Engineers institute recognizes ingenuity in cold-formed steel design

by brittney_cutler | June 13, 2022 9:22 pm

Structural Evolution LLC won first place in the municipal/sports category for its SoFi Stadium Pod Buildings project in Inglewood, California. *Photo courtesy Walter P Moore and Associates, Dallas, Texas*

The Cold-Formed Steel Engineers Institute (CFSEI) recently honored the winners of its 2022 CFSEI Design Excellence and Creative Detail awards.

The Design Excellence Awards recognize projects which “exemplify excellence in the structural design of new or renovated structures utilizing cold-formed steel (CFS) products.”

The list of top projects by category are as follows:

Residential/hospitality

First Place—ClarkDietrich Engineering Services, LLC—Selfhelp Freeport Senior Housing—Freeport, New York
Second Place—Martin/Martin, Inc.—Hilton Garden Inn Madison Downtown—Madison, Wisconsin
Third Place—McClure Engineering—Hub II on Campus—Gainesville, Florida

Municipal/cultural

First Place—Lochsa Engineering, LLC—Audrey Irmas Pavilion—Los Angeles, California
Second Place—Martin/Martin, Inc.—Meow Wolf Denver—Denver, Colorado
Third Place—McClure Engineering—United States Olympic and Paralympic Museum—Colorado Springs, Colorado

Municipal/services

First Place—R.A. Smith, Inc.—Lexington Convention Center—Lexington, Kentucky
Second Place—The Leffler Group—AIMS Welcome Center—Greeley, Colorado
Third Place—ClarkDietrich Engineering Services, LLC—PortMiami Terminal V—Miami, Florida

Municipal/sports

First Place—Structural Evolution LLC—SoFi Stadium Pod Buildings—Inglewood, California
Second Place—Excel Engineering—Columbus Crew Stadium—Columbus, Ohio
Third Place—ADTEK Engineers, Inc.—Darrell K Royal Texas Memorial Stadium South End Zone—Austin, Texas

Additionally, the CFSEI Creative Detail Awards recognize a cold-formed steel detail which exemplifies creativity or ingenuity to solve a design challenge. These awards went to:

First Place—Structural Evolution LLC—Pounders Hawaiian Grill—Crestview, Florida
Second Place—McClure Engineering—Virgin Low Rise—Las Vegas, Nevada
Third Place—The Leffler Group—Denver International Airport Great Hall Project, Phase 1—Denver, Colorado

The awards were presented during the 2022 CFSEI Expo, held last month in Denver, Colorado.

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