The new Bechtel Family Center expands the Monterey Bay Aquarium's educational programs and offerings with an emphasis on school-age populations and the adults who influence them. R+C provided a condition assessment for a later demolished building on site, programming, and structural and geotechnical engineering for the new 25,500 sf replacement building. The new building is located at a site two blocks from the aquarium and will include STEM classrooms and learning labs with live animal displays, offices, meeting and multi-use spaces, and a rooftop garden.