Inspired Engineering
Software for the engineering world.
We build products and services that make engineering data transparent, connected and future-proof – so teams can work from the same facts, from the first drawing to operation.
Event · Hamburg · 5 November 2026
Meet us at Branchentag Schiff & See.
Christian Albrecht and Oliver Tigges are back at the 16th Branchentag Schiff & See, the shipbuilding and maritime industry day hosted by Eplan and Rittal. This year, they give a joint talk with Eplan – including a live demo of Squid Data Hub.
The talk
From subsystem engineering to the whole ship
How engineering data in shipbuilding becomes more than a drawing – from design to the connected project.
- Speakers
- Marc-Michael Reeh (Eplan)Christian Albrecht (Inspired Engineering)Oliver Tigges (Inspired Engineering)
- When
- Thursday, 5 November 202615:30
- Where
- Hafenlocation Hamburg
- Language
- German
What we do
Products and services for engineering teams.
Inspired Engineering is the product and engineering label of Inspired Consulting. We bring software craftsmanship to the world of electrical engineering and industrial projects.
Products
Our own software products for engineering data. Today: Squid Data Hub, the central hub for cables, devices and systems. More to come.
Services
Integration, data migration and custom connectors around your engineering tools. Today: E-Balance in a Week, a fixed one-week engagement to get your first live load balance running.
Partnership
Official Eplan Technology Partner since 2025. We know the Eplan ecosystem from the inside and build the connectors that make it useful beyond the project.
Our product
Squid Data Hub.
The hard part of engineering data isn't creating it – it's making it useful beyond the project it was born in. Squid Data Hub structures cables, devices, systems and documents from Eplan P8, and connects them to everything downstream via a REST API.
- Live asset data, across the project lifecycle
- Collaboration across teams, locations and partners
- Standard interfaces, not one-off integrations – plus Excel, JSON and PDF for ad-hoc exchange
- Cloud on Azure or on-premise
Industries
Built for complex engineering projects.
Wherever thousands of components, several disciplines and many partners have to work with the same data.
Shipbuilding & maritime
Cables, devices and systems across yards, suppliers and operators.
Energy
Power generation and distribution, from wind farms to combined-cycle plants.
Construction & building automation
Building services and automation projects with many parties involved.
- Also at home in:
- Process industry
- Plant & machine engineering
Voices
As part of the Eplan Partner Network, Inspired Consulting is a valuable technology partner that contributes both software development expertise and a practical solution for engineering data management.
Vertical Market Manager Maritime at Eplan
We built Squid Data Hub to evolve with its users. Rather than a finished product, it's a platform that we'll continue developing based on actual project requirements and user input.
Managing Director, Inspired Consulting
News
Latest from the blog.
· Johanna Ehlenz
Introducing E-Balance in a Week
Inspired Consulting launches E-Balance in a Week, a fixed one-week engagement that turns an Eplan device export into a working, live electrical load balance in Squid Data Hub.
- press
- product
· Oliver Tigges
Squid Data Hub at SMM 2026
Meet Christian Albrecht and Oliver Tigges at SMM 2026 in Hamburg for a live demo of Squid Data Hub at the Eplan & Rittal stand.
- events
- maritime
· Johanna Ehlenz
Inspired Consulting at Eplan Next26
We joined Eplan Next26 in Munich for a tandem presentation on data management and data exchange in shipbuilding, and met engineers at our booth to talk about connected engineering data.
- events
- maritime
Let's talk about your engineering data.
Whether you want to see Squid Data Hub in action or discuss an integration challenge – we are happy to help.