Ellerbe Becket employees participated in Canstruction, the most unique food charity event in the world. Sponsored by the Society for Design Administration, it’s a design/build competition held throughout North America in which teams of design professionals create structures made entirely from full cans of food.

Ellerbe Becket’s theme was “Souper-Sized: Feeding the World One Bowl at a Time.” Nearly 20 staff members came together to design a giant bowl of soup complete with crackers on the side.

“A bowl of soup provides comfort for the body and soul,” said Ellerbe Becket’s Erin Nielsen. Her colleague Greg Hamilton added, “Together we can share this with everyone in need around the world, one bowl at a time.” Nielsen and Hamilton appeared on the local Fox morning program over the weekend. Click here on the link to view the story .

The “Souper-Sized” bowl of soup won a Canstruction award for “Best Structural Ingenuity.” In all, five design teams collected 25,000 cans of food (approximately 20,000 pounds) for donation to Second Harvest.

Additional Ellerbe Becket employees participating included Aaron Kapphahn, Mike Oertel, Lisa Millhone, Nick Oeke, Marla Mullinax, Shawn Mosch, Trish Murray, Amylee Harrington, Chris Stark, Stephanie Polson, Amylee Harrington, Sean Mulcahy, Steve Gamache, Jared Schmidt, Shannon Officer and Amado Guevara.

An innovator since its founding in 1909, Ellerbe Becket is a leader in architecture, engineering, interiors and the construction industry, with office locations worldwide.

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