2010 Conference Programme

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programme calendar
presentations
speakers

DATE	TIME	TOPIC	PRESENTER/LOCATION	DESCRIPTION
Tuesday 21 September	All day	Teambuilding Events	Golf/Winery Tour	Opportunity for Delegates and partners to get out and meet others from the industry and see some of the diverse activities Auckland has to offer
Wednesday 22 September	8.00am	Bus Leaves Formosa
	9.00-9.30	Welcome address	Sir Kenneth Stevens	Innovation shown in New Zealand and how this is driving increased productivity
	09.30 - 10.00	Howick Ltd	Bruce Coubray	History and development of Howick Products
	10.00 - 10.30	RFS	Parker Cline	Using technology to build todays homes
	10.30 - 11.30	Morning Tea
	11.30 - 13.00	Software	Vertex/Teckler/SFS/Truss D&E	Four software companies each have 20 minutes to show off what they can offer around innovation and functionallity of their software
	13.00 - 14.00	Lunch
	14.00 - 14.45	Speedfloor	Graeme Stubbing	Use of Speedfloor as mid floor in structures using Steel Framing
	14.45 - 15.30	NASH/SASFA	Carl Davies - Factory Common Area	NASHNZ in conjuction with NASHAU and SASFA have produced the Steel Framing Handbook and Standard and completed testing of brick ties
	15.30- 17.00	Demos	Factory Common Area	Presentation on Howick Framing machines. Technology and innovation and how they have allowed customers to thrive in a recession
	19.00 - 23.00	Industry Dinner	Speakers; Sir Kenneth Stevens and Chris Kay
Thursday 23 September	7.45am	Bus Leaves Formosa
	8.30 - 9.30	Evolution of Steel use in NZ, Fire performance, UoA projects currently underway	Professor Charles Clifton and UoA Students	University of Auckland are currently testing Floor Joists with other composite materials to determine span capabilities. Professor Clifton has long been involved with Steel Framing and is supervising the work going on with this. His knowledge around Thermal breaks and fire performance is second to none
	9.30 - 10.15	CSA-Hera	Stephen Hicks	Presentation around composite Structural Assemblies
	10.15 - 10.45	NZSteel - Morning Tea
	10.45 - 11.15	Grabber	Doug Holmberg	Fastener innovation
	11.15 - 12.00	Thermal Break	Redco - Graeme Rundle	Thermal Break report. Innovative Thermal Break Product
	12.00 - 12.30	Buildex	Brian Ralston	Fastener innovation
	12.30 - 13.30	Lunch
	13.30 - 14.15	PREFABNZ/Build Offsite UK	Pam Bell	Pam Bell talking about the Result of her Thesis and the setting up of an industry group in NZ around Prefabrication and its definition.
	14.15 - 15.00	Howick UK	Nick Coubray	UK experience
	15.00 - 17.00	Conference Close	Networking
Friday 24 September	9.00 - 12.00	Site Visits	Alan Coubray and Parker Cline	Opportunity for the delegates to get out to site and see what is being done practically. Sites will cover commercial and Residential and Howick Ltd
	8.00 - 9.30	RFS Open Day	Enterprising Manukau	Secondry School Headmasters given the opportunity to see what is happening in the real world around innovation to allow them to go back to their students with some fresh thinking
	9.30 - 15.00	PrefabNZ Meeting	Pamela Bell	Workshop for those involved or interested in prefabrication, or offsite construction. Presentations from over 15 industry representatives showcasing innovative prefab technologies and systems. All registrations welcome - info@prefabnz.com
	15.00 - 17.00	RFS Open Day		Showing clients what is available if they are to think outside the box.

