2025 CFSEI Expo
May 19-21, 2025, Raleigh Marriott Crabtree Valley Hotel, Raleigh, North Carolina
The 2025 CFSEI Expo, presented by the Cold-Formed Steel Engineers Institute (CFSEI) is designed for architects, builders/contractors and engineers. The 2025 Expo Schedule is geared toward both skilled cold-formed steel (CFS) framing professionals and newcomers and provides opportunities for networking.
Technical Sessions
Cost
- Full Conference – $425 per person
- Tuesday Only + Dinner Event (May 20) – $300 per person
- Tuesday Only Without Dinner Event (May 20) – $225 per person
- Opening Event Only (Tuesday, May 20) – $200 per person
- Wednesday Only (May 21) – $225 per person
- Spouse Lunch Per Day – $125 per person
The 2025 CFSEI Expo is designed for architects, builders/contractors and engineers focused on CFS framing designs and systems.
Event Details
The 2025 CFSEI Expo highlights:
- “Tool Time” Hands-On Exposition featuring state-of-the-art CFS framing technologies
- The new Emerging Technologies Session (Wednesday, May 21)
- Announcement of the winners of the 2025 CFSEI Design and Distinguished Service Awards
Raleigh Marriott Crabtree Valley Hotel
4500 Marriott Drive
Raleigh, NC 27612
Hotel reservations
Raleigh Marriott Crabtree Valley Hotel in North Carolina is the site of the 2025 CFSEI Expo.
Technical Sessions
The 2025 CFSEI Expo will feature the latest advancements in CFS framing. The 2025 Expo Schedule is suited to both skilled CFS professionals and newcomers with sessions delivered by industry experts.
Monday, May 19, 2025
2:00 pm – CFS – Tool Time Hands-On, Rear Parking Lot
5:00 pm – Welcome Reception, Glenwood Terrace/Glenwood Foyer
6:00 pm – Young Member Group Mixer, Glenwood Terrace/Glenwood Foyer
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
7:00 am – Breakfast, Glenwood Ballroom
9:00 am – State of the Standards (1 PDH), Glenwood Ballroom,
10:15 am – Cold-Formed Steel Classroom: Flexural Member Design (1 PDH), Crabtree A-D
10:15 am – Special Loading Conditions for Cold-Formed Steel Trusses (1 PDH), Crabtree E-H
11:30 am – Lunch: Annual Meeting & Awards, Glenwood Ballroom
1:00 pm – Roll Forming Process: Hidden Insights for Better Engineering Design (1 PDH), Crabtree A-D
1:00 pm – Seismic Design (1 PDH), Crabtree E-H
2:15 pm – Mixed Reality Technology in Steel Construction and Education (1 PDH), Crabtree A-D
2:15 pm – All Things Screwed: Don’t Bolt on your Connection (1 PDH), Crabtree E-H
3:30 pm – KEYNOTE: Strategies for Integrating AI into the Structural Engineering Profession (1 PDH), Glenwood Ballroom
5:30 pm – Dinner and Social Event: Pig Pickin’ at the Raleigh Beer Garden
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
7:00 am – Breakfast, Glenwood Ballroom
9:00 am – Engineering Ethics: Follow the Rules or Face the Consequences (1 PDH), Glenwood Ballroom
10:15 am – Radiused Cold-Formed Steel Structure Design (1 PDH), Crabtree A-D
10:15 am – Composite Beams and Diaphragms in Steel-Framed Buildings (1 PDH), Crabtree E-H
11:30 am – Lunch: Award Winners Presentations, Glenwood Ballroom
1:00 pm – The Growing Popularity of Prefabricated Exterior Skins & Off-Site Construction (1 PDH), Crabtree A-D
1:00 pm – EQ + Low Embodied Carbon (LEC) = Winning with Sustainable Steel (1 PDH), Crabtree E-H
2:15 pm – What’s Hot on the Hotline? (1 PDH), Glenwood Ballroom
3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. – Emerging Technologies Session (2 PDHs / 2 LU), Crabtree A-D
Emerging Technologies Session
Wednesday, May 21, 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Crabtree A-D
2 PDHs / 2 LUA Study a Novel Composite Steel Floor System
Benjamin W. Schafer, Ph.D., P.E., Johns Hopkins University
Click here for detailsMicrosoft .NET Open-Source Cold-Formed Steel Codes and Standards
Cris Moen, Ph.D., P.E., RunToSolve LLC
Chu Ding, Ph.D., P.E., RunToSolve LLC
Click here for detailsDeveloping Innovative Cold-Formed Steel Space Trusses
Cheung Yu, Ph.D., University of North Texas
Click here for detailsMaximizing Adaptive Reuse with Cold-Formed Steel Frame and Lightweight Structural Cementitious Panels
Frank Pospisil, United States Gypsum, Co.
Click here for detailsAutomating AISI S100 Direct Strength Method Design Calculations for Arbitrary Cross-Sections: pyCUFSM and ClearCalcs
Brooks H. Smith, ClearCalcs, Pty Ltd.
Click here for details
Sponsors
CFSEI is looking for sponsors for the upcoming Expo. Sponsorships provide a highly visible way for members to highlight their companies and products to a targeted audience. Sponsorship opportunities are now available at five levels:
- Platinum, $7,500
- Gold, $5,000
- Silver, $3,500
- Bronze, $1,000
- Supporter, amount determined by supporter
Learn more about the 2025 CFSEI Expo sponsorship opportunities.
Stipend Program
CFSEI is awarding up to five $1200 stipends to young engineers and professors or instructors to attend the 2025 CFSEI Expo. The stipend can be used for any travel and lodging expenses related to the Expo. Recipients will receive free registration.
Eligibility: The stipend program is open to engineers under 35 years old and all instructors at universities with civil and structural engineering programs. Apply here by March 17, 2025. Recipients will be notified by April 1.
Cold-Formed Steel Engineers Institute
The Cold-Formed Steel Engineers Institute (CFSEI) comprises hundreds of structural engineers and other design professionals who are finding a better way to produce safe and efficient designs for commercial and residential structures with cold-formed steel.
CFSEI members work together to develop and evolve industry standards and design methods, produce and issue technical bulletins, and provide seminars and online training to improve the knowledge and skills base of engineers and design professionals.
CFSEI is part of the Steel Framing Industry Association (SFIA), where its leadership as the industry’s key touchpoint for CFS design receives full support.
For more information, visit www.cfsei.org.
Additional Resources
- 2025 CFSEI Expo Organizers Call for Abstracts, Launch ‘Emerging Technologies Forum’
- The 2024 CFSEI Student Competition Seeks Mentors, Mentor Applications Due by October 4
- CFSEI Course: AISI Standard Series S100-16 (On-Demand)