BBQ For Water: 14th Annual Well Worth It BBQ A Huge Success!

Another year, another successful Well Worth It Drive-Thru BBQ! Cannon’s 14th annual Well Worth It Drive-Thru BBQ was held during the last week of July to raise awareness and funds for the global water crisis. This year’s Drive-Thru BBQ sold a total of 275 tri-tip dinners, raising $7,600 that will be directly donated towards clean water infrastructure projects with Cannon’s...

Every year in spring, the Central Coast chapter of the American Public Works Association announces both their Project of the Year Awards and Professional of the Year Awards. This year, the City of Pismo Beach was honored with a Project of the Year award for the newly installed Pismo Beach Pier Plaza project. Cannon’s team led the materials testing, office...

Modjeska Park Underground Stormwater Detention and Infiltration System Project in Anaheim, CA, designed by Cannon of San Luis Obispo, CA, was recently honored two awards for its beneficial public contribution and engineering excellence.   It was announced in November that the American Public Works Association’s (APWA) Southern California Chapter named the system Project of the Year in its category. Additionally, the American Council of Engineering...

Cannon is pleased to accept the California Central Coast Chapter APWA 2019 Project of the Year Award in recognition of the Arroyo Grande Creek Waterway Management Project.   According to the award’s criteria, “The Central Coast Chapter APWA Public Works Project of the Year Award was established to promote excellence in the management and administration of public works projects by recognizing the alliance between the managing agency, the...

The Enterprise Holdings Foundation donated $2,500 toward Cannon’s Well Worth It Campaign in 2020. Cannon, in partnership with Charity:Water, has raised more than $130,000 over the last ten years to build 24 wells, fund a drilling rig, contribute to bio-sand filters, and boost hygiene education. The Enterprise Holdings Foundation has now been a supporter for four years running. The Enterprise...

Each year, ASCE Region 9 presents Project and Individual Awards to recognize outstanding Civil Engineering projects at their annual ASCE Region 9 California Infrastructure Symposium and Awards Dinner. This year, the virtual awards dinner was on September 24th. To be nominated for one of these awards, projects must be located within the boundaries of ASCE Region 9, better known as...

On September 25th, 2020, Cannon was awarded two honors by the Central Coast Green Building Council’s 2019 Green Awards program. Our yakʔitʸutʸu Cal Poly Residential Community Project won the highest honor for the Green Schools category. yakʔitʸutʸu, Cal Poly SLO’s First-Year Residential Community, is a large-scale, concrete collegiate student housing project. To honor the Central Coast’s native residents, each of...

July 17, 2020, San Luis Obispo-—From September 18th to the 20th, the Loose Cannons will be taking off on their annual Cannon Coaster Bike Ride. This year the Loose Cannons and their friends will be riding their bikes 180 miles, much of it along Highway 1, from SLO to Malibu. Despite all the uncertainties in the world today, one point...

July 7, 2020, San Luis Obispo, California – In 2011, Cannon’s Well Worth It Campaign (Campaign) launched the Annual Drive-Thru BBQ to raise funds for water wells in developing countries. Since then, more than $130,000 has been raised and countless lives have been changed. This year, despite the global epidemic, the intrepid volunteers behind the Campaign are hosting the 10th...

May 22, 2020 – As avid cyclists, Cannon is excited to announce that we are helping to sponsor a free virtual screening of Motherload. In partnership with Santa Monica Spoke and co-Community Sponsors with Lyft, Cannon hopes to educate others about the local and global benefits of biking through the film Motherload. The film is advertised as, “a crowdsourced documentary about a new mother’s...