The CMA Social Activities Committee hosted the annual Halloween Contest this month at the CMA offices. This year’s winner of the Door Decorating Contest was Jacksonville! The winning office received a $200 gift card. In addition, the Fort Lauderdale office held a luncheon today where five-year service anniversaries were celebrated for David Castro, P.E., Melissa Dannelly, Megan Schmidt and Johanna Zona. Dominique Bethel won the Halloween desk decorating contest. Our West Palm Beach office hosted a costume contest and David Cowan, Jr., P.E., ENV SP, LEED AP, won as an angel investor.

CMA staff members attended the FES Shrimp Boil on October 21 at the Palm Beach Shores Community Center. CMA was a sponsor for the event, and proceeds went to the scholarship fund. Attendees were David Cowan, Diego Li, Nick Musick, and Suzanne Dombrowski and family.

CMA Principal Engineer Patrick Kaimrajh, P.E. and Senior Engineer Nick Karpathy, P.E. attended the ASCE YMG Jazz it Up event October 20 at The Anderson in Miami. Nick also took the stage for a saxophone performance!

CMA hosted the ASCE FL Section dinner on the rooftop deck of CMA’s Miami office on October 21. Special thanks to Patrick Kaimrajh and Jessica Cifuentes for coordinating the event! Attendees included leaders from around the state. The quarterly board meeting is held the next day at the University of Miami. CMAers attending the board meeting include Patrick Kaimrajh as state secretary, Justin Tagle as vice president of the Palm Beach branch, Nick Karpathy as government relations chair, Jessica Diaz as president of the Broward branch, Rob Best as conference chair, Alex Farfan as the UNF branch president and Jose Acosta as investment chair. https://www.fla-asce.org/

CMA Principal Engineer Gregory Mendez, P.E. attended the University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez Campus’ ASCE Chapter Companies Night on October 19^th and the University’s 34th annual Fall Job Fair on October 21. https://www.uprm.edu/portada/

CMA staff attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Oakland Park Phase I of City Park on October 21.  CMA was the prime consultant for civil engineering and landscape architecture and had PGAL, MUEngineering, and Hammond and Associates on the team for architecture, structural engineering, and MEP engineering. The $5.9 million project, constructed by Kaufman Lynn, includes pickleball courts, basketball courts, an accessible playground, a renovated concession stand building, family restroom building, and a splash pad. City Park is the first project in the Comprehensive Facilities Plan for Oakland Park’s Second Century.

CMA participated in the BKS Partners Corporate Run at Riverfront Plaza – Old Jacksonville Landing Site on October 20! The BKS Corporate Run celebrates workplace fitness, promotes company spirit and celebrates health and wellness in the Jacksonville business community. https://1stplacesports.com/races/corp/

CMA staff members Jose L. Acosta, P.E., F.ASCE, Shahin Hekmat, P.E., Patrick Kaimrajh, P.E. and Laura Vogel, Ph.D, P.E., ENV SP, attended the CAACE Gala on October 22. Jose was awarded the Plinio Villanueva Award!  Jose previously received this award in 2017. The Plinio Villanueva Award is given to a member of CAACE who has made a commitment, through their actions and efforts, to advance the Civil Engineering Profession and the organization. https://c-aace.org/

On behalf of CMA, our President Peter Moore, P.E., F.ASCE, FACEC accepted the Workforce Development Award from the Coral Springs Coconut Creek Regional Chamber of Commerce at their annual gala last night. The event was held at the Fort Lauderdale Marriott Coral Springs and proceeds will benefit their Education Foundation. Our Principal Engineer Safiya Brea, P.E., LEED AP currently serves as our company representative for the Chamber.  Congratulations!  https://members.csccrchamber.com/