The CMA community service team recently planned school supply drives for all offices to support local school drives. The Jacksonville office supported the Duval County School Drive, the Fort Lauderdale and Miami offices contributed to Voices for Children of Broward County Back to School Drive, the WPB office collected school supplies which benefited Palmetto Elementary School and the Orlando office participated of the ASCE YMF School Supply Drive for the East Central Branch.
Congratulations to our CMA team who received the Project of the Year Category I award at the ASCE Miami-Dade Branch Officer Installation Dinner! CMA staff received the award for the North Miami Beach NE 183rd Street Bicycle Lanes and Water Main Improvements project. We served as the prime consultant for civil engineering. In addition, CMA Senior Engineer Nicholas Karpathy, P.E., ENV SP was installed as Treasurer and CMA Principal Engineer Yulet Miguel, P.E. was installed as Director of the branch. The event was held on August 24th at the Rusty Pelican in Miami and CMA served as a platinum sponsor. The event also included a birthday celebration for ASCE FL Section President Dave Crombie. CMA staff in attendance were Jose L. Acosta, P.E., F.ASCE, Shahin Hekmat, P.E., Ben Lehr, P.E., DBIA, LEED AP, Patrick Kaimrajh, P.E., Nick Karpathy, P.E., ENV SP, Gregory Mendez, P.E., Yulet Miguel, P.E. and Laura Vogel, Ph. D, P.E., LEED AP https://www.miamidade-asce.org/
CMA staff members Daniel Davila, P.E., Patrick Kaimrajh, P.E., Nick Karpathy, P.E., ENV SP, and Gregory Mendez, P.E., attended a social networking event on August 4 hosted By Miami-Dade ASCE and the Utility Engineering and Surveying Institute held at Tank Brewing in Miami. CMA was an event sponsor. https://www.asce.org/communities/find-a-group/regions/region-5/florida-section/miami-dade-branch
CMA Executive Vice President Jose L. Acosta, P.E., F.ASCE and Principal Engineer Gregory Mendez, P.E. attended the CAACE Biscayne Bay Turn the Tide event on August 16 at Bayside Marketplace in Miami. Proceeds benefited the Biscayne Bay National Park Trust. Miami-Dade County leaders Hardeep Anand, P.E., Marisela Aranguiz, P.E., ENV SP, Irela Bague and Nelson Perez-Jacome, P.E. presented on future and ongoing plans to address water quality issues. https://c-aace.org/
CMA Senior Environmental Scientist Brian Voelker, M.S., SPWS, C.A., CLI, was recently elected to the Florida Urban Forestry Council (FUFC) Board of Directors. FUFC’s mission is to promote the value, enhancement, and sound management of urban forests through leadership, collaboration, guidance, and education. FUFC is an organization of organizations rooted in Florida’s urban forest industry. The management of urban, and peri-urban forests is complex and involves many professional disciplines. As an elected member filling the Private Arborist position, Brian will serve as the voice and conscious of an essential discipline within our industry. https://fufc.org/
CMA Director of Land Development Patrick Kaimrajh, P.E. graduated the ULI Southeast Florida/Caribbean Leadership Institute Class of 2022. The Leadership Institute is an immersive and engaging leadership program that educates emerging leaders and prepares them with the tools to solve South Florida’s most critical real estate and land use issues.
As part of the Institute, Patrick and teammates conducted a project evaluating the renovation and reconstruction of the Miami Shores Village Community Center and Recreation Complex, including a preparation of a report and presentation at a Miami Shores Village Council Meeting. Congratulations! https://seflorida.uli.org/
On August 16, CMA Director of Water and Sewer Daniel Davila, P.E. attended the Ft. Lauderdale Commission meeting celebrating the City of Fort Lauderdale Redundant Forcemain project which was recently named the Broward and Florida ASCE Project of the Year! The meeting was held at Ft. Lauderdale City Hall. Congrats!
CMA Executive Vice President Jose L. Acosta, P.E., F.ASCE was inducted as President of the Miami Chapter of FES at their Annual Board Installation & Scholarship Awards Dinner on August 17. Other CMA staff members in attendance were Shahin Hekmat, P.E., Patrick Kaimrajh, P.E., Nick Karpathy, P.E., ENV SP Gregory Mendez, P.E, Laura Vogel, P.E. and Johanna Zona. The event was held at the University of Miami Newman Alumni Center. Congratulations! https://fesmiami.org/
CMA participated in the 34th Annual ASCE Broward Bowl-a-thon on August 6. The event is held annually to raise money for a scholarship provided to Broward County residents who are either a senior in high school or an undergraduate student in college pursuing a degree in civil engineering. The 2022 event, held at SpareZ Bowling in Davie, raised over $2,000. CMA had two teams with Andres Aristizabal, Dominique Bethel, Manny Caamano, Jessica Diaz, P.E., Charmaine Emanuels, E.I., Patrick Kaimrajh, P.E., Nick Karpathy, P.E., Vince Locigno, P.E., Jay McClair, P.E., CFM, LEED AP, Greg Mendez, P.E., and Vithu Suthakaran. Dominique won the high female trophy and Jay won the high male trophy! https://broward-asce.org/
