Pickett, Kelm & Associates, Inc.

4100 Duval Road, Building 4, Suite 103

Austin, Texas 78759-4277

Tel. (512) 345-5538  Fax (512) 345-4305

Educational Facilities

PKA has provided structural engineering for public and private school facilities throughout central Texas.  We have particular expertise in the design and detailing of tilt-up concrete wall systems, including insulated tilt-up wall panels.  PKA has helped pioneer the use of exterior insulated and interior uninsulated tilt-up in the construction of central Texas schools.  Panel finishes have included cast-in thin brick, adhered masonry, brick and masonry veneer, exposed architectural concrete, liners, stains and textured paint.  Since 2005, PKA has designed and detailed over 4,900 tilt-up panels for school and related facilities.

PKA’s services include tilt-up panel design, preparation of panel elevation drawings and panel lifting and bracing design.

Representative public school projects include:

• Leander ISD Vandegrift High School and Additions
• Leander ISD Rouse High School and Additions
• Salado ISD High School
• Leander High School Improvements and Additions
• Llano ISD High School, Elementary School and Junior High Additions
• Leander ISD Danielson Middle School
• Leander ISD Stiles Middle School
• Leander ISD Four Points Middle School
• Leander ISD Wiley Middle School (2008 Tilt-up Concrete Association Award Winner)
• Leander ISD Canyon Ridge Middle School
• Lake Travis ISD Hudson Bend Middle School and Improvements
• Lake Travis ISD Lake Travis Middle School and Bee Cave Middle Schools
• Leander ISD Westside, Ronald Reagan, Reed, Akin, Larkspur and Tarvin Elementary Schools
• Llano ISD Elementary School, Packsaddle Elementary School and Junior High Additions
• Leander ISD Vista Ridge High School Auditorium Addition
• Leander ISD Leander, Cedar Park, Rouse, Vista Ridge and Glenn High School Ag Buildings
• Leander ISD Support Services and Transportation Center Improvements
• Manor ISD Pioneer Crossing Elementary School
• Liberty Hill ISD Bill Burden Elementary School
• Lake Travis ISD Serene Hills Elementary School
• Lake Travis ISD Lake Travis Elementary School
• Lake Travis ISD Lake Pointe Elementary School
• Austin ISD Mills Elementary School New Entry
• Lake Travis ISD Distribution and Transportation Centers
• Nixon-Smiley CISD Nixon High School Gymnasium Repairs

Representative private and charter school facilities include:

• Orenda Gateway Auxiliary Gymnasium and Competition Gym in Georgetown
• Orenda Gateway Student Union and Learning Center Buildings
• Austin International School Improvements
• Hyde Park Baptist School Fieldhouse, Austin
• The Abacus School of Austin
• St. Michael’s Catholic Academy Campus Center
• Children’s Center of Austin
• Hill Country Bible Church Education Building and Athletics Building, Austin
• Santa Cruz Catholic Church Education Building, Buda
• Holy Family Catholic School, Austin
• St. Thomas More Education Building Expansion, Austin
• First United Methodist Church of Round Rock Education Building
• Fondren Jones Science Building Addition, Southwestern University