Canstruction Rochester

We’re thrilled to announce the winners of our 16th Annual Canstruction Rochester design-build competition, which resulted in 32,631 lbs. of food donated to Foodlink!

This year’s theme, Cosmic Conquest: Rise of the Cans, inspired incredible creativity, teamwork, and heart from all participating teams. We’re so proud of how each build turned out!

🏆 Best Original Design (tie): Rochester Institute of Technology & LaBella Associates
💛 People’s Choice: Popli Design Group
💪 Structural Ingenuity: Wegmans Design Group
🎨 Best Use of Labels: Colliers Engineering & Design
🥫 Most Cans & Best Meal: CPL
👏 Honorable Mention: Canbusters & Stantec

Thank you to everyone who helped make this year’s Canstruction Rochester a stellar success! 🌌

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our 16th Annual Canstruction Gala! Together, we celebrated the incredible teams and sponsors who give back to our community and help fight food insecurity. This year’s competition resulted in over 37,000 cans being donated to Foodlink! 🥫 Stay tuned this week as we reveal the winners of the 2025 competition!

As we get ready for next week’s Canstruction Rochester Gala, we’d like to give a huge thank-you to our incredible panel of judges! 🏆 Each brought their passion for our community and a keen eye for creativity as they tackled the tough job of selecting this year’s winners. We’re so grateful for their time, dedication, and CAN-do attitude that helped make 2025 another fantastic year for Canstruction Rochester!

Thank you again to everyone who participated in this year's "Pumpcans, Witches, and Ghostly Goods" themed Canstruction Rochester competition. As a result, we were able to raise over 34,000 cans to be donated to Foodlink and feed those in need throughout the community. We had a blast celebrating with you all at The Strong Museum and can not wait to start brainstorming themes for next year! Drop any theme ideas below, we would love to hear from you. 💭

A special thank you to this year's sponsors:

Presenting Sponsor: Buckingham Properties 🌟

Location Sponsor: The Strong Museum

Additional Sponsors:
AIA Rochester / The Architectural Foundation of Greater Rochester
The Child Advocacy Center of Greater Rochester
LeFrois Builders and Developers
Louis S. & Molly B. Wolk Foundation
Wegmans

The results are in! 🎉 Our judges and the public have cast their votes, selecting the winners of this year’s Canstruction Rochester Awards. Huge congratulations to our 2024 winners and all participating teams for making this year’s competition one of the toughest (and most anticipated!) yet. Thank you for your incredible builds and dedication to our community!

Best Original Design: Wegmans
People's Choice: Wegmans
Most Cans: Wegmans
Best Use of Labels: Mitchell Design Build & VP Supply Corporation
Structural Ingenuity: LaBella Associates
Best Meal: Colliers Engineering & Design
Honorable Mention: CPL & RIT College of Art and Design

Canstruction Rochester is here, and this year's theme, "Pumpcans, Witches, and Ghostly Goods," has brought some spook-tacular creations to life! 🎃👻 Our talented teams have outdone themselves this year, using their creativity and skills to fight hunger in our community, one can at a time. 🥫 This year's builds will remain on display until November 2 at The Strong Museum.

Now it’s your turn! Cast your vote for the “People’s Choice” award. Not only will you help crown a winner, but you’ll also enter for a chance to win a membership to The Strong Museum! 🎟️🎉

Vote Here: https://www.canstructionrochester.com/ -choice

Thank you to all of our teams for making this year’s Canstruction event one to remember.