CANstruction Calgary

April 8, 2013
By Cody Battershill

CANstruction Calgary, an Annual Fundraising Event

Who

CANstruction Calgary is a fundraising event where groups of builders, engineers, designers and architects join forces and compete against each other to see who can build the most extraordinary structure entirely from canned foods!

In 2013, CANstruction Calgary had 16 teams in competition including…

WorleyParsons

Fluor

Graham Construction

Shell Canada

Suncor Energy

ABB

AECOM

AMEC

Langevin Public School

ARC Resources

Nexen

PCL

Urban Systems

City of Calgary

Bantrel

Bishop Kidd

What

CANstruction is an annual fundraiser in Calgary that helps raise food for those who need it. After the structures are judged and seen by the public, every single last can of food used in the exhibit is donated to the Calgary Inter-Faith Food Bank.

Since CANstruction’s Calgary debut in 2006, the event has raised approximately 300,000 pounds of food!

When

2013’s CANstruction Calgary was from March 14th to the 21st at Southcentre Mall (one of the best Calgary shopping malls). I had the opportunity to visit the exhibit and was amazed by the creativity and dedication of the participating teams.

Each team had an extremely unique structure; it really was awe inspiring to see a structure, detailed, colorful, tall for the materials used, all that you would expect from a regular building to be built completely from canned food!

CANstruction is an annual event; I will do my best to keep you posted on when CANstruction 2014 will be taking place!

Where

CANstruction happens in a public place, like Southcentre Mall for example, where the event was held in 2013.

In 2012, the event took place at TELUS Spark Science Centre; I will do my best to keep you posted on the 2014 location and date when the time is near!

Why

CANstruction is a global fundraising project with an outreach to over 100 cities worldwide. Founded by the Society for Design Administration over 10 years ago, the fundraiser has made its way to 5 places in Alberta so far, including...

Calgary

Lethbridge

Red Deer

Edmonton

Bashaw

CANstruction is just one of the many ways corporate Calgary has been involved in the local community that has made our city better a better place to live. Thank you participants of CANstruction for making a difference!

2013 Award Winners

Best Meal – Bantrel with “iCAN CANnon away hunger!” – Angry Bird

Best Label – Suncor Energy with “NinCANdo 3DS”

Best Structure – Fluor Canada with “His Master’s Voice”

Juror’s Pick – City of Calgary with “To Whom it May CANcern”

*Sourced from www.canstructioncalgary.com