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EVENT INFO

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Who: Teams of Architects, Engineers, Contractors or Student Teams.

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Why: It starts with one CAN. To feed the hungry. To lift a spirit. To change the world.

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100,000+ Alaskans, including 30,000+ children, access hunger relief programs supported by the Food Bank of Alaska. CANstruction's annual Design/Build competition puts a visual spotlight on hunger while showcasing the Anchorage design community's best & brightest.

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Think You have what it takes to CANstruct and win #bestorginaldesign? We are SUPER excited to see what our 14 teams come up with (team list below).

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When: Build-Day - March 22, 2019 (noon-midnight)

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Where: Dimond Center Mall (800 E Dimond Blvd, Anchorage, AK 99515)

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Theme: Superheroes vs Villains

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What: Design and build structures made entirely from CANned food within a 10'x10'x10' area. See instructions rules and regulations for more information.

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Awards will be given in the following categories

  • Best Original Design #bestoriginaldesign

  • Most CANs #mostCANs

  • People's Choice #peopleschoice

  • Best use of Labels #bestuseoflabels

  • Structural Ingenuity #structuralingenuity

  • Food Bank of Alaska #fbamostwanted (see more here)

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Additional Info: See Links above. Have questions/comments/ideas, email us at info@canstruction-anchorage.org

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2019 TEAMS

  1. Alaska Testlab

  2. Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities / PND Engineers

  3. Architects Alaska

  4. Anchorage School District - Dimond High School Engineering Academy / MBA Engineers

  5. BP Alaska

  6. Cadence General / KPB Architects / Alaska Industrial Hardware

  7. BBFM Engineers, Inc. / NorthForm Architecture / Shannon & Wilson, Inc

  8. Alaska Native Science & Engineering Program (ANSEP) / Cornerstone Construction / Coffman Engineers

  9. DOWL

  10. Enterprise Engineering, Inc.

  11. HDR

  12. Nvision Architecture / DCI Engineers

  13. AMC Engineers / R&M Consultants

  14. RIM Architects / Reid Middleton

  15. Anchorage Native Tribal Heath Consortium (ANTHC)

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DETAILED SCHEDULE

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October 31, 2018

Registration Deadline

Teams pay fee, only need to commit to having a team.

 

November 14, 2018 @4:30 PM

Team Captain's Meeting

One representative from each team attends a meeting the the committee to get more info and ask any questions they have. Meeting will be held at Food Bank of Alaska.

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December 7, 2018

Preliminary Design Due

Email a sketch (PDF or JPEG) to the committee @ info@canstruction-anchorage.org. The sketch can include any level of detail you wish.

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January 11, 2019

CAN Orders to Carrs

Forms will be provided in excel and should be emailed to Carrs representative, more info at team meeting.

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February 1, 2019

Team Board Info

Provide committee with a description of your structure, including but not limited to describing what foods you included in your structure, how your structure ties into the theme and/or hunger. We love and encourage plays on the word CAN, but its not required. Let us know names of people on your team, sponsors you want to acknowledge.

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March 20, 2019

CAN Drop

Carrs delivers CANs. Teams do a general inspection of the delivery for CANs that are missing

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March 22, 2019 @ Noon-Midnight

Build Day

Teams will be building, the public is welcome to view the action in progress

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March 22, 2019 to

March 31, 2019

Free Public Display of CANstructures and #peopleschoice voting.

Spend some time walking around all the awesome CANstructures throughout the Dimond Center.

 

March TBD, 2019

Awards Ceremony

For participating teams only

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April 1, 2019

De-CANstruction

Structures are taken apart. Teams must help de-CANstruct if their structure is over 8 feet tall. All teams are encouraged to help.

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