ClarkDietrich Building Systems was recently recognized with the Design Excellence and Construction Innovation Award from the Cold-Formed Steel Engineers Institute (CFSEI). Awarded annually, the CFSEI awards acknowledge outstanding achievement in creative design, technical innovation and best practices in the use of cold-formed steel.
ClarkDietrich received the Design Excellence Award for its role in the construction of the Western Connecticut State University Visual and Performing Arts Center. The 137,000 square-foot project presented several unique design challenges for the use of cold-formed steel including a 96-foot soaring wall, an interior 40-foot plenum, as well as trapezoidal and triangular windows.
ClarkDietrich was also the recipient of the prestigious Construction Innovation Award for the use of the company’s BlazeFrame fire-stopping system in the recent construction of a University of Massachusetts Lowell student housing project.