	COMPANY PROFILE	PRESENTATION TOPIC
Vertex	Finnish based software company who offer fantastic Architectural based software solutions for Steel Framing	Innovation and functionality of their software. Opportunities for further in depth presentations and 1 on 1 time
TEKLA	Tekla develops software solutions, products and services for customers in building and construction	Advancements and demonstrations of their software products. Opportunities for further in depth discussions and 1 on 1 time
SFS	Australian Based company who use their engineering strengths to take CAD based design to a new level	Refinements and innovation of their software. Opportunities for further in depth presentations and 1 on 1 time
Howick Ltd	Innovative Machine Manufacturers	Presentation on Howick Framing machines. Technology and innovation and how Howick have assisted customers who are now thriving in a recession
National Association of Steel framed Housing New Zealand	Carl Davies - General Manager	Presentation of the work NASHNZ has done in conjunction with NASHAU and SASFA around the Handbook and Standard. Testing completed (Brick Ties) and world delegations (UAE)
Professor Charles Clifton and UoA Students		University of Auckland are currently testing Floor Joists with other composite materials to determine span capabilities. Professor Clifton has long been involved with Steel Framing and is supervising the project. His knowledge around Thermal breaks and fire performance is second to none
Speedfloor	An innovative concrete and steel flooring system. Residential mid floor sections through to multi-level car parks, this product can do it all	Use of Speedfloor as mid floor in structures using Steel Framing
New Zealand Steel	New Zealand's own boutique Steel manufacturer. NZ Steel continue to lead the way in solutions for Steel Framing	Axxis Steel for Framing. Why use of G550 Galv steel was chosen for the New Zealand market
Grabber	Grabber screws are an innovator of screw design and have many and varied solutions for steel framing and floor joists	Fastener innovation
Buildex	Leading manufacturer and marketer of construction fastener solutions	Fastener advancements
Pam Bell 60 minutes	Kiwi Prefab: Prefabricated Housing in New Zealand : an Historical and Contemporary Overview with Recommendations for the Future	Pam Bell talking about the Result of her Thesis "Kiwi Prefab" and the setting up of an industry group in NZ around Prefabrication and its definition

