CANstruction 2013 - 6th Annual Competition
Date: March 22, 2013
Venue: University Center
Theme: The Wonders of the World
Entries: 11
CANs Donated - xx,xxx (39,927 lbs of food)
Team: Coffman Engineers
CANstructure: Hoover Dam
CANs: x,xxx (x,xxx pounds)
It's easy to find lists of Ancient and Modern Wonders of the World. Here, Coffman Engineers would like to highlight the Hoover Dam & Bypass Bridge. The final products are impressive to behold, but also want to nightlight the construction process of both of these projects were also quite impressive. It's rumored that the construction hard hat was first invented during this project, and novel processes were introduced to assist the concrete pour.
Team: Dimond High School Engineering
CANstructure: Helping the sun set on hunger in Anchorage
CANs: 4,000 (x,xxx pounds)
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Team: DOWL
CANstructure: PhoneHenge
CANs: 2,680 (x,xxx pounds)
For millennia, Stonehenge has stood in awed silence, marveling & mystifying people around the globe. In the dawn of the new millennium, the iPhone stands at the front of technological advances shaping our world in astonishing ways in the theme of "Wonders of the World" we have designed our structure to symbolize those feats of humankind that continue to amaze us. We ask everyone to embrace the wondrous human trails of compassion & generosity by helping the Food Bank of Alaska provide assistance to those in need. When it comes to feeding hungry Alaskans we are ready to answer the call.
Team: Michael Baker and F. Robert Bell and Associates
CANstructure: Bean-eficial Taj Mahal
CANs: 4,000 (x,xxx pounds)
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Team: RIM Architects and Reid Middleton
CANstructure: IOSPeople
CANs: 4,000 (x,xxx pounds)
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Team: Schnieder Structural Engineers
CANstructure: CANosseeum
CANs: x,xxx (x,xxx pounds)
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