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News
September 2, 2009
The Leander Independent School District rededicated A. C. Bible, Jr. Memorial Stadium this evening prior to the opening game between the Cedar Park Timberwolves and the Westlake Chapparals in the new facility. The new facility seats 10,200 and includes new grandstands, pressbox, concessions buildings, restroom facilities, ticket booths, Fieldturf, track surfacing, practice fields and parking.
The stadium was built on the site of the existing Bible Stadium to replace the old, ailing facility. As part of the reconstruction, the pressbox and home side seating were moved from the east to the west side of the stadium. The floor of the steel-framed pressbox is located over 62 feet above the playing surface. PKA provided structural engineering services for the facility.
November, 2008
Repairs have been completed to the high school gymnasium at the Nixon-Smiley High School. The gymnasium consists of a timber plank roof supported by wood glulam purlins and four glulam arches with spans of 110 feet. The exterior ends of the arches had developed severe decay that threatened the safety and stability of the structure. Because of the beauty and style of the construction, the decision was made to repair the structure.
PKA designed repairs to the gym and arranged for the construction of the repairs on an emergency basis. Repairs consisted of the shoring of the structure; removal of the exterior ends of the decayed wood arches; and installation of hollow structural sections, rolled to match the curvature of the arches, to replace the decayed wood sections. Two hollow stee; sections were provided , one to either side, at each end of each arch, with the steel sections through-bolted to the glulam arches. PKA is pleased to have been of service in the preservation of this historic structure.
March, 2008
The Tilt-up Concrete Association has presented a 2008 Tilt-up Achievement Award to PKA for the Leander Independent School District's Wiley Middle School (Middle School No. 6). The award cites the school as an outstanding example of tilt-up concrete construction. PKA provided structural engineering services for the entire facility, including the design and detailing of the tilt-up wall panels.
February 18, 2008
Larry S. Wu has been promoted to principal. Larry, who holds a B. S. in Architectural Engineering and an M.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin, has been employed with PKA since 1997. He has been instrumental in the development of PKA's work in the civil structures market. As a principal with PKA, Larry's primary responsibility will be structural engineering for civil structures including bridges, retaining walls, lift stations, pump stations, culverts and environmental structures.
November 28, 2007
Wiley Middle School (Middle School No. 6) at the Leander Independent School District has been selected as a 2008 Tilt-up Achievement Award Winner by the Tilt-up Concrete Association. PKA provided structural engineering design and prepared the detailed tilt-up panel elevation drawings for the Wiley Middle School project. The project architect was Fields & Associates. The project construction manager was American Constructors, LP, who self-performed the tilt-up panel construction.
September 2, 2006
Texas A&M University debuted the new video and ribbon board displays at Kyle Field tonight for the season opener against The Citadel. The video and ribbon boards were a spectacular and overwhelming success. The high definition video and concert quality sound systems greatly enhance the gameday experience for Texas Aggie football fans.
The new video display measures 54' in height and 73' in width, and contains 154 individual video modules. It is the second largest in collegiate athletics, and one of the 10 largest in the world. It is seven times larger than the display that it replaced.
The video display structure is 110' in height and 92'-6" in width and contains over 105 tons of structural steel. The structure is supported on a grid of concrete grade beams, which were necessary to bridge existing foundation piers, and drilled shafts with underreamed footings.
Pickett, Kelm & Associates provided structural engineering design and construction documents for the new structure as well as design and detailing of the supports for 1,100 feet of ribbon fascia video displays at the second deck of Kyle Field and support for new ribbon fascia displays at Reed Arena. PKA will also be providing structural engineering services in connection with the upgrade of the video display at Olsen Field, Texas A&M's baseball facility. PKA provided structural engineering services for the project to Mitsubishi Electric Power Products, Inc. Construction is being completed by Alpha Building Systems, Reynolds Sign Company, Garrett Mechanical, Inc., Britt Rice Electrical, LP, CMC Alamo Steel and Bosworth Steel Erectors.
