Stirring The Pot HERA

In this episode of Stirring the Pot we’re talking with Shahab Ramhormozian.
Shahab is a Senior Lecturer in Structural and Earthquake Engineering at Auckland University of Technology. Join us as we chat about him being awarded the #INN0V8 impact industry award at the 2023 HERA Future Forum Industry Awards. 
 
Connect with Shahab:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shahab-ramhormozian-b58b7583/ 
 
Connect with AUT:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/school/autuni/
Website: https://www.aut.ac.nz/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/autuni/
 
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!

In this episode of Stirring the Pot we’re talking with Troy Coyle, Kaveh Andisheh, and Craig Stevenson.
We’ve brought together the team involved in HERA’s $772K project titled “Circular design for a changing environment – a design framework to reduce construction waste, lifecycle embodied carbon, and to enhance the circular economy for construction materials with a pilot for low-rise buildings."

Connect with the team on LinkedIn:
Troy: https://www.linkedin.com/in/troy-coyle-she-her// 
Kaveh: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaveh-andisheh-phd-4139ab36/
Craig: https://www.linkedin.com/in/craigstevensonaurecon/
Raed: https://www.linkedin.com/in/raed-el-sarraf-2ab0a713/

Connect with Beca:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/beca/
Website: https://www.beca.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/becagroup/

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/ 

IAG members: https://www.hera.org.nz/iag-branz/ 
Funding of $150K from BRANZ: https://www.hera.org.nz/announcement-of-funding/ 

 
In this episode of Stirring the Pot we’re talking with our CEO Troy Coyle and the technical lead team Michail Karpenko and Kaveh Andisheh.
Together, they reflect on an amazing year of mahi to support the heavy engineering industry of Aotearoa, New Zealand in construction and manufacturing.
 
Connect with Troy, Michail, and Kaveh:
Troy: https://www.linkedin.com/in/troy-coyle-she-her/
Michail: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michail-karpenko-4ab13730/ 
Kaveh: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaveh-andisheh-phd-4139ab36/

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!

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!

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!