Solid Steel Competition
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