Showcase your best engineering project, designed with Dlubal Software, and gain recognition worldwide. The Dlubal user community votes for the most outstanding work â with attractive prizes awaiting the winners!
Your Project
Make sure your project meets these criteria to participate in the contest:
- projects of any type and branch are welcome
- the building must be completed or under construction[1]
- software used: RFEM 6 or RSTAB 9
Required Details
Introduce your project including the following information:
- project name, description, and location
- information on stakeholders (e.g. client, architect, engineer, contractor)
- model file for presentation; no public download[2]
- photos of the building
Example
Upon admission, your project is showcased like this:
The Prizes
Dlubal Software awards prizes to the winners in each regional group:
First Place: 5.000 âŦ
Second Place: 2.500 âŦ
Third Place: 1.500 âŦ
How to Participate
Timeline
Check the Contest Dates to schedule your participation.
Regional Groups
Present your project in one regional group based on the location of your headquarters:
Germany, Austria, Switzerland (DACH) 
International 
Project Submission
Follow these steps to send in your project within 5 weeks
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Sign up to the Dlubal Community.
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Submit your project here: DACH, International.
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Upon admission, your project is
- showcased as Customer Project on Dlubal's website and
- added to the voting queue.
Enhance your DC profile to promote your business !
Public Voting
After a short break, the vote opens for 2 weeks
The voting queue is released, and projects are open for voting. To ensure a fair contest, voters must register in the DC.
Promote your project and invite your network to vote by sharing:
https://community.dlubal.com/awards/register
Awarding
The winning projects will be announced shortly after the voting period.
Dlubal Software would love to highlight the winning projects â prize winners might be asked to assist with a case study.
Prizes will be presented at the Dlubal Community Days.
Latest Updates
Keep an eye on the latest contest information. The Dlubal Team is posting:
Up-to-date Information under DC Awards 2026
Timeline in DC Calendar
Follow dc-awards to see all posts.
Contact
Got questions or want to share your feedback? Just reply below â the DC Awards Advisory Board is happy to answer and help 
Prefer one-to-one? Send a private message
Terms
Upon joining the contest, you acknowledge the principles of the contest provided above and the following rules:
General
The contest consists of two regional groups represented by the group's name. The group "International" represents all regions except from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland (DACH region).
The regional groups are linked to the location of the participating parties. Please choose a region based on your company's headquarters.
The submission period lasts 5 weeks. Projects must be submitted during this period. Subsequently, public voting with a duration of 2 weeks opens, with a short pause for organizing submitted projects.
Refer to the announcements provided under DC Awards 2026 and in DC Calendar to stay informed about the contest schedule.
Participation
To participate in the contest, you must be a registered customer of Dlubal Software. Users with a trial version or student license cannot participate in the contest.
Projects can be withdrawn from the contest until the end of the submission period, but at the latest before public voting begins.
Projects
Projects intended for participation must be submitted through one of the following pages: DACH, International.
Submitted projects must have been created using RFEM 6 or RSTAB 9. Projects using older version of the software will not be eligible for the contest.
Projects must be completed or in progress. The structural shell must be completed in any case.
Only one project per customer can be admitted to the contest â independently of the regional group.
Voting and Prizes
Projects admitted to the contest are added to the voting queue by Dlubal Software under its official DC user account. The voting queue is published by Dlubal Software at the start of public voting.
Each user of the Dlubal Community may vote for one project per regional group. The votes are counted after the public voting period ends. The winners will be announced to the Dlubal Community at a later date.
To receive a prize, winners must provide a Case Study on the awarded project. The preparation of the case study is supervised by the Dlubal Team.
If there are multiple winners for 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place within a regional group, the prize will be split among the participants who tied for that place.
Prizes are awarded at live events.
Data Usage
The projects are publicly presented in the Dlubal Community and on the Dlubal website. You agree that Dlubal Software may use provided data for internal and marketing purposes.
You confirm that none of the submitted content (e.g. texts, photos, model files) infringes on the rights of third parties.
Final
There is no legal claim to admission to the contest or to receiving an award. Dlubal Software reserves the right to decide upon individual participation in the contest including refusal, cancellation, and exclusion.
Dlubal Software does not assume liability resulting from suspension, rescheduling, or termination of the contest, in particular due to unforeseen circumstances.
The DC Awards is an international contest. In general, Dlubal Software supports German and English for all regional groups. Additional languages may be provided through automatic AI translation of contents.
Dlubal Software monitors the public voting and reserves the right to take steps in case of irregularities. Attempts at fraud will result in disqualification from the contest.
In case any provision of these terms is invalid, the remaining terms shall remain unaffected.