Founded in 1986, Johnston Burkholder Associates is one of the leading structural engineering firms in Kansas City. The company designs more than 20 million square feet of retail space annually. It also deals with office and industrial buildings, municipal and detention facilities, churches, schools and theaters. Johnston Burkholder Associates provides full-service structural design services for steel, concrete, precast, masonry, wood, light gage metal stud buildings. The company is affiliated with the National Concrete Masonry Association American Institute of Steel Construction, Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute, American Society of Civil Engineers and National Society of Architectural Engineers. Johnston Burkholder Associates has worked on several projects that include Lillian Schumacher Elementary School Western Missouri Public Safety Training Institute Clay County, Savings Bank Jaguar Dealership, Aristocrat Motors Pleasant Valley Baptist Church and Christian County Justice Center.