CASE STUDY | EDUCATION
AISD Casis Elementary School:
A Successful Partnership with Educators and the Community
The Austin Independent School District 2017 Bond package fully modernized Casis Elementary’s existing campus. The design intent was to provide students with flexible learning spaces allowing for collaboration and interaction in both interior and exterior settings.
The Austin Independent School District 2017 Bond package fully modernized Casis Elementary’s existing campus. The design intent was to provide students with flexible learning spaces allowing for collaboration and interaction in both interior and exterior settings.
Encotech’s scope of work for this design-build project included the structural design of two separate, steel-framed buildings and cast-in-place concrete site retaining walls to replace existing buildings. The gym/cafeteria building was constructed directly adjacent to the existing art building. The library/studio building was phased so that the studio was constructed during the school year. The library was completed the following summer after the existing building demo was completed.
The campus is on a tight site, which required unique structural coordination such as locating newly drilled piers to avoid foundations left in place from the demolished building, the design of a new foundation for a beloved outdoor classroom structure relocated onsite, and special foundation requirements for portions of the building within existing heritage oak tree critical root zones. To take advantage of the sloping site and limited area, a basement was designed near the south end of the site. A Geotechnical investigation revealed highly expansive soils in the area requiring careful coordination with the geotechnical engineer to provide an appropriate foundation design and subgrade requirements to prevent fill settlement. Through intensive collaboration and design effort, Encotech prepared a coordinated and complete set of construction documents.
LOCATION: Austin, Texas
CLIENT: LPA
SERVICES: Structural and MEP Engineering
Encotech’s scope of work for this design-build project included the structural design of two separate, steel-framed buildings and cast-in-place concrete site retaining walls to replace existing buildings. The gym/cafeteria building was constructed directly adjacent to the existing art building. The library/studio building was phased so that the studio was constructed during the school year. The library was completed the following summer after the existing building demo was completed.
The campus is on a tight site, which required unique structural coordination such as locating newly drilled piers to avoid foundations left in place from the demolished building, the design of a new foundation for a beloved outdoor classroom structure relocated onsite, and special foundation requirements for portions of the building within existing heritage oak tree critical root zones. To take advantage of the sloping site and limited area, a basement was designed near the south end of the site. A Geotechnical investigation revealed highly expansive soils in the area requiring careful coordination with the geotechnical engineer to provide an appropriate foundation design and subgrade requirements to prevent fill settlement. Through intensive collaboration and design effort, Encotech prepared a coordinated and complete set of construction documents.
LOCATION: Austin, Texas
CLIENT: LPA
SERVICES: Structural and MEP Engineering
