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title: Berkshire High School | Qnect
description: Discover how Qnect saved 4,943 bolts on Berkshire High School's 712-ton project. See the impact and optimize your next job. Read the case study now!
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Case Study

# Berkshire High School

Burton, Ohio

Project Team

Detailer: Creek Steel, LLC

Fabricator: Livi Steel / Don Livi

Erector: Kelley Erector / Bill Keller

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## Burton Ohio gets Brand New PK-12 School with Optimized Qnections

> "Working with Qnect has been a great experience." - Don Livi, Livi Steel

Job summary

- Job tonnage: 712 tons
- Beam tonnage: 492 tons – 1,259 assemblies
- 4,943 bolts saved vs 6,754 non-Qnect standard spacing

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Here’s what we found on the Bolt Optimization report:

- Qnect connections – 1,632 – 65% connected
- 1,811 bolts eliminated
- 1,811 holes not punched in shear plates
- 1,811 holes not drilled in beams
- 431 copes eliminated
- All Shear plates 3/8”
- No Added welds

The above bolt savings is based on our analysis of individual UDL loads optimized for standard spacing vs a non-standard spacing.  We are still optimizing the standard spacing by using a beam specific UDL versus a Shear connection table a CE might supply from a worst case scenario based on beam depth. If we compared the actual bolts used against a CE standardized load table based on beam size the saved bolts would have increased dramatically.

 

 

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