Kurt Young

Managing Principal

Practice Areas

Kurt continues to elevate the firm’s position in the national marketplace as founder and a leading member of Walter P Moore’s Healthcare Community of Practice, a virtual group of the firm’s foremost healthcare project delivery experts. He provides strategic oversight to the firm’s efforts in the Healthcare/Science & Technology markets and stays well-informed of critical issues facing top healthcare providers today. His expertise in Building Information Modeling (BIM) allows him to present on the topic at conferences nationally as well as co-author several articles on structural engineering in the healthcare market.

Engagements

In addition to serving on our Board of Directors, he is past chair and a current member of the firm’s Business Development Steering Committee. Texas A&M University’s Department of Construction has invited him to be a three-time Guest Lecturer on the topic of Lean Project Delivery. Kurt has also presented on Lean and Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) at the Rice Building Institute.

Publications

  • Game Changing—Leveraging BIM Technology, Healthcare Design Conference, 2c009

  • Ten Things I Think I Think about Lean and IPD, Rice Building Institute, 2009

  • Prescribe the Right Structure for your Healthcare Equipment, Healthcare Building Ideas, 2009

  • Renovate or Build New—The Right Prescription, Healthcare Design, 2008

  • Virtually Better Project Delivery, Structural Engineer, 2008

  • Lateral Deflection of Sway Frames and Its Components, American Concrete Institute, 2004

  • Design Challenges of the Denton A. Cooley Building at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, Structural Engineer, 2004