August 19, 2006
The Leander Independent School District dedicated its newest middle school facility this morning. The Bernice Knox Wiley Middle School was dedicated by Superintendent Tom Glenn, members of the LISD school board and Wiley family and a crowd of parents, teachers and students.
The facility encloses 176,564 square feet of classroom, administrative offices, cafeteria, library, locker room and gymnasium space. The classroom wing utilizes a sloped, standing seam metal roof supported by metal roof deck, gabled and pitched open-web steel joists and steel beams and girders. The upper classroom floor and mechanical equipment platforms consist of composite concrete slabs supported by composite steel framing. Gymnasium roofs consist of sloping standing seam metal over cementitious decks supported by a combination of pitched open-web joists, steel beams and steel trusses. Low sloping roofs consists of membrane roofing supported by metal roof deck, open-web steel joists and steel beams and girders. Foundations consist of grade beams at the tilt-up panels with straight-sided drilled piers into limestone for support of the grade beams, tilt-up panels and columns.
Vertical support is provided primarily by a combination of exterior insulated and interior uninsulated tilt-up concrete wall panels. Steel columns supplement the tilt-up wall system at the classroom wing and library. Exterior tilt-up panels utilize a combination of sand-blasted exposed architectural concrete and thin-brick finishes to produce a highly attractive facility in keeping with the character of district facilities.
Construction was performed by American Constructors, LP. In addition to PKA, the design team included Fields & Associates, architects, MEP Engineering, mechanical, electrical and plumbing engineering, and PBS&J, civil engineering.
August 14, 2006
The dedication and grand opening of Liberty Hill ISD's new Bill Burden Elementary School was held this evening. LHISD Superintendent Dr. Dean Andrews welcomed the school board, Mr. and Mrs. Burden and a large crowd of parents, teachers and citizens, as well as members of the design and construction team, to the new school, which was named after former district administrator Bill Burden. The two-story building encloses 95,000 square feet of classroom, office, cafeteria, library and gymnasium space. The sloped, hipped roof consists of a standing seam metal roof supported by steel roof decking and steel joists, beams and girders. The second floor and main equipment mezzanines consist of composite floor slabs supported by composite steel beams and girders. Air handling equipment is supported above the second floor corridor on plywood decks supported by light gage joists and light gage load bearing walls. Floor and roof loads are supported by a combination of exterior tilt-up load bearing wall panels and steel columns. Foundations consisted of exterior grade beams with drilled piers for support of the wall panel and column loads. The school dedication was held 9 months and one day after the start of construction. Construction was performed by American Constructors, LP. In addition to PKA, the design team included Fields & Associates, architects, MEP Engineering, mechanical, electrical and plumbing engineering, and Baker-Aicklen & Associates, civil engineering.
July 21, 2006 The
structural steel construction of the new video display for Texas A&M
University's Kyle Field was topped out today. The new structure will
house a new 54' x 73' video screen and a new state-of-the-art audio system.
The video display, which consists of 154 individual video modules, will be
the second largest in collegiate athletics, and one of the 10 largest in the
world. It is seven times larger than the display that it replaced. The overall structure is 106' in height and 92'-6" in width and contains over 105 tons of structural steel. Pickett, Kelm & Associates provided structural engineering design and construction documents for the new structure as well as for support for 1,100 feet of ribbon fascia video displays at the second deck of Kyle Field and support for new ribbon fascia displays at Reed Arena. PKA will also be providing structural engineering services in connection with the upgrade of the video display at Olsen Field, Texas A&M's baseball facility. PKA provided structural engineering services for the project to Mitsubishi Electric Power Products, Inc. Construction is being completed by Alpha Building Systems, Reynolds Sign Company, Garrett Mechanical, Inc., Britt Rice Electrical, LP, CMC Alamo Steel and Bosworth Steel Erectors. Construction is scheduled for completion prior to the Aggies first home football game on September 2, 2006. Construction progress can be observed by visiting www.aggieathletics.com and clicking on the Kyle Field web cam.
