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Video: Renovation Project at the University of Hawaii Residence Hall Wins SFIA Award for CEMCO

The Atherton Hall expansion and renovation project, submitted by SFIA member CEMCO, involved maintaining the historical facade of an original building while adding six levels and an extension to the structure.

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The University of Hawaii Atherton Hall project in Honolulu, Hawaii, submitted by CEMCO, LLC, involved maintaining the historical facade of an original university building while adding six levels of load-bearing cold-formed steel (CFS) framing and CFS framing for an extension to the structure.

The new building, called RISE or Residences for Innovative Student Entrepreneurs, is open to students from any discipline interested in innovation and entrepreneurship, a UH website says. Besides providing housing for 374 students, RISE has meeting, co-working and maker spaces, which are run by the Pacific Asian Center for Entrepreneurship at the UH Shidler College of Business.

Pat Ford (left), SFIA technical director, and Jim Collins (right), SFIA president, present Steve Farkas of CEMCO with the 2023 SFIA Award for Sustainability on a project at SFIA’s Annual Meeting in March 2024.

Pat Ford (left), SFIA technical director, and Jim Collins (right), SFIA president, present Steve Farkas of CEMCO with the 2023 SFIA Award for Sustainability on a project at SFIA’s Annual Meeting in March 2024.

CEMCO, a member of the Steel Framing Industry Association (SFIA), is the SFIA 2023 Industry Project Awards winner, in the “Sustainable Project” category, for the University of Hawaii Atherton Hall expansion and renovation. The project team included three SFIA members — CEMCO, Foundation Building Materials (FBM®), Simpson Strong-Tie Co, Inc.

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RISE at Atherton Hall, University of Hawaii

RISE at Atherton Hall

University of Hawaii
1820 University Avenue
Honolulu, HI 96822

Details:
2 six-story buildings, 99,000 sq. ft., 265 tons of cold-formed steel (CFS) framing

PEOPLE

Owner: 
University of Hawaii

Architect: 
Design Partners

Engineer: 
Fernando Frontera, Baldridge and Associates

General Contractor: 
Robert Tomas, Moss Construction

Drywall Contractor: 
Roy Balantac, Group Builders

Supplier:
Nathan Kabei, Foundation Building Materials (FBM)® Honolulu

 

 

Steel Framing Industry Association SFIA Awards

SFIA Industry Project Awards

The SFIA 2023 Industry Project Awards focus on cold-formed steel (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 entered their projects in the 2023 competition.

Judging Criteria

A panel of industry representatives judged all 2023 SFIA Awards entries based on the following criteria:

  1. Design Quality, such as the efficient and sustainable use of cold-formed steel (CFS) products
  2. Installation Complexity, focusing on conflict resolution, timeframe challenges, etc.
  3. Manufacturing Complexity, including custom orders, panelization, special material sourcing and more
  4. Overall Job Quality, including the quality of alignments, finishes and other attention to detail
  5. Conversion from Alternative Framing Material, reflecting how steel framing lowered a structure’s weight, or added stories, or helped lower the project’s builders’ risk insurance, etc.

 

 

steel Framing Industry Association

Steel Framing Industry Association

The Steel Framing Industry Association (SFIA) provides its members with exclusive access to technical cold-formed steel (CFS) framing services, including the SFIA Steel Framing Learning Portal. SFIA member services include access to market data, market analysis, technical design guides, architectural services, environmental product declarations, CFS certification and more.

 

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