Time’s almost up to showcase your standout steel framing work. The Steel Framing Industry Association (SFIA) is now accepting entries for its 2025 Industry Project and Product Awards—honoring innovation and excellence in the use of SFIA-certified cold-formed steel products. Now in its third year, the awards spotlight top-performing projects and products shaping the future of steel framing.

The deadline for the SFIA 2025 Awards entries is 8:00 pm ET on Friday, June 27, 2025. The competition is open to SFIA members only. SFIA members in any SFIA membership category can participate, but they must be a member to submit a project to the SFIA Awards competition.

SFIA members can download the Contest Rules in PDF format from Dropbox and submit their projects using the official SFIA Awards Submissions Form. Architects, engineers, manufacturers, distributors, contractors and others can enter projects in the competition, so long as the projects feature SFIA-certified CFS products and the entrants themselves are SFIA members.

“Like last year, the SFIA 2025 Industry Project Awards is the best of the best of projects featuring SFIA-certified steel and steel connectors,” said Don Allen, SFIA executive director.

7 Categories of Awards

The SFIA Industry Project Awards will emphasize the innovative use of CFS framing. The 2025 competition will include entrants in the following 7 categories:

1. Efficient use of cold-formed steel framing
2. Conversion from another material to cold-formed steel framing
3. Architectural design detail
4. Sustainability
5. Size of the job (quantity of cold-formed steel products used) in Low Rise (1-3 stories), Mid Rise (4-7 stories) and Super Mid Rise (8+stories)
6. Judging panel’s choice
7. NEW for 2025! Innovative Product

One winner and one honorable mention will be awarded for each category, unless suitable submissions are not received. Winners will be announced at a special awards ceremony to be held by SFIA this Fall.

Submit your projects here.