Regulatory Clarification – a Hot Topic?

This week there’s been some media coverage on fire safety and regulation. The story is about how a clarification to the scope of the fire safety Building Code and Verification Method (C/VM2) is being fast-tracked.

What are engineers earning in 2017

More than 20 percent of respondents changed jobs in the past year, significantly up from 15 percent two years ago. This year, 67 per cent of engineers received some kind of non-cash benefit, with health insurance growing in popularity while cars and car parks decreased. Also growing is the “other” category, which includes a diverse […]

A Laser Solution for Joining Dissimilar Metals

The long-standing challenge faced by welding and design engineers of joining dissimilar metals has finally been met. The challenge lies in the differing physical properties and metallurgical incompatibility amongst dissimilar metals that has been found to prove difficult for a welding task.

Will Artificial Intelligence take our jobs?

There are engineers around our Holmes offices experienced enough to remember a time before computers. At the other end of the scale, there are new graduates who can barely imagine a world without a screen and a keyboard. The advent of the computer age fundamentally changed the way the structural design world operates – and […]

Before You Replace: Modernise, Maintain Or Retrofit

There are a number of valid reasons to consider replacing an overhead crane. Your application or production demands may have changed, statutory requirements may have changed or critical components are reaching the end of their economic service life. Replacing a crane with something new may seem like the obvious option, but there are actually three […]

The Latest Trends In The Engineering Industry

Engineering has become one of the faster growing fields in universities and the job market. Part of the reason for this is because of the strong need and the lack of engineers across the world to keep up with the need, but another is because of all the ways engineering is changing dramatically. The future […]

WHAT DOES THE CHANGE IN GOVERNMENT MEAN?

There is a new direction at the Beehive and it will affect the engineering profession. Earlier this week, the 52nd New Zealand Parliament opened with a Labour-New Zealand First Coalition in charge, supported by the Greens.