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Capital Region CANstruction
by Caitlin Daly, AIA, 2021 AIAENY Treasurer Capital Region CANstruction is back for its 11th year. Typically, this annual event would revolve around the design and exhibition of CANstructions at the New York State Museum by teams of architects, engineers, contractors, and students to raise awareness of food insecurities in our community. However, this year Capital Region CANstruction went virtual. Selecting Build Day Teamwork the year Dumbo was built. the theme “Hall of Fame,” participants were asked to create videos highlighting their role in Capital Region CANstruction over the past 10 years. CSArch has one of the longest-tenures having participated every year, and I personally have been involved with our team since I joined the firm. Understanding how important this event is to our community, our team, along with the 10 other dedicated teams signed up for the challenge, we focused our efforts during this CANstruction season on fundraising, knowing that every dollar raised equaled over six pounds of food. While we certainly have missed the opportunity to come together with the rest of the AEC community, our enthusiasm to embrace this new challenge never wavered.
Getting into the spirit of the event by dressing to match the CANsculpture.
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My role on the team was as a member of the fundraising committee. We tried to balance our desire to help our community in a safe manner, while still having fun. After a series of discussions, we set a goal, and agreed to hold a few smaller in-house fundraising events including rebuilding a portion of an old build. Several members of the team gathered the supplies, and we set about building Scooby-Doo from our 2017 build - Scooby Doo’s Mystery CAN-
