A history remembered - Motu Bridge Pou

In this episode of Stirring the Pot we’re talking with Nick Tupara, Kevin Alvie, Adam Furniss and Tim Blackbourn.Nick is an amazing Māori artist well respected in Māori ringa toi. Kevin is a Project Manager at Gisborne Engineering. And from the WSP team - Adam is a Senior Engineering Geologist based in the Hawkes Bay, and Tim a Senior Structural Engineer in Auckland. Together their expertise have combined to deliver Te Whitinga o Tamataipunoa – a 8 meter tall monument that is part of a project by the New Zealand Transport Agency to replace the original one-lane Motu Bridge.On top of this, the project has recently been honoured with winning the small project award at the recent SESOC conference. * We apologise for any sound inconsistencies experienced in this podcast. We do our very best to produce high quality podcast audio, however acknowledge that from time to time we don't get it quite right with our technology. We still believe this is a great conversation and hope that despite this, you still get some benefit from listening to the experts in this episode. Connect with Nick LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-tupara-64069536/ Connect with Kevin  Website: http://www.giseng.co.nz/ Connect with Adam  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-furniss-a6a51b57/ Connect with Tim  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timothy-blackbourn-18525999/ Connect with WSP  Website: https://www.wsp.com/en-NZLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wspnz/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wsp_in_nz/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WSPinNZ/Twitter: https://twitter.com/wspnz Do you have a project that requires FEA works?Get in touch with our Finite Element Analyst, Nandor Mago: [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nandor-mago-aa362751/Website: https://www.hera.org.nz/team-member/nandor-mago/More information on Advanced FEA: https://www.hera.org.nz/advanced-fea-finite-element-analysis/  Resources and linksConnect with HERA team - https://hera.org.nz/about-us/our-people/hera-team/Learn more about HERA's Industry 4.0 rangahau: https://hera.org.nz/research/industry-x-0/Subscribe to our podcast: https://www.hera.org.nz/podcasts/For live updates, follow us on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/company/hera-innovationinmetals/📬 Got questions or feedback? Reach us at [email protected]