SUSTAINABILITY: ONE OF HERA ENGINEERING’S CORE VALUES
Hera Engineering comprises of a passionate team that is committed to delivering sustainable designs with conscious parameters of ecological limits and the ever-changing sustainability requirements.
Through exploration and collaboration, the team at Hera manufacture projects as indivisible components of a larger, constantly regenerating, and self-sustaining system.
Our Sustainability Policy has been created within Hera Engineering to support the staff in continuing their on-going commitment for the pursuit of sustainable designs and practices.
OUR SUSTAINABILITY OBJECTIVES ARE TO:
I. Minimise material usage through intelligent design
II. Monitor concrete volumes and reinforcement rates through the entire project life cycle
III. Implement Quality Assurance procedures to monitor material usage and ensure consistency with estimates
IV. Conduct Management Reviews of the type and quantity of materials specified
V. Maintain a predominantly paperless office, with printed paper reserved for Quality Assurance integrity checks
VI. Specify only high-quality construction materials, and reuse materials wherever possible
One great example of Hera’s active stance on sustainability is on the project: The One in Brisbane which is an 82 storey and 274m structure. We valued our contribution to the environment by being specifically conscious of the amount on concrete used and how our post-tension design would impact the ecology.
These are not elements that are often measured or taken into consideration, our drastic reduction of concrete (approximately 30% less concrete reinforcement compared to similar buildings) offered a major permanent reduction in the building’s carbon footprint!