Pickering Associates is proud to announce the successful completion of the 2014 Canstruction design and build challenge in Charleston, WV. The Pickering Associates team finished with the Structural Ingenuity award that will now enter the ‘Racing Hunger’ structure into the international Canstruction competition.
The Pickering Associates design and theme centered on DreamWorks’ major motion picture, “Turbo.” Weighing in at over two tons, Turbo used a collective 5,085 canned goods. Over 1,000 cans of hearty pasta gave Turbo a sleek, aerodynamic body. The snail’s spoiler was made of 468 cans of beans and chili. To show their dedication to the race against hunger, the Pickering Associates team constructed a checkered flag, that when viewed from the back displayed a gold trophy!
Canstruction is a national nonprofit organization which hosts competitions, exhibitions and events showcasing colossal structures made entirely of full cans of food for the public to view and vote on. At the end of the viewing, all the food is donated to local food banks. The 2014 Canstruction event in Charleston, WV was hosted by AIA West Virginia and The Covenant House.
Pickering Associates is located in the heart of the Mid-Ohio Valley and committed to community. While official contest rules stated all food used in the competition would be donated to The Covenant House in Charleston, Pickering Associates will bring half of their food items home and donate them to food banks in the Parkersburg/Marietta area.
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