Solid Steel Awards
What our judges look for:
- Project aesthetics
- Complexity of structure and connections
- Use of SDS2 to solve project challenges. For example, the use of parametrics, custom members, automatic and user-modeled features
- Overall "wow" factor — project uniqueness and creativity in execution
Entry Requirements:
- Submitting your project is a two-step process:
- Submit your project information and required files.
- Complete the subsequent License and Release Agreement.
- Submission is free - there is no entry fee for this competition
- We accept one entry per company, per category
- Each submitter must be using SDS2 Version 2018 and newer
- All projects must have been created within the last three years
- New buildings, major retrofits or expansion projects are eligible
- Complete and nearly complete projects can be submitted
Commercial, Large Tonnage
Commercial, Small Tonnage
Industrial
The Paper Machine Hall is an industrial building built to support operations of a state-of-the-art coated recycle board machine.
The Vanderbilt University Residential College A project, located in Nashville, Tennessee was detailed by BV Detailing and Design, Inc.
The state-of-the-art cruise terminal for Royal Caribbean was designed to resemble a futuristic cruise ship, with many different sides to the building’s end walls and roof.
GRAND PRIZE: Industrial | The BWL Energy Park project, located in Lansing, Michigan, is a 250-mw natural gas fired power facility, built to replacing the old coal fired unit. The 500-ton project was detailed by Universal Detailing, Inc., who partnered with Douglas Steel Fabrication.
Customer's Choice Award Winner.
The Gateway to Space Building Number: M6-0307 project, located at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida was detailed by Arteras Inc.
GRAND PRIZE: Commercial, Small Tonnage
Whiting Forest of Dow Gardens features 54 acres of woodlands, ponds, apple orchard, meadows, and streams. The forest's Canopy Walk is the nation’s longest at 1,400-feet long.
GRAND PRIZE: Commercial Large Tonnage
This 370,000-square-foot, 24-story, LEED® Platinum targeted office building is located in a transitioning, evolving and re-emerging district along West Georgia Street that includes the redevelopment of the former Post Office building and the proposed Vancouver Art Gallery.