UCLA Southwest Campus Student Housing
Higher Education · Los Angeles, CA
Caston delivered design-build metal stud framing systems, scaffolding, lath and plaster, drywall, spray applied fireproofing, and insulation on UCLA's Southwest Campus Student Housing, constructed during the COVID-19 pandemic without losing any days on the schedule.
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- Market
- Higher Education
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA
- Delivery
- Design-build framing systems
- Scopes
- Six under one contract
- Conditions
- COVID-19 pandemic construction
- Schedule
- No days lost
Built through a pandemic. Without losing a day.
The project was constructed during the COVID-19 pandemic, which brought unique challenges to staffing, logistics, and sequencing, and the schedule could not slip.
The scope combined design-build metal stud framing systems with plaster, drywall, fireproofing, and insulation: a multi-discipline package with tight logistics and high-end finishes.
How Caston Built It
The approach that kept the date
Design-build framing
Caston engineered the metal stud framing systems under design-build delivery, resolving the structure behind the walls before crews arrived.
Six scopes, one contract
Framing, scaffolding, plaster, drywall, fireproofing, and insulation ran through a single accountable team.
Pandemic-proofed logistics
Staffing, deliveries, and sequencing were actively managed through COVID-19 conditions so the schedule never lost a day.
High-end finishes held
Tight logistics did not lower the bar: plaster and finish work carried the standard the campus expected.
Scope Self-Performed
- Design-build metal stud framing systems
- Scaffolding
- Lath and plaster
- Drywall
- Spray applied fireproofing
- Insulation
Outcome
0
Days lost on the schedule during the pandemic
6
Scopes self-performed under one contract
Design-build
Metal stud framing systems
High-end
Finishes delivered despite tight logistics