# Walter P Moore

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.
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).

## Notable projects

* Empower Field at Mile High (NFL Denver Broncos), Denver, Co
* AT&T Stadium (NFL Cowboys Stadium), Arlington, TX
* SoFi Stadium (NFL Los Angeles Rams and Chargers Stadium), Inglewood, CA
* Chase Center (NBA Golden State Warriors), San Francisco, CA
* McCarran International Airport Terminal 3, Las Vegas, NV
* Bass Hall, concert auditorium, Fort Worth, TX
* NRG Stadium (NFL Houston Texans), Houston, TX
* Raymond James Stadium (NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers), Tampa, FL
* State Farm Stadium (NFL Arizona Cardinals), Glendale, AZ
* San Francisco Airport Air Traffic Control Tower, San Francisco, CA
* Daytona Rising (Daytona International Speedway), Daytona, FL
* Lucas Oil Stadium (NFL Indianapolis Colts), Indianapolis, IN
* Salvador Dalí Museum, St. Petersburg, FL
* Guangzhou International Sports Arena, Guangzhou, China
* Astrodome (NFL Houston Oilers, MLB Houston Astros), Houston, TX
* US Census Bureau, Suitland, MD
* Kyle Field (Texas A&M Football), College Station, TX
* Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport Consolidated Rental Agency Complex, Atlanta, GA
* LoanDepot Park (MLB Miami Marlins), Miami, FL
* King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
* Truist Park (MLB Atlanta Braves), Atlanta, GA
* Bagby Street Reconstruction (Green Road), Houston, TX
* Kansas City Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, MO
* Duke Medicine Pavilion Patient Tower, Durham, NC
* Target Field (MLB Minnesota Twins), Minneapolis, MN
* Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Houston Branch, Houston, TX
* Kia Center (NBA Orlando Magic), Orlando, FL
* Amalie Arena (NHL Tampa Bay Lightning), Tampa, FL
* T-Mobile Center, Kansas City, MO
* King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
* Bank of America Corporate Center, Charlotte, NC
* Shell Energy Stadium (MLS Houston Dynamo), Houston, TX
* Rice Stadium (Rice University), (Rice Owls Football), Houston, TX
* Bethel Church Park, Houston, TX
* Midtown, Houston reconstruction, Houston, TX
* McCormick Place, Chicago, IL
* One Riverway Garage collapse investigation, Houston, TX
* San Antonio Military Medical Center, San Antonio, TX
* Ocean Tower failure analysis, South Padre Island, TX
* Grand Parkway Traffic & ITS, Houston, TX
* Mickey Leland Federal Building Renovation, Houston, TX
* Spring Woods Village master plan & community development, Houston, TX
* METRORail (Astrodome to Downtown) traffic engineering and planning, Houston, TX
* Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
* Allianz Field, (MLS Minnesota United FC), St. Paul, MN