/

Materials passport for steel re-use: https://www.hera.org.nz/sustainability/material-passport/

Steel recycling: https://www.hera.org.nz/sustainability/steel-recycling/

World’s first fossil free steel

In this episode of Stirring the Pot we’re talking with Thomas Hörnfeldt.

Thomas is the Vice President of the Sustainable Business at SSAB, coming from a background in the metals, construction and process automation industry.

Join us as he chats with our Senior Structural Sustainability Engineer Dr. Amir Shah Mohammadi about SSAB's HYBRIT^® technology which has resulted in the world's first fossil free steel production.

 

Connect with Thomas

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-h%C3%B6rnfeldt-7715036/

 

Connect with SSAB

Website: https://www.ssab.com/en

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ssab/

 

Find out more about HERA’s sustainability focuses:

Circular economy: https://www.hera.org.nz/sustainability/steel-circular-economy/

Materials passport for steel re-use: https://www.hera.org.nz/sustainability/material-passport/

Steel recycling: https://www.hera.org.nz/sustainability/steel-recycling/

Zero carbon steel: https://www.hera.org.nz/sustainability/steel-circular-economy/