2018 CFSEI AWARD WINNERS
CFSEI INNOVATIVE DETAIL AWARD WINNER
FIRST PLACE
ZFA STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS – SWOOPING EYEBROW DETAIL - GRATON RANCHERIA RESORT HOTEL, ROHNERT PARK, CA
Graton Rancheria Resort Hotel
Rohnert Park, CA 
Owner: RT Browning
 Architect of Record: Friedmutter Group
Award Entry Submitted by: Dennis Fagent & Andrew Zafrin, ZFA Structural Engineers
 
CFSEI DESIGN EXCELLENCE AWARD WINNERS
FIRST PLACE/RESIDENTIAL
CLARKDIETRICH ENGINEERING SERVICES – AIT BARRACKS COMPLEX PHASE 1, MONTEREY, CA
AIT Barracks Complex Phase-1
 1759 Lewis Road
 Monterey, CA 93944 
Completed: Fall 2017
 Construction Cost: $56 million
 
Owner: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
 Architect: SVA Architects, Inc.
 Architect of Record: Christopher Coyle, AIA
 Engineer of Record for Structural Work: McClure Engineering Company
Cold-Formed Steel Specialty Engineer: ClarkDietrich Engineering Services 
 Cold-Formed Steel Specialty Contractor: SWI Finishing, Inc.  
 Award Entry Submitted by: Brent Owens, P.E., ClarkDietrich Engineering Services
Project Summary Details
 
FIRST PLACE/MUNICIPAL
FRAMEWORKS ENGINEERING  – TRINIDAD BAPTIST CHURCH, CAPITOL HEIGHTS, MD
Trinidad Baptist Church
 6611 Walker Mill Road
 Capitol Heights, MD 20743 
Completed: June 2017
 Construction Cost: 
 
Owner: Trinidad Baptist Church
 Architect of Record: Arel Architects
 
Engineer of Record for Structural Work: SEG, Inc.
Cold-Formed Steel Specialty Engineer: Frameworks Engineering 
 Cold-Formed Steel Specialty Contractor: Panel Systems, Inc.  
 Award Entry Submitted by: Robert Warr, P.E., Frameworks Engineering.
 
FIRST PLACE/COMMERCIAL
MATSEN FORD DESIGN ASSOCIATES, INC -  1600 WEST LOOP SOUTH BALLROOM CEILING, HOUSTON, TX
1600 West Loop South-Ballroom Ceiling
 1600 West Loop South
 Houston, TX 
Completed: March 20187
 Construction Cost: $350 million
Owner: Fertitta Entertainment/Landry's, Inc. 
 Architect: Gensler
Architect of Record: Willie Kirkpatrick 
 Engineer of Record for Structural Work: Walter P. Moore
Cold-Formed Steel Specialty Engineer: Matsen Ford Design Associates, Inc. 
Cold-Formed Steel Specialty Contractor: Texas Exterior Systems, LLC.  
Award Entry Submitted by: Katie Benjamin, Matsen Ford Design Associates, Inc.
 
SECOND PLACE
CEMCO - PARK LANE ALA MOANA, HONOLULU, HI
Park Lane Ala Moana
 1388 Ala Moana Blvd
 Honolulu, HI 96814 
Completed: October 2017
 Construction Cost: $1 billion
 
Owner: Kabayashi/MacNaughton Group 
Architect : Solomon Cordwell Buenz 
 Engineer of Record for Structural Work: Magnusson Klemencic
Cold-Formed Steel Specialty Engineer: CEMCO 
 Cold-Formed Steel Specialty Contractor:  Group Builders, Inc.  
Award Entry Submitted by: Akira Usami, CEMCO
 
SECOND PLACE
THE LEFFLER GROUP - BAY AREA REFINERY, WHARF CENTRAL CONTROL BUILDING, MARTINEZ, CA
"Bay Area Refinery" Wharf Central Control Building
 Martinez, CA 
Completed: August 2017
 Construction Cost: $1.6 million (relocation and other costs unknown)
 
Owner: "Bay Area Refinery" 
Architect: Smith LaRock Architecture P.C. 
Architect of Record: Michael B. Smith RA 
 Engineer of Record for Structural Work: The Leffler Group
 Cold-Formed Steel Specialty Contractor:  Denham Contracting Inc.  
Award Entry Submitted by: Daniel Stadig, P.E., The Leffler Group
Project Summary Details
 
 
SECOND PLACE
EXCEL ENGINEERING - PINNACLE BANK ARENA, LINCOLN, NE
Pinnacle Bank Arena
 400 Pinnacle Arena Drive 
Lincoln, NE 68501 
Completed: August 2013
 Construction Cost: $179 million
 
Owner: PC Sports 
Architect: DLR Group 
Architect of Record: Jay Jaros
 Engineer of Record for Structural Work: Buro Happold
 Cold-Formed Steel Specialty Engineer: Excel Engineering
 Cold-Formed Steel Specialty Contractor: Falewitch Construction Service  
Award Entry Submitted by: Jeffrey Kreinke, P.E., S.E., Excel Engineering. 
THIRD PLACE
RADIUS TRACK CORPORATION -  DUKE ELLINGTON SCHOOL OF ARTS, 
WASHINGTON, DC
Duke Ellington School of the Arts
 1680 35th Street NW 
Washington, DC 20007
Completed: August 2017
 Construction Cost: $145 million
 
Owner: Districk of Columbia Public Schools | DGS 
Architect: A Joint Venture of Lance Bailey Associates, Inc./ Cox Graae + Spack Architects  
Architect of Record: Chris Ambridge
 Engineer of Record for Structural Work: RESTL Designers, Inc.
 Cold-Formed Steel Specialty Engineer: Studio NYL
 Cold-Formed Steel Specialty Contractor: Performance Contracting, Inc.  
Award Entry Submitted by: Chuck Mears, FAIA, Radius Track Corporation