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Steel industry shines at awards’ night
Steel Construction New Zealand
(SCNZ) celebrated the best and brightest
in the industry at its annual Excellence
in Steel Awards.
The awards acknowledge the industry’s
commitment to innovation, quality
and collaboration. This year SCNZ
received a record 34 entries for the
awards.
SCNZ chairperson Wayne Carson says,
“The awards showcase the best of our
industry and this year we received an
unprecedented number of extremely
high-quality, successful projects that
were all worthy of recognition.
“Yet, in the midst of the current construction
boom, there have been multiple
reports of construction projects
faltering, too often as a result of poor
quality and poor procurement decisions,
which has seen product imported
from offshore sources.”
Compliance is a key driver for SCNZ,
so the organisation is pleased that
the new AS/NZS 5131 standard is now
cited in the Building Code as the approved
document for fabrication and
erection. The standard is also the basis
for industry-led quality assurance
scheme Steel Fabrication Certification
(SFC). Launched in 2014 and based
on international best practice, SFC is
going from strength to strength. SFC
has recently been expanded to include
erection, and it will be mandatory for
SCNZ membership from 2020 – there
are now 29 SFC-qualified structural
steel fabricators.
Mr Carson says SCNZ’s focus on compliance
is a credit to the local structural
steel industry.
“This, and the high calibre of our finalists
and the projects on show at this
year’s awards, is what sets our local
structural steel industry apart from the
rest of the world.”
The entries were whittled down to 14 finalists
who showcased the exceptional
design and execution possible when
steel is used as the principal construction
material. Award categories ranged
from under $500,000 to more than $3
million.
The category winners were:
• MJH Engineering for 20 Customhouse
Quay, Wellington (Over $3 million and
winner of the Supreme Award).
• Waikato Steel Fabricators and BCD
Group for the Riverbank Mezz Box,
Hamilton (Under $500,000)
• D&H Steel for Smales Farm Helical
Stair, Auckland ($500,000 - $3 million)
• John Jones Steel for 5 Stables Drive,
Christchurch (Standalone Residential)
Tamati Coffey, MP for Waiariki, presented
all the Excellence in Steel awards
and congratulated all recipients on
their success.
In addition, Mr Coffey presented the
Apprentice of the Year Award to Sean
Carroll from Waikato Steel Fabricators.
The award, established in 2016,
demonstrates the industry’s commitment
to upskilling young members of
the trade and investing in the future.
“Sean’s drive, willingness to learn and
work hard is proof of the promise of our
young people,” says Mr Coffey.
The awards evening, hosted in Rotorua,
attracted an audience of more than 150
leaders and experts from the structural
steel industry.
To see a full list of finalists and category
winners, visit scnz.org.
NZ on energy:
8th globally, only
non-EU country in
top 10
New Zealand has gained one
place moving to 8th in the latest
global ranking of national energy
performance by the World Energy
Trilemma Index.
New Zealand is the only non-European
country to rank in the
global top ten.
This year Denmark, Switzerland
and Sweden top the Index again,
with Denmark also achieving the
highest score for energy security.
The World Energy Council's
Energy Trilemma Index ranks
130 countries on how well they
are achieving a balance between
energy security, energy equity
and environmental sustainability.
While ranking 8th overall, New
Zealand’s 2018 rank for sustainability
and equity has dropped
due to the relative improved
performance of other countries.
"Overall, New Zealand continues
to successfully balance the
trilemma energy goals with a
balance score of AAB," says BEC
chairperson David Caygill.
"It is encouraging to see New
Zealand policy and business
leaders using this tool to better
manage the energy sector’s
complexity. For example, just
recently the trilemma has been
used to shape the electricity price
review."
D&H Steel for Smales Farm Helical Stair, Auckland
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