Sundt and industry partners promoted Olympic spirit while helping the less fortunate in Arizona during Phoenix Canstruction last week.
For the past 10 years, Canstruction, in conjunction with the Arizona Chapter of the Society for Marketing Professional Services, has invited architects, engineers, contractors, design firms and schools of design to participate in this effort to help St. Mary’s Food Bank Alliance. Canstruction is an international community service event where design teams compete to build structures out of canned food. The event offers the design community the opportunity to exhibit its imagination and creativity while helping the less fortunate in our state.
Our structure used 2,580 cans and is on display at the Phoenix Convention Center until Aug. 19. We teamed with structural designers/engineers Meyer Borgman Johnson, architects HDR and Coreslab Structures on the project. The team used building information modeling to work out the design, get an accurate can count and make sure the display fit the physical constraints of the competition.
Since its inception, Phoenix Canstruction has provided close to 400,000 pounds of canned food for those in need across Arizona.
Our team also received support from Sprouts Farmers Market and packaging company Smurfit Kappa.