As a founder and principal of
PKA, Mr. Pickett is involved in all aspects of the firm’s operation, and has
primary responsibility for the firm's educational facility projects. His
responsibilities include the supervision of the firm’s engineers and
technicians; preparation of engineering proposals; budgeting and scheduling
of projects; development of design criteria; performance of structural
systems studies and evaluations; preparation of structural designs, drawings
and specifications; review of drawings and design calculations; preparation
of construction cost estimates; performance of field inspections; and
financial management of the company. He has particular expertise in the
design of post-tensioned concrete structures, having designed over 3 million
square feet of post-tensioned concrete, design and construction of
industrial concrete floor slabs, tilt-up concrete structures and the design-build project delivery
method.Notable projects include:
Improvements to the A.C. Bible, Jr.
Memorial Stadium for the Leander ISD.
Vandegrift High School for the Leander ISD.
Auditorium addition for Vista Ridge High
School for the Leander ISD.
Rouse High School for the Leander
Independent School District.
Video scoreboard and ribbon board displays
for Kyle Field at Texas A&M University.
Phase III Expansion of Kyle Field at Texas A&M University, which included
seating decks and ramping systems for the third decks at the east and west
sides of Kyle Field, four levels of physical education facilities at the
east side, locker rooms, elevator towers and concession areas. Mr. Pickett
was the lead structural design engineer.
Salado High School for the Salado
Independent School District
Wiley Middle School for the Leander Independent School District.
Design of the precast concrete frames and elements for the Round Rock ISD
Football Stadium Complex. Project required the design and detailing of the
precast concrete raker beams, columns, wall panels and stairs for a 10,000
seat, state-of-the-art high school football stadium.
Terminal C Phases I and II at the George Bush Intercontinental Airport in
Houston. Project entailed three levels of overhead parking with access via
spiral ramps, north and south flight station concourses, pedestrian bridges
connecting the terminal to the concourses, vehicular drop-off ramp,
ticketing and baggage claim levels, and underground transportation tunnels.
The structures consisted primarily of cast-in-place, post-tensioned
concrete. Mr. Pickett was the structural design engineer and structural
project manager.
William P. Hobby Parking Garage, a 3,750 car, four-level, cast-in-place
post-tensioned concrete parking structure in Houston.
Applied Materials Building 30 in Austin, a 250,000 square foot office and
manufacturing facility in Austin, Texas.
DuPont Photomask Corporate Headquarters building in Round Rock, Texas.
IBM Building 064 Mezzanine in Austin. Project consisted of the addition
of a 30,000 square foot office mezzanine inside an existing warehouse not
originally designed to accommodate such an expansion. Project was designed
and constructed with no disruption of the shipping, receiving or warehouse
operations.
Code review and analysis for a major electronics panel board
manufacturing facility. Analysis was based on a Uniform Building Code H6
occupancy classification to determine the number and location of exits
necessary to meet the H6 emergency egress requirements.
Design of five overhead craneway systems for a pipe threading plant in
Westwego, Louisiana. Cranes included a 1,500 foot craneway for two 25 ton
cranes with 174 foot bridge spans; a 1,400 foot craneway for two 25 ton
cranes with 134 foot bridge spans; a 680 foot craneway for a single 25 ton
crane with a 71 foot bridge span; a 485 foot craneway for three 10 ton
cranes with 59 foot bridge spans; and a 395 foot craneway for three 10 ton
cranes with 125 foot bridge spans.
AeroTerm air cargo handling facility, Phase I and II, at Austin Bergstrom
International Airport. Project consisted of a one-story building of 111,000
square feet to house receiving, warehousing and distribution of air freight.
St. Anthony Catholic Church Sanctuary in Kyle, Texas.
Hill Country Bible Church Classroom Addition in Austin, Texas. Project
included a four-story classroom building enclosing 114,000 square feet.
Holy Family Catholic Church School, Phase I in Round Rock, Texas. Project
consisted of a multi-building campus with classroom buildings and a
gymnasium for pre-school, elementary and middle school students.
Trauma Treatment Center for the University of Texas Medical Branch in
Galveston, a 130,000 square foot, three-story hospital for the treatment of
trauma patients.
Howard Lane Pump Station for the City of Austin. Project consisted of the
structural design for a two-level, 100,000 GPM pumping facility for north
Austin.
Design of the Sail and Ski boat dealership in Austin, Texas.
Design of numerous post-tensioned concrete tennis courts for the Katy,
Conroe, Lamar Consolidated and other greater Houston area school districts.
The Four Points Regional Detention Pond Outlet Structure, a 30 foot tall
dam and weir structure in Austin.