The Bechtel Residences is a 225 bed student housing project designed to fill a campus housing gap at Cal Tech. The facility consists of six 2 and 3 story ground up buildings with a total square footage of 95,000. The project also included a full commercial kitchen with dining facilities for 400. A solar water heating system was installed to save energy. Muir-Chase was contracted as a “design assist” subcontractor and aided in completing the design. An Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) system was utilized, which shares profits amongst all team members. The project was fully BIM coordinated between all disciplines. Muir-Chase was proud to bring this project in under budget. The facility is in the process of being LEED certified.