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Qnect Qnect partners with structural design teams to create Early Connected Steel Models. Qnect is aiming high.

Our vision is to become the single source of quality automated connection engineering worldwide. We strive for excellence in engineering and excellence in organizational efficiency. We operate in a respectful work space that truly appreciates every human involved in our projects. We also consider impacts to the micro and macro communities we live in to be equally important measures of success.

Lovely to be recognized by one of our best customers...Karen Petersburg [SVP Design & Engineering, Powerhouse Data Cente...
05/28/2026

Lovely to be recognized by one of our best customers...

Karen Petersburg [SVP Design & Engineering, Powerhouse Data Centers] featured Qnect's case study data in a new book - Greener Data by Jaymie Scotto & Associates. Here's what it said: "Companies like Qnect exemplify this integration...On a 208,000-square-foot, 1,700-ton data center project, the fully connected steel model was delivered in four weeks -- a four-to six-week schedule acceleration despite major design revisions. The integrated approach yielded substantial benefits: 32 tons of steel saved, 43,770 kg of embodied carbon eliminated, 6,830 fewer bolts, 1,786 fewer copes cut, 638 fewer stabilizer plates, and 2,552 linear feet of shop welding removed. Steel er****on was reduced by six days, with only 15 RFIs and zero change orders."

This is what's possible when workflows are truly Qnected. A huge thank you to Karen — and to all the customers who make this work meaningful, including Tom Gavin, John Adametz and Luke Kipfer.

📖 Greener Data is available now on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Greener-Data-Jaymie-Scotto-Associates/dp/B0GXFRV2DT

Connected Model

The conventional steel bid spread on a typical project runs as high as 15% between bidders.On projects delivered with Ea...
05/22/2026

The conventional steel bid spread on a typical project runs as high as 15% between bidders.

On projects delivered with Early Connected Models — where connection engineering and detailing are resolved up front— we consistently see the bid spread drop to 3%-6% (on an 18,000 ton complex hospital project).

That compression isn't a coincidence. When fabricators are pricing a fully resolved scope instead of an ambiguous one, they factor in less risk. Bids come in tighter and lower. The savings are real, and they show up on bid opening day.

Let's set up a time to meet.

The Empire State Building wasn’t just an architectural achievement. Nearly a century later, it’s still one of the cleare...
05/20/2026

The Empire State Building wasn’t just an architectural achievement. Nearly a century later, it’s still one of the clearest examples of what aligned vision, engineering, logistics, and workforce coordination can accomplish at scale.
Architect: Shreve, Lamb & Harmon
Engineer: Homer G. Balcom

102 stories delivered in 410 days through standardization, and relentless ex*****on. 96 years later, the industry is still chasing that level of workflow efficiency. Here's to the team of 3,400 diversified workers who made it happen.

Photo by Qnect CEO Jef Sharp - May 19, 2026.

Another meaningful keynote at Green Building Initiative (GBI)'s . As Noah Goldstein stated, Google is focused on reduci...
05/07/2026

Another meaningful keynote at Green Building Initiative (GBI)'s . As Noah Goldstein stated, Google is focused on reducing carbon in steel and concrete. For the Google team, every day saved in schedule results in an additional $3M in revenue. Imagine what saving 6 weeks in the superstructure design-fab-erect can mean to an owner!

Today is GBI Day 2! Did you know that the current data center expansion is the largest industrial revolution in human ...
05/06/2026

Today is GBI Day 2! Did you know that the current data center expansion is the largest industrial revolution in human history? Thanks for the excellent talk, Vicki Worden.

05/02/2026

In construction and steel, safety is everything. We protect workers from physical hazards every day with hard hats, harnesses, and protocols. But mental health is workplace safety too.

This Mental Health Awareness Month, let's expand what "safety culture" means. Ask your team how they're really doing. Because at the end of the day, no bolt count or schedule savings is worth more than the people making it happen.

Would you like to learn more about how early connected models improve cost and schedule certainty? Set up a time to meet...
04/29/2026

Would you like to learn more about how early connected models improve cost and schedule certainty? Set up a time to meet with Qnect's SVP of Strategic Growth, Michael Gustafson, at GBI's Better Buildings Seminar - Data Centers on May 5th & 6th.

Day 1: Jeff Smilow and Allan Paull presented with Owen Steel on connected models and importance of collaboration.Qnect...
04/22/2026

Day 1: Jeff Smilow and Allan Paull presented with Owen Steel on connected models and importance of collaboration.

Qnect is excited to be at booth #1507, stop on by to share what is top of mind for you.

Happy Earth Day. By connecting models early with Qnect’s Early Connected Model process (ECM) we were able to save 1,560 ...
04/22/2026

Happy Earth Day.
By connecting models early with Qnect’s Early Connected Model process (ECM) we were able to save 1,560 tons of steel this past year, which is roughly the carbon equivalent of 131,180 mature trees*, or 72 acres of trees.

*Counting the carbon sequestered in one year.

Join us at on Friday, April 24th at 9:45 AM for Connection Intelligence that Optimizes for Constructability, Cost and ...
04/09/2026

Join us at on Friday, April 24th at 9:45 AM for Connection Intelligence that Optimizes for Constructability, Cost and Carbon [EW23].

This session will present new technologies that reduce inefficiency, time and embodied carbon through Qnect’s Early Connected Model (ECM). The process innovation has been enhanced due to a 2 year research project with the US ARMY that optimized steel connections for cost and carbon. Attendees will see how using Qnect for Autodesk Revit as part of the ECM process can resolve constructability issues and visualize in 3D the lateral connections and framing requiring reinforcements. They will learn how to compare the cost and carbon of steel connections, including material, fabrication and er****on. To provide the full picture, FICEP will showcase how they measure real-time energy usage during fabrication, providing the digital history and "proof of savings" required in today’s market.

Spearks: Qnect's SVP of Stragetic Growth, Michael Gustafson & FICEP's CEO, Christian Colombo

Qnect in the early days...And we are still just as enthusiastic about speed!
04/03/2026

Qnect in the early days...And we are still just as enthusiastic about speed!

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