Walter P Moore Explained

Type:Private company
Industry:Engineering, consulting
Foundation:1931
Location:Houston, Texas, United States
Founder:Walter P. Moore
Key People:Dilip Choudhuri
Chief Executive Officer
David Landis
Chairman of the Board
Num Employees:900+

Walter P. Moore and Associates, Inc. (d/b/a Walter P Moore) is an international company providing structural engineering, diagnostics, civil engineering, traffic engineering, parking consulting, facade engineering, transportation engineering, intelligent transportation systems (ITS) engineering, and water resources engineering services. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, the firm employs more than 850 professionals and operates 24 U.S. and seven international offices.

History

In 1931, just as America's Great Depression entered its worst years, Walter P. Moore, Sr. started his own company by selling a Stutz Bearcat he had received in lieu of employment wages. The firm's earliest projects consisted of designing foundations for residential estates at $5 each, but they would later go on to engineer the world's first domed stadium (the Astrodome) and become pioneers in moveable structures, particularly retractable roof sports stadia. Their design of State Farm Stadium includes the first retractable playing field (also called a moving pitch) in North America.[1] [2]

While the company originated as a family-owned structural engineering firm, they have since expanded their services to include comprehensive infrastructure engineering (civil, traffic, transportation, ITS, and water resources engineering) and transitioned leadership into an employee-owned company governed by a board of directors and Chief Executive Officer (Dilip Choudhuri, 2015–present; Raymond Messer 1992–2014).[3]

Notable projects

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Walter P Moore History. February 10, 2015 .
  2. Web site: State Farm Stadium: Star Player for Men’s March Madness Final Four . Sipe . Corey . April 3, 2024 . Facilities Management Advisor . 2024-08-19 .
  3. Web site: Walter P Moore Leadership. February 10, 2015 .
  4. https://www.greenroads.org/141/49/bagby-street-reconstruction.html Bagby Street Reconstruction (Green Road)
  5. http://www.walterpmoore.com/projects/historic-church-park-restoration Bethel Church Park
  6. http://www.walterpmoore.com/projects/one-riverway-garage-collapse One Riverway Garage collapse investigation
  7. http://www.walterpmoore.com/putting-lid-urban-mixed-use-development Spring Woods Village master plan & community development