SPEAKER	BIOGRAPHY	TOPIC
Sir Kenneth Stevens	Sir Kenneth Stevens is Chairman of Glidepath, the company he started 37 years ago and which he continues to own. Glidepath is an engineering company specialising in computerised airport baggage handling, baggage security, cargo handling and parcel sorting systems. Glidepath exports up to 1,000 fully packed containers a year to overseas customers, and is an outstandingly successful medium-size engineered products exporter, employing hundreds of staff. The bulk of materials used are generated or made within New Zealand, such as the flat steel plate. Sir Kenneth himself has been absolutely central to the growth of the company – he is renowned for getting personally involved in resolving engineering design issues, using the knowledge and experience he has built up through his working life. He continues to play a key role in a range of organisations and activities to promote New Zealand business and international co-operation, including as a Board Member of the Asia-New Zealand Foundation, as Chairman of Export New Zealand and on the board of The Icehouse, which runs business growth programmes for New Zealand small to medium enterprises. In 2008, Sir Kenneth was appointed a Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to exporting in the New Year’s Honours.	Ken will speak around the Innovation shown in New Zealand and how this is driving increased productivity
Vertex-Juho Suomalainen	Joho is the owner of Vertex Australia	Vertex Design and Data Management software solution from sales to production today and in the foreseeable future. Vertex brings new power to house building project: a comprehensive solution covering the whole supply-chain speeding up the process, minimizing errors making the overall project management easier. Vertex solution supports and clarifies whole operational process and provides tools for marketing and sales, drafting and architectural and structural design, production, erection and efficient tools to produce and manage after-sales drawings and other project documents. Vertex solution can be easily connected to other information systems like ERP according to customer’s business process
Tekla		Pacific Computing has been the reseller of Tekla Structures software in Australia and New Zealand for nearly 15 years. Tekla Structures is one of the leading BIM software packages on the market today. It boasts over 18,000 licenses sold, with customers in almost 90 countries. BIM (Building Information Modeling) software is quickly overtaking today’s CAD market with Tekla leading the way. Its versatile capabilities make it the obvious solution when purchasing BIM. Tekla Structures can be used for steel detailing, pre cast concrete detailing, reinforced concrete detailing, construction management, engineering, miscellaneous metal work, mining, and of course light steel framing. It is the means by which many of the world’s greatest man made creations have been designed and detailed. Pacific Computing is proud to be associated with Tekla Structures and be an instrument whereby great structures are created.
Carl Davies- NASH NZ	Carl is the General Manager of the National Association of Steel Framed Housing Inc (NASH). He started his working life as a trainee Draughtsman for a Steel Contracting company in Wales and went on get an Honours Degree in Civil Engineering from The University of Wales. He is a Chartered Professional Civil Engineer (CPEng) and a Member of the Institution of Engineers, Australia (MIE), a Member of the Institution of Professional Engineers in New Zealand (MIPENZ) and has completed a Senior Executive Leadership Development Programme at the University of Auckland Business School. Carl has been involved in the steel construction sector most of his professional life and has been fortunate enough to have practiced in UK, Zambia, South Africa, Seychelles and New Zealand.	Carl will talk about the achievements of NASH and the Industry in New Zealand and the region in the Light Steel Framing sector including “world first” seismic testing on a steel framed test house, development of an industry standard and a report back on international perspectives. He is keen to pass on our successes and to engage in global conversations about growth of the sector by sharing our knowledge and experiences
Chris Kay New Zealand Steel	Chris joined New Zealand Steel as their market manager in November 2007. He is a Board member of the National Association of Steel Framed Housing (NASH) in New Zealand and Chairman of Steel Construction New Zealand (SCNZ). Since commencing his career with British Steel in 1990, Chris has held sales and marketing positions in the glass, plastics and timber building products sectors. He is a Member of the UK Chartered Institute of Marketing. At New Zealand Steel, Chris has been responsible for developing and marketing the AXXIS® Steel for Framing brand which has been instrumental in growing the steel framing category in New Zealand
Professor Charles Clifton-University of Auckland	Charles Clifton is Associate Professor of Engineering at the University of Auckland, a position he has held since 2008. Prior to that he was with the New Zealand Heavy Engineering Research Association, HERA, where he managed the HERA Structural Division from 1983 to 2007. Charles has a Batchelor of Engineering and a Master of Engineering from the University of Canterbury, both obtained in the 1970’s and a PhD from the University of Auckland obtained in 2005. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Professional Engineers New Zealand and the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering and has been an author of over 90 peer reviewed publications and 2 patents. He has also been active in the technical support of NASH and light steel framing since the mid 1980’s and is very pleased to see that the “time has come” for this exciting and innovative form of construction	The University of Auckland is ranked in the top 1% of Universities internationally and this presentation will cover current teaching and research into light steel framing. In teaching, this will include the scope of a postgraduate level course on light gauge steel behaviour and design, which was introduced in 2009. In research it will include work on the seismic performance of brick veneer that has been undertaken in conjunction with the University of Melbourne, development of a new composite timber steel floor system and guidance on thermal performance and durability undertaken in conjunction with the New Zealand Heavy Engineering Research Association (HERA). It will highlight some areas of technical support which underpins the rapid increase in uptake of light steel framing which is currently occurring in New Zealand.
Graeme Stubbing Speedfloor	Graeme Stubbing developed the Speedfloor rollformed steel joist 13 years ago and is currently the General Manager of Speedfloor Ltd. Graeme’s background in Civil and Mechanical engineering gives him a unique perspective of construction, tempered with the knowledge of manufacture and in particular rollforming. The development of the rollformed joist through initial trials and testing, on to market place acceptance in New Zealand and overseas took some innovative and creative thinking which has lead to a unique product which has now been used in 12 countries around the world	Use of Speedfloor as mid floor in structures using Steel Framing.
Pamela Bell PrefabNZ	Pamela Bell has experience in architecture research (MArch), Olympic-level sport (snowboarding), small business development (Fruition Apparel Ltd and NZ Snowboard Academy Ltd), governance (Snow Sports NZ) and management. In 2009, she completed a Master of Architecture thesis ‘Kiwi Prefab: Prefabricated Housing in NZ, an historical and contemporary overview with recommendations for the future’. This research resulted in the over-subscribed 'Kiwi Prefab Workshop' and the formation of industry catalyst 'PrefabNZ'. Pamela is now the CEO of this start-up not-for-profit organisation and mother to two pre-school daughters	Pam Bell talking about the Result of her Thesis and the setting up of an industry group in NZ around Prefabrication and its definition.
Nick Coubray Howick UK Ltd	Nick Coubray runs Howick's UK office. He has worked at Howick as a Hoilday job at school and has been invloved with machine assembly, design, installations, sales and support as well as marketing in Europe. Nick has ben in the UK since 2005 and has worked closely with several of the big companies who are developing Steel Frame Systems as well as developing links with the software companies based in Europe. in 2006 he received the Ackrill Media Group Young Entreprenure of the Year award in North Yorkshire.	Nick will be talking about some of the development that is being done in Europe and the differences in the finished buildings there. Including the 5 - 7 storey buildings being constructed entirely from Light Gauge Steel Frame. Also the different construction methods used for automating the production of frames.

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