Category Archives: Steel

How Pacific Steel is reducing, reusing and reimagining

New Zealand’s steel industry is set to undergo a major transformation with the launch of New Zealand Steel’s new electric arc furnace (EAF) in late 2025. “This project is more than an upgrade,” says Israel MacDonald, sustainability manager at Pacific Steel. “It’s a decisive move towards sustainable steel production, ensuring Pacific Steel – and ourContinueContinue reading “How Pacific Steel is reducing, reusing and reimagining”

‘Badass’ engineer inspires…

From fictional muse to real-world apprentice – Patsy Gadsby is making her mark, inspired by an animated character in a fantasy television series. Once a jack of all trades and now an aspiring engineer, Gadsby attributes Avatar The Legend of Korra to propelling her into the trade. “I worked as a cleaner and in aContinueContinue reading “‘Badass’ engineer inspires…”

How the steel industry is tracking toward low-carbon design

By Dr Troy Coyle, HERA CEO The sustainability targets of the steel industry are ambitious and far-reaching – and thanks to the collaborative and focused mahi of many contributors, those targets are inching closer by the week. HERA has received $150,000 from BRANZ, funded by the building research levy, to support its $772,000 low-carbon designContinueContinue reading “How the steel industry is tracking toward low-carbon design”

Advanced fire research presents useful finding for engineers and steel industry

By Dr Troy Coyle, CEO, HERA Alongside a University of Auckland researcher, Charles Clifton, structural steel experts at HERA, Fanqin Meng, Nandor Mago, and Kaveh Andisheh, have evaluated the structural fire performance of steel car park frames caused by vehicle fires. They also have numerically validated the reliability and accuracy of a new structural fireContinueContinue reading “Advanced fire research presents useful finding for engineers and steel industry”

NZ Steel’s big news signals the vision for low-carbon steel as an emerging reality

By Dr Troy Coyle, CEO, HERA As HERA has long maintained, it will take a joint effort by the public and private sectors to steadily reduce the carbon emissions of the building and construction industry in Aotearoa, particularly in relation to the role of steel. To its great credit, the steel industry and its localContinueContinue reading “NZ Steel’s big news signals the vision for low-carbon steel as an emerging reality”

INITIATIVE A BOOST FOR WOMEN IN STRUCTURAL STEEL

Nikki Hart (left to right), Michelle Gutierrez-Smith, Kelly Jeffries, Bridget Young More than 50 women gathered at the Hilton Auckland last night for the inaugural Women in Structural Steel event. Hosted by industry body Steel Construction New Zealand (SCNZ), the event brought women together from different backgrounds, different industry roles and different stages in theirContinueContinue reading “INITIATIVE A BOOST FOR WOMEN IN STRUCTURAL STEEL”