KL&A Engineers and Builders

An integrated, project-centric delivery model spanning all building materials and construction techniques. KL&A's structural engineers collaborate closely with key trades from schematic design through construction administration, covering concrete, mass timber, steel, and emerging materials such as rammed earth, structural insulating panels, and structural glass.

• Mass Timber
• New Construction in All Materials
• Renovation, Addition and Retrofit
• Structural Assessment & Feasibility Studies
• Sustainable Design & LEED
• Design Assist & Connection Design
• Peer Review Services
• Local Construction Administration Representative

KL&A uses a field-to-finish approach, placing the project engineer on the survey crew for the preconstruction site survey, then transitioning that same engineer through design and into construction administration. Services span civil construction, site development, and drainage engineering.

• Roadways
• Pedestrian ways
• Water
• Sanitary sewer
• Storm sewer
• Septic systems
• Erosion control
• Site layout
• Site grading
• Utility plans
• Storm water detention/retention
• Parking lot design
• Drainage reports
• Construction Administration

Conventional and aerial field-data collection using optical instruments, GPS equipment, and FAA-licensed UAS crews. Services range from boundary determination and ALTA surveys to georeferenced orthophotos and volumetric stockpile calculations.

• Boundary / Cadastral
• Planimetric / Site Surveys
• ALTA / Land Title
• Construction Staking
• Plats
• Corner Records
• Metes & Bounds Descriptions
• Elevation Certificates
• Aerial Surveys
• General aerial video and photography
• Base mapping
• Georeferenced Orthophoto
• Topographic contours
• Volumetric calculations for material stockpiles

Permitting, design, staking, and survey support for oil, gas, and coal operators in Wyoming and beyond. Services cover the well pad lifecycle from application through reclamation, plus pipeline and road corridor staking.

• State of Wyoming and Federal Well Pad Application Packets
• Well Plats
• Well Pad Designs
• Well Pad Access Road Design
• Well Pad Reclamation Design
• As-built Surveys of Existing Infrastructure
• Staking New Infrastructure
• Staking Well Pads
• Staking Pipeline Corridors
• Staking Road Corridors
• Subsidence Studies
• Design of Secondary Containment Areas

Full-service steel construction delivered through an integrated, at-risk approach with a portfolio spanning $25K to $150M. Scopes include miscellaneous metals packages, monumental stair systems, multi-story structural frames, and industrial and residential work. Steel detailing translates complex designs into fabrication-ready 3D models for in-house and third-party fabricators.

• Steel Construction
  • Complicated miscellaneous metals packages
  • Egress and monumental stair systems
  • 20-story steel structures
  • Industrial
  • Renovation/Retrofit
  • High end single family residential
  • Prefabricated systems
• Steel Detailing

KL&A has organized a dedicated Team Mass Timber of approximately 15 engineers across all levels to lead mass timber design and innovation. Since the early 2000s, mass timber has been central to its strategy for reducing embodied carbon and construction time. In 2019, KL&A spearheaded the early adoption of the 2021 IBC Tall Wood provisions in Denver, enabling code-compliant wood buildings up to 18 stories.

• Mass Timber Structural Design
• Research
• Code Adoption
• Project Delivery Support For Heavy Timber
• Tall Wood Buildings

KL&A's Team Carbon provides structural life cycle assessment and embodied carbon consulting. An early signatory to the SE2050 Challenge in 2020, KL&A has contributed LCA data to the SE2050 database and publishes an annual Embodied Carbon Action Plan. Services span impact quantification, material strategy, education, salvage and deconstruction consulting, and concrete mix design.

• Embodied Carbon Impact Reports
• Structural Life Cycle Assessment
• Embodied Carbon education
• Material salvage and deconstruction consulting
• Material stockpile management
• Concrete mix design consulting