Featured image: CFSEI Chair Tammy Gleed presents the First Place Creative Detail Award to Ryan Georg of Excel Engineering during the 2025 CFSEI Expo in Raleigh.
FALLS CHURCH, VA —The Cold-Formed Steel Engineers Institute (CFSEI) has announced the winners of its 2025 CFSEI Design Excellence and Creative Detail awards. This year’s awards were presented during the 2025 CFSEI Expo, May 19–21 in Raleigh, North Carolina.
“This year’s entries demonstrated the creativity and flexibility that cold-formed steel brings to solving complex design challenges,” said Jeffrey Klaiman, P.E., CFSEI managing director. “We applaud the award winners and encourage engineers, architects and other professionals to explore these standout projects as inspiration for their own work. We’re grateful to everyone who submitted entries.”
The award winners and descriptions of projects are posted on the CFSEI website at cfsei.org.
CFSEI Design Excellence Awards
CFSEI Design Excellence Awards recognize excellence in using cold-formed steel (CFS) products in the structural design of new or renovated structures. CFSEI’s Immediate Past Chair Dana Hennis and Chair Tammy Gleed presented this year’s awards at the 2025 CFSEI Expo. Here are the 2025 CFSEI Design Excellence Award winners — by category:
Commercial
First Place
Ensign Engineering & Landing Survey. Onset Financial HQ, St. George, UT
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Onset Financial HQ, St.George, Utah
Scott B. Roche (right) of Ensign Engineering & Landing Survey accepts the CFSEI Design Excellence First Place award, Commercial category.
Second Place
McClure. Project Blue Fontainebleau Las Vegas Lobby, Las Vegas, NV
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Fontainebleau Las Vegas lobby
Josh Garton (center) of McClure accepts the CFSEI Design Excellence Second Place award, Commercial category.
Third Place
raSmith. Lerner Research Institute, Building CBB Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
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Lerner Research Institute, Building CBB, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
Alyssa Pease (center) of SFIA member raSmith accepts the CFSEI Design Excellence Third Place award, Commercial category.
Municipal
First Place
McClure. Malachowsky Hall for Data Science and Information Technology, Gainesville, FL
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Malachowsky Hall for Data Science and Information Technology, Gainesville, Florida
Daniel Linneman (center) of McClure accepts the CFSEI Design Excellence First Place award, Municipal category
Second Place
McClure. Terminal Island Water Reclamation Plant, Digester Cladding Replacement, San Pedro, CA
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Terminal Island Water Reclamation Plant, San Pedro, California
Josh Garton (center) of McClure accepts the CFSEI Design Excellence Second Place award, Municipal category.
Third Place
Lochsa Engineering. LA Chargers HQ & Training Facility “The Bolt”, El Segundo, CA
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LA Chargers HQ & Training Facility — “The Bolt” — El Segundo, California
Caitlin DeRocher (center) of Lochsa Engineering accepts the CFSEI Design Excellence Third Place award, Municipal category.
Residential/Hospitality
First Place
McClure. Rancho Monte Alegre, Carpinteria, CA
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Rancho Monte Alegre, Carpinteria, California
Josh Garton (center) of McClure accepts the CFSEI Design Excellence First Place award, Residential/Hospitality category.
Second Place
Excel Engineering and SK&A Structural Engineers. Banner Lane (Formerly Sursum Corda), Washington, DC
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Banner Lane, Washington, D.C.
John Parish (center) of Excel Engineering accepts the CFSEI Design Excellence Second Place award, Residential/Hospitality category.
Third Place
McClure. Nine31 Apartments, Gainesville, FL
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Nine31 Apartments, Gainesville, Florida
Daniel Linneman (center) of McClure accepts the CFSEI Design Excellence Third Place award, Residential/Hospitality category.
Explore the CFSEI Design Excellence award winning projects at cfsei.org/2025-cfsei-award-winners-for-design-excellence.
CFSEI Creative Detail Awards
CFSEI Creative Detail Awards recognize a cold-formed steel (CFS) detail that exemplifies creativity or ingenuity to solve a design challenge. CFSEI’s Immediate Past Chair Dana Hennis and Chair Tammy Gleed presented this year’s awards at the 2025 CFSEI Expo. Here are the winners:
First Place
Excel Engineering. Harrah’s NOLA CIP, New Orleans, LA
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Harrah’s NOLA CIP, New Orleans, Louisiana
Ryan Georg (center) of Excel Engineering accepts the CFSEI Creative Detail First Place award.
Second Place
Salas O’Brien. Confidential Casino Hotel Tower, Eastern United States
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(Confidential) Casino Hotel Tower, Eastern United States
Daniel Stadig (center) of Salas O’Brien accepts the CFSEI Creative Detail Second Place award.
Third Place
ADTEK Engineers. Puller Veterans Care Center, Warrenton, VA
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Puller Veterans Care Center, Warrenton, Virginia
Andrew Newland (center) of SFIA member ADTEK Engineers accepts the CFSEI Creative Detail Third Place.
See the CFSEI Creative Detail award winners at cfsei.org/2025-cfsei-award-winners-for-creative-detail.
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. For more information, visit www.cfsei.org.
Additional Resources
- Insights and Inspiration Take Center Stage at 2025 CFSEI Expo in Raleigh
- CFSEI Announces Winners of 2025 Student Competition on Cold-Formed Steel Design
- CFSEI Publishes Tech Note on the Design of Cold-Formed Steel Bearing Stiffeners
- Ask an Expert: CFSEI Responds to a Question about the Anchored Leg of a Clip Angle