The Steel Framing Industry Association (SFIA), an accredited ANSI Standards Development Organization (SDO) as of July 2, 2024, is now responsible for the development of a portion of the standards related to cold-formed steel (CFS) framing, which had been previously maintained by the American Iron and Steel Institute.
At present, the SFIA Standards Committee invites individuals interested in participating in the steel framing standards development process to submit their expression of interest be completing a survey.
- Complete the survey as soon as possible
- Watch this Standards Development on-demand webinar to learn about the SFIA Standards Committee and the Canvass Group process
Seeking Participants in 3 Categories
SFIA is seeking participation for each standard in each of the following interest categories:
Producer
- An individual employed by or otherwise representing an organization that produces or supplies CFS Framing or CFS Framing accessories
User
- An individual employed by or otherwise representing an organization that purchases, uses, or specifies CFS Framing or CFS Framing accessories
- This category includes, but is not limited to, design engineers, architects, representatives of government agencies that purchase or specify CFS Framing, owners, builders, fabricators, installers or distributors
General Interest
- General Interest members are neither Producers nor Users
- This category includes, but is not limited to, educators, researchers, representatives of regulatory agencies, software developers, technical or professional societies and manufacturers of related products
SFIA to Manage 6 Framing Standards and More
As an ANSI-accredited standards development organization, the SFIA will manage steel framing standards through soon-to-be formed SFIA Canvass Groups. The steel framing standards and test standards that SFIA will be responsible for will include:
- S202 – Code of Standard Practice for Cold-Formed Steel Structural Framing, which includes trade practices for design, fabrication and installation of CFS
- S220 – North American Standard for Cold-Formed Steel Nonstructural Framing, which includes the design and installation of nonstructural CFS framing
- S230 – Standard for Cold-Formed Steel Framing – Prescriptive Method for One- and Two-Family Dwellings, which includes the construction of detached one- and two-family dwellings, townhouses, other attached single-family dwellings
- S240 – North American Standard for Cold-Formed Steel Structural Framing, which applies to the design, manufacture, installation and quality of structural members and connections utilized in CFS light-frame construction
- S250 – North American Standard for Thermal Transmittance of Building Envelopes with Cold-Formed Steel Framing, which is used to determine U-factors for assessing the energy code compliance of building envelopes with CFS framing
- S400 – North American Standard for Seismic Design of Cold-Formed Steel Structural Systems, which includes the design and construction of CFS structural members and connections used in the seismic force-resisting systems (to be partitioned out for framing only)
- S900 Series – Test Standards for CFS Framing, which includes several applicable CFS Framing standards (see box below)
For more information, contact Meredith Perez, SFIA Standards Committee administrator.
About SFIA
The Steel Framing Industry Association (SFIA), a unique organization representing steel mills, coil coaters, stud and connector manufacturers, component fabricators, Cold-Formed Steel Engineers Institute (CFSEI) members, suppliers/distributors, contractors and others, provides members with exclusive access to technical cold-formed steel (CFS) framing services, including CFS certification, environmental product declarations, market data and analysis, technical design guides, specification review services, architectural services, the Steel Framing Learning Portal , the SFIA Awards and more. SFIA is an accredited ANSI Standards Development Organization. Follow SFIA on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and X.
S900 Series Test Standards
As an ANSI-accredited standards development organization, the Steel Framing Industry Association (SFIA) will manage 6 framing standards (listed above) and the following S900 Series – Test Standards for CFS Framing:
- S909, Test Standard for Determining the Web Crippling Strength of Cold-Formed Steel Flexural Members
- S910, Test Standard for Determining the Distortional Buckling Strength of Cold-Formed Steel Hat-Shaped Compression Members
- S911, Test Standard for Determining the Flexural Strength of Cold-Formed Steel Hat-Shaped Members
- S913, Test Standard for Determining the Strength and Deformation Behavior of Hold-Downs Attached to Cold-Formed Steel Structural Framing
- S914, Test Standard for Determining the Strength and Deformation Behavior of Joist Connectors Attached to Cold-Formed Steel Structural Framing
- S915, Test Standard for Through-the-Web Punchout Cold-Formed Steel Wall Stud Bridging Connectors
- S916, Test Standard for Cold-Formed Steel Framing—Nonstructural Interior Partition Walls
- S917, Test Standard for Determining the Fastener-Sheathing Local Translational Stiffness of Sheathed Cold-Formed Steel Assemblies
- S918, Test Standard for Determining the Fastener-Sheathing Rotational Stiffness of Sheathed Cold-Formed Steel Assemblies
- S919, Test Standard for Determining the Flexural Strength and Stiffness of Cold-Formed Steel Nonstructural Members
- S920, Test Standard for Screw Penetration Through Gypsum Board Into Nonstructural Cold-Formed Steel Framing Members
- S921, Test Standard for Determining the Strength and Serviceability of Cold-Formed Steel Truss Assemblies and Components
Additional Resources
- With ANSI Accreditation, SFIA Begins Process of Managing CFS Framing Standards
- SFIA Appoints Jay Larson as Secretariat of the Newly Formed SFIA Standards Committee
- 5 Need-to-Knows about Building Codes and Cold-Formed Steel