CFSEI Announces 2015 Design Excellence Award Winners
The Cold-Formed Steel Engineers Institute (CFSEI) presented three Design Excellence Awards on May 19 during the 2015 CFSEI Expo held at the Rosen Centre Hotel in Orlando, Fla. The winners were: a) First Place—ClarkDietrich Engineering for AQ Rittenhouse, Philadelphia, Pa.; b) Second Place—DSi Engineering, LLC for Elan Westside Apartments, Atlanta, Ga.; and c) Third Place—CEMCO for Plaza at Pearl City, Pearl City, Hawaii. The CFSEI Design Excellence Award recognizes small and large projects that exemplify excellence in the structural design of new or renovated structures utilizing cold-formed steel products.
“Congratulations to each of these companies for overcoming significant design challenges with innovative solutions utilizing cold-formed steel framing,” said Maribeth Rizzuto, managing director of the Cold-Formed Steel Engineers Institute. “There are so many creative ways to use cold-formed steel framing for mid-rise building projects, and we received many excellent submissions for this award. It was difficult to make the final selections. We greatly appreciate all of the entries that were sent in.”