of HERA, 1978 - 201816 March 2018

Forty years

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Through the times

Welcome

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Welcome from our HERA Chairman & GM Page MacraeMikeProgram

• 7:00 Welcome

• 7:05 40 years of HERA

- Director ‘Emeritus’ Wolfgang Scholz

• 7:50 HERA staff presentation

• 7:55 Hand over the baton ceremony

• 8:00 +/- Social action – have a ball and join us on the dance floor

• < 12:00 Get home safely – drink responsible and stay safe

• HERA staff assists with getting taxis

Special thanks to Mikes wife, Kym for coming.

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HERA Deputy Chair Matthew Kidson

Kernohan Engineering Director

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HERA ExecutiveCraig Stevenson

Aurecon Technical Director - Buildings

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HERA ExecutiveDarren O’Riley

SCNZ Manager

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HERA ExecutiveDave Anderson

John Jones Steel General Manager

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HERA ExecutiveDavid Moore

Grayson Engineering Ltd Managing Director

- Recognising his service as a Former HERA Chairman

- Acknowledging also his dad, Pat Moore

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HERA ExecutiveDieter Adam

NZ Manufacturers & Exporters Association Chief Executive

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HERA ExecutiveNoel Davies

HERA Foundation Chairman | Hydraulink Fluid Connectors Joint Managing Director

- Recognising his service as a Former HERA Chairman

- Special thanks to Noels wife Heather for coming

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HERA ExecutivePat Dwyer

NZ Steel Product Manager

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HERA ExecutivePaul Bryant

Steel & Tube Area Manager, Mt Maunganui

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HERA ExecutiveRaed El Sarraf

Opus International Consultants Corrosion & Asset Consultant

- Recognising his service as a Former HERA staff member

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HERA ExecutiveThomas Neitzert

Auckland University of Technology Professor Emeritus

- Special thanks to Thomas’s wife Suzanne for coming

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Former HERA Director | HERA Executive | HERA Foundation Trustee

Dr John Meikle- Special thanks to Johns wife Olwyn for coming.

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Former HERA DirectorDr Llew Richards

- Special thanks to Llews wife Lindy for coming.

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Former HERA ChairmenFrom left:

Dale Turkington, Peter Hutton & John Frear

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Former HERA ExecutiveFrom left:

Steve Stickland, Mike Sullivan, Greg Jensen, Gary Hook & Alistair Fussel

- Special thanks to Steves wife Louise, Garys wife Judith & Alistairs wife Erena for coming.

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Former HERA panel members.

• Phil Stacey

• John Broad

• Jim Copeland

• Patrick Fenemor

- Special thanks to Johns wife Tracy, Jims wife Margret & Patricks wife Janie for coming

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Special guestJean Smith

Wife of Former Chairman Keith Smith

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Special guestJohn Fraser

Former Executive, Wormald

- Recognising him as the longest standing HERA Foundation Trustee

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Special guestChris Smallbone

Former WTIA CEO | IIW President 2005 - 2008

- Special thanks to Norms wife Pat for coming.

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Former HERA Research Fellow

Dr Rainer Seidel

Industry Development Support

- Special thanks to Rainers wife Simone for coming.

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Former HERA staffElenore Bentley

Librarian

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Former HERA staffPauline Hayward

Publication Officer

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Former HERA Staff | HERA ExecutiveMartyn Newby

Metallurgist

- Special thanks to Martyns wife Tracy for coming.

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Former HERA StaffPaul Tuckley

Marketing & Member Services

- Special thanks to Pauls wife Kim for coming.

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Former HERA Staff & special guest

Bruce Reddell

Manager Marketing Research

- Special thanks to Bruces wife Maryln for coming.

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Former HERA staffNorm Stannard

Industry Development Support

- Special thanks to Norms wife Pat for coming.

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Former HERA staffDr Clark Hyland

SSAS Manager

- Special thanks to Clarks wife Kay for coming.

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Former HERA staffDr Charles Clifton

Senior Structural Engineer

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Former HERA staffAdam Hunter

• Special thanks to Adams wife Tendai for coming.

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Former HERA staffNick Inskip

General Manager Industry Development

- Special thanks to Nicks wife Svetlana for coming.

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Our current HERA staff

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Our Keynote speakerWolfgang Scholz

• 1986 - Manager of the New Zealand Welding Centre

• 1998 - Deputy Director + NZWC Manager

• 2000 - Director

• 2018 – Director ‘Emeritus’

Keynote - Wolfgang

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Apology – Michael HallSenior HERA Industry Research Engineer 1980-2000

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Apology – Prof Dr Günter Arndt & wife Irmgard

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The Fraunhofer IPA connection

• All three were PhD research fellows at IPA

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UoA final year projects

• Introduction of the first IR’s (pneumatic ones)

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Morris J4’s

• Motorhome hobby and travels

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Works at UoA

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Fisher & Paykel

• Prof. Arndt & Dr George Stuart from the DSIR

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Thesis writing

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The Guenter Arndt’sFraunhofer IPA connection• All three were PhD research fellows at IPA

• All three had seen my “Neuseelandabenteuer” - audio slide shows

• And there was another one - Hans Joachim Scholz

The vision for HERA

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The visionaries

Keith Smith – Founding Chairman

• 1977 to 1982 Price, Northsteel Fabricators

- Why the association? (1979) “Quite simply to gain profitability for its members.”