March 30, 2006 Pickett, Kelm & Associates has become a member of the Tilt-up Concrete Association. PKA has been making extensive use of conventional and insulated tilt-up wall panel construction, including panels with thin brick facing, for schools in the central Texas area. Membership in the TCA will provide our staff opportunities to exchange ideas with other design and construction professionals involved with the tilt-up industry, and help us stay informed with regard to current tilt-up technology and techniques.
January 2, 2006 Bill Kelm, P.E., principal with PKA, will serve as president of the State Chapter of the Structural Engineers Association of Texas for 2006. He was elected president of the chapter in 2004, and served as the president-elect in 2005. Bill has been a practicing structural engineer in Texas for 27 years and has been responsible for the structural design of commercial buildings, retail buildings, industrial and high technology manufacturing facilities, water and wastewater facilities, parking structures and highway bridges. He has a broad background of experience in the design of structural steel, reinforced concrete, post-tensioned concrete, composite concrete and steel, reinforced masonry and tilt-up concrete structural systems, with particular expertise with projects designed and constructed using design/build and fast-track delivery systems. He has been a member of the Austin Chapter of SEAoT since the chapter was formed in 1993 and was active in promoting the formation of the chapter and encouraging Austin area structural engineers to join and participate. In 1998, Bill volunteered to begin scheduling and planning Continuing Education Seminars on behalf of the Austin Chapter. He visited with local structural engineers to determine topics of interest and worked with Chapter officers to select seminar topics based on those interests. Bill arranged fro the seminar presenters, meeting rooms, handouts of speakers' notes, refreshments, registrations and membership notifications, and attended to all of the details associated with the seminars. In 1999, Bill's leadership in this area was formalized with his election to the Board of Directors of the Austin Chapter as the Continuing Education director. PKA is proud that Bill's contributions have been recognized at the state level by his election to the leadership of the SEAoT State Chapter.
October 17, 2005 After 12 1/2 years at 4107 Spicewood Springs Road in Austin, Pickett, Kelm & Associates, Inc. opens for business in its new location at 4100 Duval Road, Building 4, Suite 103, Austin, Texas 78759. The new location is on Duval Road between the Mopac Expressway and US 183 in northwest Austin. Our telephone numbers remain unchanged at 512-345-5538 for voice and 512-345-4305 for fax. After outgrowing our old address, our new location provides us with an efficient layout with additional office, conference and storage areas, and will make it easier to serve our clients' needs in the years ahead.
March 3, 2005 Whole Foods Market celebrated the grand opening of its new downtown store and world headquarters. Whole Foods Market is the world's leading supermarket for the sale of natural and organic foods. The opening coincides with the 25th anniversary of the Austin company. The new facility is located at 6th and Lamar in downtown Austin. The facility includes an underground three-level parking garage for 900 cars, an 80,000 square foot store and a six-story, 200,000 square foot office tower above the store. The facility features a 25,000 square foot roof garden and plaza that can accommodate 600 people, with shaded seating for 200, a flowing stream, native plantscapes and spectacular views of downtown Austin. Surface parking over the underground parking structure is available at the front of the store, but the parking garage provides shelter for customers in any weather. A special shopping cart escalator has been provided to allow shoppers access to the lower parking levels from the store level. Pickett, Kelm & Associates, Inc. provided the structural engineering design for the entire facility. The parking garage and floor of the store consists of cast-in-place, reinforced concrete pan joists supported by post-tensioned concrete girders and reinforced concrete columns. The office tower and plaza construction consists of composite concrete decks supported by composite steel beams and girders and structural steel columns. Lateral stability of the tower is provided by steel bracing. PKA's design team was lead by Bill Kelm. Other members of the project design team included HKS Architects - Architecture, Longaro & Clarke - Civil Engineering, Kent Consulting Engineers - Mechanical and Electrical Engineering. Project construction was performed by Hensel Phelps Construction with tenant finish construction by White Construction. For more information, go to http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/company/pr_02-22-05.html.
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