Carter & Burgess Adds Two Transportation Specialists to Fort Worth Office

Joseph J. Malo and Andrew Gemperline bring more than 35 years combined experience in executing transportation projects to the full-service firm offering consulting services in engineering, architecture and related services.

Joseph J. Malo has joined Carter & Burgess Inc. as an associate and senior project manager for the firm's Transportation Unit in Fort Worth.

Malo has more than 21 years of experience in airport airside and landside planning, engineering and construction. His expertise has evolved through project coordination involving the Federal Aviation Administration, airport management and consultant teams.

Prior to joining Carter & Burgess, Malo was an HNTB Cos. associate vice president and regional director of aviation services. He also was officer in charge of HNTB's Fort Worth office for five years.

His most recent Texas project experience includes the McAllen Miller International Airport five-year GEC program as principal in charge. To date, the McAllen program has included the advance planning for a 2,000-ft. runway extension, a cargo ramp rehabilitation and a master-plan update.

Malo was principal in charge of similar programs for the Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport and Abilene Regional Airport. Additionally, he has managed projects for several major airports, including Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, Denver International Airport and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
Malo is a registered P.E. in Georgia, South Carolina and Texas, a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Association of Airport Executives and the Consulting Engineers Council of Texas and serves as a technical committee member to the Innovative Pavement Research Foundation for the American Concrete Pavement Association.

Malo earned a bachelor's degree in civil engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Andrew Gemperline has joined the Dallas office of Carter & Burgess as a senior program manager with the Transportation Programs Division. Gemperline is a leader in the planning, design, implementation and management of large, complex transportation programs. He has successfully directed public-private partnership initiatives, and he has worked extensively in the area of risk allocation between public owners and contractors.

Gemperline has directed numerous high-profile projects. Of his 16 years of experience, more than 10 were spent with the Utah Department of Transportation where he led efforts toward preparation of early construction and environmental project components for the $1.5 billion design-build reconstruction of Interstate 15. He also managed a project development program for more than $150 million in transportation improvements within the urban region of UDOT.

Gemperline led the combined efforts of UDOT, Salt Lake Organizing Committee, the Utah Transit Authority, law enforcement agencies and venue communities in the development, implementation and operation of a coordinated, comprehensive transportation plan for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City. He developed and executed the $250 million funding program that financed the planning, capital improvements and operational requirements of transportation for the Games. Most recently, Gemperline managed the $450 million environmentally sensitive Legacy Parkway design-build project for UDOT. He was responsible for restarting the controversial project, previously stalled by legal challenges.

He holds a bachelor's degree in civil engineering as well as a master of business administration degree, both from the University of Utah.

Mike Moses has been appointed to the board of directors of the Trammell Crow Company.

Moses served as general superintendent of the Dallas Independent School District from January 2001 through August 2004. Prior to working for DISD, Moses served in Texas public education for more than 25 years, starting as a teacher and administrator in the Duncanville and Garland school districts. From 1995 to 1999, he served as Texas Commissioner of Education and in 1999 he joined the Texas Tech University System as deputy chancellor. A native of Nacogdoches, Moses earned a bachelor's and master's degree from Stephen F. Austin State University and his doctorate from Texas A&M University at Commerce.

Aaron C. White was chosen as the 2004 recipient of the Javier F. Horvilleur Outstanding Young Engineer Award. The award is presented annually to one young structural engineer at Walter P. Moore to recognize excellence, outstanding client service and business acumen.

The "Horvilleur Award" is named in honor and memory of Javier F. Horvilleur, P.E., a Walter P. Moore senior principal who was Managing Director for the firm's Houston structural engineering operations when he suddenly passed away in September 2002. It is intended to encourage and recognize excellent performance among young structural engineers at Walter P. Moore.

White is the second recipient of the award. The selection was made from nominees throughout the firm's national offices.

White is a senior engineer in Walter P. Moore's Tampa, Fla. office. A graduate of Cornell University, he joined the firm in 1997 and has been instrumental in several of the firm's major projects. He is a licensed professional engineer in the state of Florida.

Dan A. Killebrew has joined FKP Architects as project manager and vice president. Killebrew brings more than twenty-six years of broad experience in management, planning and design of healthcare related projects. His previous work in hospital facilities includes Freeman Health System in Joplin, Mo.; Medical Center East in Birmingham, Ala,; Washington Hospital Medical Center, Cancer Center in Washington, D.C.; Jane Phillips Medical Center in Bartlesville, Okla.; Phoebe Putney Medical Center in Albany, Ga.; and California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco.

Killebrew holds a bachelor's of science degree in architecture from Oklahoma State University and is a registered architect in Oklahoma, Tennessee and Kansas. He is a member of the American Institute of Architects and is NCARB certified.

Pete Ed Garrett is forming a new Houston-based architecture firm, Studio Red Architects, following a 26-year career with Morris Architects.

During his career, Garrett has directed the architectural design and master plan of many of Houston's landmark buildings and attractions as well as a number of well-known projects throughout the United States. Among those are the Wortham Performing Arts Center, the Hobby Center, the renovation of the Alley Theatre, the Continental Airlines building at 1600 Smith, and the renovation of Memorial City Mall.

Garrett is an adjunct design professor at the University of Houston's College of Architecture.