Cypress College Science, Engineering and Math Building
Higher Education · Cypress, CA
Caston self-performed eleven scopes on Cypress College's Science, Engineering and Math Building, highlighted by ultra-high-performance concrete panels engineered under design-build deferred approval and finished to match the campus's existing exposed aggregate panels.
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- Market
- Higher Education
- Location
- Cypress, CA
- Scopes
- Eleven under one contract
- Feature
- Ultra-high-performance concrete panels
- Engineering
- Design-build deferred approval
- Finish
- Custom exposed aggregate match
Panels engineered to match the campus around them.
The building's ultra-high-performance concrete panels required design-build deferred approval engineering and shop drawings before a single panel could be made.
The panels also carried a custom finish that had to match the existing campus panels, including their exposed aggregate, so the new building read as part of the campus.
How Caston Built It
The approach that kept the date
Engineered under deferred approval
Caston ran design-build deferred approval engineering and produced the shop drawings for the UHPC panel system.
Custom finish matching
The panel finish was developed to match the existing campus panels, exposed aggregate included.
Eleven scopes, one team
Framing, fireproofing, carpentry, plaster, acoustical plaster, UHPC panels, scaffolding, sheet metal, drywall, fire protection specialties, and air barriers ran through Caston.
Envelope and interior together
The same team responsible for the panels also built the walls behind them, so tolerances held across the whole assembly.
Scope Self-Performed
- Metal stud framing
- Spray applied fireproofing
- Rough carpentry
- Lath and plaster
- Acoustical plaster
- Ultra-high-performance concrete panels
- Scaffolding
- Sheet metal
- Drywall
- Fire protection specialties
- Air barriers
Outcome
UHPC
Panels engineered under design-build deferred approval
Matched
Custom exposed aggregate finish to the existing campus panels
11
Scopes self-performed under one contract
1
Partner for envelope and interior
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