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The visionaries

Keith Smith – Founding Chairman

• Chairman report (1980)

- No-one involved in heavy engineering needs to be told of the problems besetting our industry at present.

- HERA commissioned surveys have identified a 50% reduction of forward orders, the reduction in staff numbers by 20-25%. Statistics tell us a high proportion of skilled tradesmen are leaving our industry for overseas

- We are all told of the “petro-chemical boom” which can provide a large workload for us. Our surveys tell us our industry is over 50% structural steel. A transformation to plate work fabrication, pressure vessels, tanks, stacks and pipework, will need all the support which a research association can provide.

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The visionariesCommitted industry CEO’s

• Cyril Baker, The Steel Construction Co

• Tom Just ,WF Hamilton

• Jim Donald, Robert Stone & Co

• Terry Arthurs, Anderson Engineering

• Barry Dixon, Dixon & Haddon

• Bill Fraser, ACME Engineering

• E. Sims, NZ Manufacturing Engineers Federation

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The visionariesA supportive government

• Muldoon ‘think big’ & Minister for Scientific Research – Ian Shearer

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The visionariesA supportive Government:

• Mervine Probine, DSIR

• D.H. Tyler, Department of Trade & Industry

• C Campbell, Ministry of Works

Appointees of the Minister for Science & Technology:

• Sir John Ingram, NZ Steel

• Dr Nigel Evans, NZ Steel

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Our first HERA Director

Dr Robin Shepard

• 1979 – 1980

• MSC & PhD University of Canterbury

• Structural dynamic analysis of earthquakes

• Set up:

- Industry research, Michael Hall

- Market research, David Beard

• Took up professorship at the University of California

• Passed away in 2017

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Heavy Engineering Publication 1981

Keith Smith handing over our publication to Trade Minister Adams-Schneider, National Development Bill Birch and Science & Technology Ian Shearer.

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HERA’s fortunes

HERA income chart

• A few ups and downs, but overall steady growth

• Levy rate changes smoothed the natural economic cycle out, as in 1985 & 2013

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Link to economy

Demonstrating industry activity and basic HERA steel levy income indicator

• 1981-1986 the ‘Gavin Fletcher years’ – stable income stream & HERA House grant

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Gavin Fletcher years

1981 - 1987

• UoA Science graduate

• Applied Research Office, UoA

• Strong industry promotion

• Set current structure up:

- 1983 HERA library, Eleonore Bentley

- 1984 Structural Research Engineer, Charles Clifton

- 1985 CBIP Technical Manager, Peter Hayward

- 1986 Welding levy and NZ Welding Centre, Wolfgang Scholz

• Passed away in 2015

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Gavin Fletcher years

Built HERA House

• Opened by the Honourable Minister Bob Tizard and Manukau Mayor Barry Curtis

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Gavin Fletcher Years 1981-1986

First Pacific Structural Steel Conference 1986

• Organised together with Charles Clifton

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Llew Richard years

1987 - 1996

• PhD in Automotive Engineering from Loughborough University

• CEO at International Accreditation New Zealand (IANZ)

• Dealt with the world recession and Rogernomics

• Manager Market Research

- 1987 Force 5 established, Paul de Abitua

- 1990 Force 5 changes to JV 96, Bruce Reddell

• HERA Training Centre, Peter Hayward

• Structural division, Charles Clifton

- Draft NZS 3404 1987 limit states design

- HERA fire design guidance

- Seismic research program, with large government co-funding

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Llew Richard years

1987 - 1996

• NZWC:

- 1988 Welding Engineer, Alan McClintock

- 1988 – 1989 first 120 hour welding engineer courses held in Auckland and New Plymouth

- 1993 first 10 welding training modules developed

- PROWELD established in cooperation with UoA Dr Rainer Seidel, with three HEERF scholarships, and was widely sold in Australasian market

- 1995 Explosion welding with Dr Andrei Trykov

- Electroslag welding of aluminium bus bars

- Rebar welding research Pacific Steel for introduction of their new 300 seismic grade

- Joined IIW

• 1993 – 1995 Steel structures analyses service, Martin Feeney

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Llew Richard years

1987 - 1996

• 1996 – 1999 Metallurgy and casting, Martin Newby:

