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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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When: March 20, 2020

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

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Theme: Anchorage 2020: CANstructing the Future

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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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2020 TEAMS

  1. Alaska DOT & PF Road Hogs

  2. Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) - CANtankerous CANstructors

  3. Coffman Engineers

  4. Dimond High School - Engineering Academy

  5. DOWL

  6. Enterprise Engineering, Inc.

  7. HDR & others - EQ CAN Crew

  8. Lounsbury & Associates

  9. Nana WorleyParsons - CAN-Do Innovators

  10. PND Engineers - Power Pack

  11. R&M Consultants, Inc.

  12. RIM Architects/ Reid Middleton

 

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SCHEDULE

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November 1, 2019

Registration Deadline

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

 

November 19, 2019 @ 1730

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 6, 2019

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 10, 2020

CAN Orders

Download form for Carrs or Fred Meyer. Follow instructions on form.

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March 13, 2020

CAN Drop

CAN Delivery to FBA. Teams do a general inspection of the delivery for CANs that are missing

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March 17, 2020

Order Additional CANs

Deadline to notify Fred Meyer/Carrs if CANs were missing or issues with colors.

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March 20, 2020

Build Day

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

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March 21-28, 2020

Free Public Display of CANstructures and #peopleschoice voting.

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

March 30, 2020

De-CANstruction

Structures are taken apart. Teams must help de-CANstruct if their structure.

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TBD

Awards Ceremony

For participating teams only

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