2. Sheet/Plate/Structural Steel

4. Structural Steel Fabrication

5. Structural INEFFICIENCIES Lead Times & Delivery Date ?

6. BIM Modeling (Building Information Modeling)

7. BIM Modeling (Building Information Modeling)

8. CNC Plasma Cutting

9. Steel Casting

11. Survey Process 3 Months 40 Companies 75% Response Rate!

12. Survey Demographics… 75% MN ~ 25% WI 52% Manufac./Fabricators 19% Construction/Gen. Contractors 13% Foundries 10% Machinists 6% Other

13. Survey Demographics… >1,600 FTEs = 75FTEs Avg. >80% 40% expanding by 2017 Steady or Growing Buy Local Satisfy Clients Invest in Capital

14. Brass Tacks: Steel Sourcing (Conservative Sheet & Struct. #’s) ~17,000st/yr ~500mi 21Days Lead _______________ =$32,500,000/yr

15. Initial Conclusion Steel Supply: STOP! & Look both ways…

16. Brass Tacks: Structural Fab. (Conservative #’s) ~17,000st/yr ~600mi _______________ =$13,000,000/yr

17. Initial Conclusion Structural Fab: RUN! …don’t walk

18. CNC Structural Fabrication

19. Brass Tacks: Steel Casting Low Response Rate… …Too low

20. Initial Conclusion Steel Casting: Keep Digging.

21. Moving Forward