- Research

- Startup our metallurgy room

- Built a casting division with a industry network

• 1996 IIW Asian Pacific Regional Conference

- In cooperation with WTIA at the Aotea Centre with over 100 papers

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John Meikle years

1996 - 2000

• PhD from UoA, Ardmore campus graduate

• First years with DSIR, then IRL as Director, and IRL representative on our HERA Executive

• Dealt with solid growth, with last three years hampered with a strong downturn

• Structural division, Charles Clifton

- FEA capability established, Nandor Mago

• NZWC

- Seismic welded connections research

- Over 10000 copies of welding training modules sold

- Review of NZQA welding unit standards

- Extensive seminar and course program

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John Meikle years

1996 - 2000

• NZWC

- 1998 PROWELD network version

- NZIW Secretariat under contract to support the team in examining NZIW welding engineers and supervisors

• 1996 – 2005 SSAS, Clark Hyland

- Structural engineer completing his PhD as a HEERF Fellow

- 1998 Structural steelwork estimating guide

- 1999 Structural steelwork connection guide (2000 hour job)

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Wolfgang Scholz years

2000 - 2017

• Dealt with a healthy growth path until the GFC. This was bolstered by the Canterbury earthquake recovery

• 2001 The first formal HERA strategy

• SSAS transitions to SCNZ

- 2000 great industry co-funding and formation of SCI-NZ group, Mike Sullivan

- 2002 SCI-NZ Business Development Manager, Paul Weaver

- 2004 SCI-NZ rebranded to SCNZ, and incorporated in 2006

• MINZ transitions to Metals NZ

- 2003 – 2005 Noel Davies Chairman

- HERA supports wider metals industry, the need for advocacy

- The Metals Institute concept is developed

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Wolfgang Scholz years

2000 - 2017

• MINZ transitions to Metals NZ

- Strong industry support, but not from free trade labour government

- HERA levy act needed to be amended & pragmatic approach to set new levy ceiling in HERL Act amendment

- Metals NZ first Chairman Noel Davies & Secretary Wolfgang Scholz

- Metals NZ second Chairman Scott Fuller, and first CEO Gary Hook

- Current CEO is now Nick Collins

- Organisation members include HERA, SCNZ, Stainless NZ, MRM, Light Alloy Manufacturing, Casting Technology, Galvanizing Association & NASH

• NASH HERA House tenant

- NASH General Manager, Carl Davies

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Wolfgang Scholz years

2000 - 2017

• The Metals Conference

- First conference held in Rotorua, and opened by Deputy Prime Minister Jim Anderton

- Introduction of Metals Industry Awards

- Keith Smith Memorial Wards winners also acknowledged: 2017 Mike Sullivan, 2015 Dr Nigel Evans, 2013 Noel Davies, 2011 Nick Calavrias, 2008 Charles Clifton, 2006 Stuart Thompson, 2004 Keith Smith

• Charles Clifton hands over to Stephen Hicks

- PhD in composite construction

- AS/NZS standards development

- Composite research

• CSA project

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Wolfgang Scholz years

2000 - 2017

• Industry Development Norm Stannard hands over to Nick Inskip

- HERA Wood Strategy, Norm Stannard

- Waikato University affiliation, Norm Stannard

- AGGAT Research team established, Nick Inskip

• Industry Development Nick Inskip hands over to Dr Boaz Habib

• NZWC Wolfgram Woerner hands over to Dr Michail Karpenko

- Research Engineer Holger Heinzel with IIW welding qualifications joins team

- IIW ANB transitions to SFC to drive industry, collaborate with SCNZ and establish HERA Certification Ltd

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Wolfgang Scholz years

2000 - 2017

• HERA House refurbishment

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Acknowledging

The support network

• Nickel Institute, HelixFlight, BOC, OneSteel, Sandvik, BRANZ, Worksfae, Steel & Tube, Fitzroy Engineering, Holmes Consulting, New Zealand Steel, Index Engineering, NDA Engineering, Webforge, EasySteel, Tonkin + Taylor, Stewart & Cavalier Ltd Engineers, Dimond, ACC, JJS ASF, Mighty River Power, Competenz, Ullrich Alunium, IMG, Vulcan Steel… and the many others who’ve contributed to our successes.

Hanging on & handing over

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Keith Smiths report

“Dr Wolfgang Scholz joined us as the first in-house appointment. As we indicated to him at the time of appointment, we had some reservations as to whether he could make the change from expert technologist to administrator. We were wrong! He has brought to the position, a boundless enthusiasm, which tempered by his technical background makes him a very strong Director.”

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Legacy work to pursue!

• Explore a welding levy increase

• Classifying imported fabricated heavy steel

• Sustainable residential steel construction

• The Skycycle dream

The HERA future…

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The beginnings…In 2014 New Zealand Steel Troy Coyle became the new addition to our HERA Executive

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Handing over the baton

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HERA’s new CEO, Dr Troy Coyle

Thanks for celebrating with me