New Charter School

After two years operating inside portables, the John Adams Academy constructed its first ground-up K-12 school in Lincoln, CA, to serve the growing demand for classical education. Salas O’Brien provided structural engineering design for this approximately 95,000 square foot K-12 public charter school that will be site-adapted for additional locations in California.

Our design for the foundation system consists of a spread and continuous footings over an improved subgrade, and the superstructure is steel beam and bar joist framing. In addition, we added two firewalls (CMU or cast-in-place) in the classroom areas. The gymnasium includes CMU walls, and the exterior walls consist of non-load-bearing metal stud framing.