Solid Steel Competition
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.
One grand prize winner, for each category, will be awarded the following prizes:
- Trophy
- Tablet to the person that submits the project
- Project spotlight featured in industry media outlets
- Animated video presentation of your project
- 1 complimentary SDS/2 Summit registration pass for next year
- $3000 off one-year SDS/2 software service fees
Second place winners will be awarded the following prizes:
- Trophy
- $1,000 off one-year of SDS/2 software service fees
A company can submit one entry to both the commercial and/or industrial main categories. After all entries are received, the commercial projects will be split into two subcategories based on structural steel tonnage.
- Industrial
- Commercial Small Tonnage
- Commercial Large Tonnage
There is no fee for entry into this competition.
- One entry per company, per category
- Person submitting the entry will receive $10 Amazon gift card via email
- Each submitter must be using SDS/2 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
- A signed release form must be emailed to the attention of Stephanie Haith at steph@sds2.com before the competition deadline.
- If your project is a finalist, you will be asked to participate in a testimonial at the SDS/2 Summit Online.
- All entries, including the job and fabricator, must be received at SDS/2 by August 17th, 2020.
During the competition judges will evaluate:
- Aesthetics of the project
- Complexity - modeling difficulty, connection design
- Use of automatic software features vs user modeled
- Use of parametrics and custom members
- The overall cool factor and creativity in the project execution
We’ll ask you for the following:
- A signed release form must be emailed to the attention of Stephanie Haith at steph@sds2.com before the competition deadline.
- Full name, company, and email contact information
- Brief description of your project
- Each year hundreds of industry experts submit to present at the SDS/2 Summit
- This competition offers users the opportunity to present their work to some of the biggest and brightest minds in our industry
- SDS/2 Summit 2020 offers unparalleled networking opportunities and the chance to learn, from the industry-leading experts