Cold-Formed Steel Engineers Institute Names Winners of 2022 Design Excellence and Creative Detail Awards

The Cold-Formed Steel Engineers Institute announced the winners of its 2022 CFSEI Design Excellence and Creative Detail awards. The awards were presented during the 2022 CFSEI Expo held May 16-18 at the Curtis Denver Hotel in Denver, Colorado.

The awards recognize projects that exemplify excellence in the structural design of new or renovated structures utilizing cold-formed steel products. Entries are judged on design creativity, technical innovation and overall project excellence in cold-formed steel utilization in the residential/hospitality and municipal categories, with municipal subcategories covering cultural, services and sports projects.

The winners are:

Category: Residential/Hospitality

• First Place — ClarkDietrich Engineering Services, LLC — Selfhelp Freeport Senior Housing — Freeport, N.Y.
• Second Place — Martin/Martin, Inc. — Hilton Garden Inn Madison Downtown — Madison, Wis.
• Third Place — McClure Engineering — Hub II on Campus — Gainesville, Fla.

Category: Municipal/Cultural

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

Category: Municipal/Services

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

Category: Municipal/Sports

• First Place — Structural Evolution LLC — SoFi Stadium Pod Buildings — Inglewood, Calif.
• 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

CFSEI Creative Detail Awards recognize a cold-formed steel detail that exemplifies creativity or ingenuity to solve a design challenge. The awards were presented to:

• First Place — Structural Evolution LLC — Pounders Hawaiian Grill — Crestview, Fla.
• Second Place — McClure Engineering — Virgin Low Rise — Las Vegas, Nev.
• Third Place — The Leffler Group — Denver International Airport Great Hall Project, Phase 1 — Denver, Colo.

For more information, visit https://www.cfsei.org/design_excellence_excellence-creative_winners_2022.