Energy Quest Nation Energy Efficient Development Inc. (EQNEEDF)

Investor Summary

Information, Business Plan, Plant Location, Metal Forming, Steel Stud Framing equipment and Home Designs were prepared for interested investors.

Growing and Developing Markets for Galvanized Steel

Exciting growth opportunities for flat rolled coated products, both in traditional markets and in new markets, are the focus of AISI's Market Development efforts and of the North American Steel Framing Alliance. Growth potential for all flat rolled steel markets exists through expansion of existing markets and development of new markets and innovative applications. Targets are the commercial roofing and framing markets, steel utility poles, corrugated steel pipe, automotive market, and residential roofing and framing markets.

The residential framing market is one of the largest new opportunities for galvanized sheet steel. It is a waking giant, representing a potential new market of 15 million tons of galvanized sheet per year. To put that number into perspective, currently the total annual capacity for coated sheet steel in North America is 26 million tons. Annual US consumption of hot-dipped galvanized sheet steel has been at about 16.8 million tons since 1993. Where does this go? About 38% is consumed by the automotive industry, 25% is consumed by steel service centers, and another 16% is consumed by the construction industry. Today, the construction markets, and in particular the residential framing and roofing markets, are the fastest growing users of galvanized sheet steel.

This article was written and published in national trade media by NUCONSTEEL personnel. The authors are widely regarded as among the most knowledgeable and experienced in the light gauge steel industry. http://www.nuconsteel.com/templates/whitepaper1.htm

Design for a Cold-Formed Steel Framed Manufactured Home: Technical Support Document (March 2002, 82 p.)

The use of cold-formed steel in the structural system of residential construction has taken hold in some site building markets but potentially offers far more value to the manufactured home industry. Steel is lightweight, fireproof, vermin resistant, dimensionally stable (not subject to material decay, warping and twisting and shrinkage) and can be fabricated to a wide range of shapes and sizes with virtually no material wastage. There are additional factors that suggest the industry ought to consider options to wood as the basic structural building block. Foremost among these are the uncertainties associated with future wood resources and the historic price fluctuations that at times have made wood more expensive than steel. Even if steel proved to be less attractive than wood in the short term, as a future alternative material, steel shows considerable promise. The report summarizes the results of the first phase of a multiphase effort to assess viability of substituting steel for wood as the structural skeleton of homes built under the HUD manufactured home standards. The research focuses mainly on structural design, thermal conductance, and cost issues.
http://www.huduser.org/publications/destech/sfmh.html

Business Plan

State Employment Strengths, Wages, Housing losses and Single Housing Permits issued
Introduction, Phase 1 to 5 Financial Summary, Research and Development
Phase 1 to 5 Program Total Sales, Profit and dates of Equipment Purchase and increased Work Force
Phase 1 to 5 24 Month Program cost less Labor
Phase 1 to 3 Program Financial Summary
Phase 3A Program Financial Summary
Phase 1 to 3A Production Work Force
Phase 1 to 3A Program Labor with 8 Months Totals and 6 Months Production
Phase 1 to 3A State and Federal Labor Employer Responsibilities Cost
Phase 1 to 5 24 Month Employer Payroll Responsibilities
Phase 1 to 3A Workers Compensation Application
Phase 1 to 3A Workers Compensation Cost Quote
Phase 1 to 3A Program Monthly Budgets
Phase 1 to 3A Plant, Equipment, Vehicles and Additional Cost
Contractors 720 Square Feet Home Material List Work Sheet
Leading Steel stud Home Manufacture Quote for a 720 Square Feet Home
Non Panelized Steel Stud 720 Square Feet Home Floor Plan
Non Panelized Steel Stud 720 Square Feet Home Front Elevation View
Review of Argentina's Housing Sector
Average Weekly Wage, by Industry of State Chosen
February 12, 2006 FEMA Housing Unit Damage Assessment of Katrina, Rita and Wilma
House holds receiving financial assistance from FEMA in the USA
Labor Force Size of MSA and County selected for Plant Location
Labor Force Size of MSA and State selected for Plant Location
Monthly Overview of selected Plant location State Growth
Number of Occupied Mobile Homes and Travel Trailers in State chosen for Plant
RLMA 2006 Occupational Wages of City selected for proposed Plant
Single Family Building Permits Issued as of May 2007 within the MSA of selected Plant location
Surrounding area Population Estimates
Monster Employment Index
June 2007 Regional and State Employment and Unemployment

Phase 3B Program Financial Summary
Phase 4 Program Financial Summary
Phase 4 Production Work Force
Phase 3B to 4 Program labor with 6 Months Totals and 6 Months Production
Phase 3B to 4 State and Federal Labor Employer Responsibilities Cost
Phase 3B to 4 Program Monthly Budgets
Phase 4 Plant, Equipment, Vehicles and Additional Cost

Phase 4B Program Financial Summary
Phase 5 Program Financial Summary
Phase 5 Production Work Force
Phase 4B to 5 Program labor with 6 Months Totals and 6 Months Production
Phase 4B to 5 State and Federal Labor Employer Responsibilities Cost
Phase 4B to 5 Program Monthly Budgets
Phase 5 Plant, Equipment, Vehicles and Additional Cost