Pickett, Kelm & Associates, Inc.

Consulting Structural Engineers


Pickett, Kelm & Associates, Inc.

4100 Duval Road, Building 4, Suite 103

Austin, Texas 78759-4277

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


Company Profile


Pickett, Kelm & Associates, Inc. (PKA) is a consulting engineering firm formed to provide professional structural engineering services to clients in the public, institutional, industrial and commercial market sectors.


PKA was founded in February, 1993, as a partnership by Gary Pickett and William Kelm, professional engineers with combined experience of over 60 years in the design and project management of facilities that include schools, office buildings, advanced technology manufacturing facilities, churches, retail developments, industrial facilities, parking structures, sports facilities, public works facilities, vehicular and pedestrian bridges, retaining walls and site structures, small dams and water quality structures. The firm incorporated as Pickett, Kelm & Associates, Inc. in December, 1995.  Larry Wu was promoted to principal of the firm in February, 2008.


The firm occupies leased office space at 4100 Duval Road, Building 4, Suite 103 in northwest Austin, Texas.


PKA emphasizes the use of technology for communications, planning, engineering production and general business functions. Applications encompass a library of both general purpose and specialized structural engineering analysis and design programs, including those for finite element analysis, building system analysis and design, and the analysis and design of structural steel, composite concrete and steel, reinforced and post-tensioned concrete, pre-tensioned prestressed concrete and wood structures. Drawing production is based on the use of Revit Building Information Modeling and AutoCAD computer aided design and drafting software. Business applications include Microsoft Office for word processing, spreadsheet and document publishing, Google Applications and Bluebeam for PDF editing and markup.  An integrated project management and bookkeeping system provides timely, accurate tracking of project costs and invoicing.


PKA currently has 6 licensed structural engineers on staff.