The 2025 SFIA Industry Project and Product Awards are now open!

All projects must feature SFIA certified cold-formed steel (CFS) products to qualify for entry in the competition. Architects, engineers, manufacturers, distributors, contractors and others can enter projects, but they must be SFIA members to do so. A panel of industry representatives will judge entries using the following criteria. Deadline to submit your project is Friday, June 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM ET.

Contest Details and Rules

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New for 2025 – Innovative Product Award!

Have a game-changing product for CFS framing? We want to know! This year, we've added an Innovative Product category. You are able to submit products that have launched in the past 24 months.

The SFIA Industry Project Awards focus on CFS manufacturing and construction. The awards program is a complement to the Design Excellence and Creative Detail Awards governed by CFSEI, the Cold-Formed Steel Engineers Institute. Architects, engineers, manufacturers, distributors and contractors are eligible to enter their projects into the competition.

Winners of the Steel Framing Industry Association (SFIA) Industry Project Awards, which recognizes excellence in the use of SFIA-certified cold-formed steel (CFS) products, demonstrated extraordinary ingenuity. All projects showcase amazing steel framing design solutions.

Note that the projects must feature the use of cold-formed steel framing certified by the SFIA as code compliance, meaning that they have passed physical tests for mechanical properties, coatings and manufacturing tolerances, so our award winners are certainly ‘top tier’ in steel framing manufacturing and construction excellence.

Visit BuildSteel.org to see photos of these winning projects and to learn more.

2024 SFIA Industry Project Award Winners by Category:

Efficient Use of CFS Framing:
CEMCO for The Wynkoop Project in Denver, Colorado.

Conversion from Another Material:
ADTEK Engineers, Inc. for Locker Rooms at Wagner College in Staten Island, New York.

Architectural Design Detail:
The Raymond Group for 8th & Figueroa in Los Angeles, California.

Sustainable Project:
ClarkDietrich for the Acrisure Arena in Palm Desert, California.

Low-Rise Project:
South Valley Drywall for the Bloom Exhibit at the Children's Museum of Denver, Denver, Colorado.

Mid-Rise Project:
ADTEK Engineers, Inc. for the Fairfax Market Mixed-Use in Cleveland, Ohio.

High-Rise Project:
CEMCO for Alloy in Los Angeles, California.

Unique Project:
TJ Wies Contracting for BJC Phase III Modular Package in St. Louis, Missouri.

Non Loadbeaing Application Project:
ADTEK Engineers, Inc. for Volkswagen Headquarters in Reston, Virginia.

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Announcements

SFIA’s Annual Meeting and General Session - April 1 2025
SFIA’s annual meeting and general session will start at noon on Tuesday, April 1, in room E221A at the Charlotte Convention Center, in conjunction with Build25: AWCI’s convention and trade show. The annual meeting will showcase SFIA design award winners, include officer elections and a brief presentation by SFIA executive director Don Allen. The SFIA general session will start at 12:30: featuring association advocate Dan Varroney, who is spearheading SFIA’s 2025-2028 planning. All SFIA members are welcome to attend the annual meeting, and the general session will be open to the public. Plan now to attend! SFIA members are entitled to a free VIP pass. More here

Press Release - November 7, 2024
The Steel Framing Industry Association (SFIA), an accredited ANSI Standards Development Organization, announced today that Jay Larson, P.E., F.ASCE, formerly with the American Iron and Steel Institute, has been appointed secretariat of the newly formed SFIA Standards Committee.
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Press Release - July 23, 2024
Don Allen Ready to Lead
SFIA's new ED begins Aug. 1
Don Allen, P.E., S.E., LEED AP, is the Steel Framing Industry Association’s (SFIA) new executive director on August 1. Allen succeeds Larry Williams, who is retiring. Allen says he is "excited to work and partner with the SFIA staff and leadership team" to grow the steel framing market.

Press Release - June 1,2023
On May 1, 2023, the Cold-Formed Steel Engineers Institute (CFSEI), the steel framing industry’s leading professional design association, moved from its former home with the American Iron and Steel Institute to become part of the SFIA.

Tonnage Reports - 2022
These reports provides buyers and users of cold-formed steel framing in the United States with an industry-wide statistical summary of the volume of steel.

A Fire Service Professional’s View

The increased use of wood framing in mid-rise buildings has been accompanied by a growing incidence of major fires that have destroyed these combustible structures both during construction.

SFIA Technical Guide - Release
Technical Guide for Cold‐Formed Steel Framing Products, provides with a comprehensive tool for designing with cold‐formed steel framing members.