ARCHITECTS

The Steel Framing Alliance, its members and affiliated organizations offer programs tailored to meet the needs of architects and other design professionals as they expand their portfolios to include cold-formed steel framing.  The SFA is a Passport Provider of the American Institute of Architects Continuing Education System to assist AIA members and others in maximizing their professional skills to include cold-formed steel framing.

While cold-formed steel framing has been traditionally used for interior partition walls it has grown to be a solid performer as the main structural element in mid-rise and multi-family structures including apartments, condominiums, hospitality, and multi-family structures.  Non-combustible cold-formed steel serves the need for meeting the most stringent fire resistant requirements all while providing design flexibility and superior performance.  In just a few short years cold-formed steel has developed an infrastructure of codes, standards, design guides, training resources and a common standard for specifying and identifying steel is firmly in place.