Focuses for our Structural Systems FY20 research.

In this episode of Stirring the Pot, we talk with our General Manager Structural Systems Stephen Hicks on what research projects our Structural Systems team will be focused on to assist our membership in the New Zealand metals-based industry.We discuss the Steel Research Panel, who is represented on it, and how they were able to choose the projects to focus on for industry, as well as the projects themselves:design software for composite beams and slabs,guides for designing composite beams,the ROBUST project,revisions for design provisions in category 3 seismic load resistance, structural fire design for steel framed car parks,development of steel and concrete composite standards for buildings and bridges,training and international visitors planned, andour future vision for the Structural Systems team.This podcast is part of our commitment to provide greater transparency and visibility of the R&D focuses we have.Please note that Stephen is due to leave HERA to pursue an exciting new career as Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Warwick in the UK at the end of July 2019. To ensure continuity we’ve been making sure that his panel projects are handed over to our existing team during his remaining time with us.We hope this will mean there will be little to no delays in moving these along once a successor is appointed. Did you know that HERA members can propose projects for HERA to work on?Find out more details on the process and how you can tell us about problems you'd like solved through R&D: https://www.hera.org.nz/call-panel-projects/ Demystify our research levy and how all of industry can leverage it (including SMEs):https://www.hera.org.nz/hera-research-levy-projects/   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]