The CMA Community Service Committee in the Orlando Office participated in the ASCE Younger Member Forum Food Drive in Winter Park on November 17. A total of 563 pounds of canned goods were donated to Second Harvest food bank!  CMA Associate Engineer Madeline Batey coordinated the collection and delivery of the canned goods. Thank you to everyone who helped make this food drive a success! https://www.eastcentralasce.org/

CMA’s Community Service Committee held our annual food drive this month to benefit Feeding South Florida (FSF) and raised $440 dollars in addition to collecting six boxes of donations. CMA donated 185 pounds of food which is the equivalent of 154 meals! CMA Senior Engineer Jennifer Smith, P.E. delivered the donations to the FSF warehouse on November 12. FSF partners with over 400 nonprofit agencies and distributes 44 million pounds of food annually throughout Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties. Thank you to our entire team for your generosity and support! https://feedingsouthflorida.org/

CMA Director of Water Resources Brent Whitfield, P.E., ENV SP, Principal Engineer Safiya Brea, P.E., LEED AP and Executive Vice President Jose L. Acosta, P.E. F.ASCE, attended the Leadership Florida Annual Meeting at the Diplomat Beach Resort November 12-14. https://www.leadershipflorida.org/

The FES Broward Branch Induction was held virtually on November 10^th. The President of FES, Carlos Penin, P.E. inducted CMA Project Engineer Teresa Lewis, P.E. as President, CMA Project Engineer Vince Locigno, P.E. as Vice President, and CMA Engineer Charmaine Emanuels, E.I as the Scholarship and Student Liaison Chair. Other CMA staff members Safiya Brea, P.E., Shahin Hekmat, P.E., and Daniel Davila, P.E. attended to support the branch and newly inducted members. https://www.fleng.org/general/custom.asp?page=Broward

CMA Principal Engineer/Orlando Office Leader Robert Best, P.E. helped to author a portion of the 2021 Florida Infrastructure Report Card with other ASCE members. Rob’s research was specific to drinking water. The ASCE Report Card is a comprehensive assessment of Florida’s infrastructure and was released last month in Tampa after two years in the making. The release took place at the Marriott Tampa Airport and featured CMA President and FLASCE Past President Peter Moore, P.E., F.ASCE, FACEC, David Gwynn, P.E., Secretary, FDOT District 7, State Senator Jeff Brandes in addition to Report Card Chair Kathi Ruvarac and Section President Tzufit Boyle.  Congratulations to the entire team! www.fla-asce.org

Representatives of CMA will attend the ASCE Palm Beach County Webinar on November 9 from noon to 1pm https://branches.asce.org/palmbeach/

Principal Engineer/Orlando Office Leader Rob Best, Jr., P.E., Engineer/Electrical Thy Duong, E.I., Sr. Engineer Electrical/Substation Team Lead John Franko, P.E. and Vice President/Electrical Thomas Gardner, P.E. attended the Florida Municipal Electric Association (FMEA) Energy Connections Conference & Trade Show at the Marriott Orlando Airport on November 3rd and 4th.  FMEA is the non-profit trade association representing the unified interests of Florida’s 33 public power communities and provides its members with government relations, mutual aid coordination, communications, education, and networking opportunities. https://www.flpublicpower.com/

CMA Executive Vice President Jose L. Acosta, P.E., F.ASCE attended the 2021 Zweig Group Elevate AEC Conference and Awards Gala in Denver this week. The event is the industry’s largest and most comprehensive business conference for leaders and aspiring leaders of AEC firms in the U.S. Attendees networked, gained knowledge, and celebrated with the top firms in the industry. The conference agenda included topics on technology, leadership challenges, business planning, marketing methods, recruiting and retention, and growth strategies.

Jose also accepted CMA’s awards: CMA placed #38 in the Multi-Discipline category in the Zweig White Best Firms to Work For awards; #83 on the Hot Firms list, an annual ranking of the 100 fastest-growing firms in the architecture, engineering, planning, and environmental consulting industry; and CMA placed 17th in the 50-100 Employees category. Congratulations! https://www.zweiggroup.com/

CMA President Peter Moore, P.E., F.ASCE, FACEC was inducted into the ACEC College of Fellows at the ACEC 2021 Fall Conference, held October 27-30, 2021 in Marco Island. The College of Fellows is a distinguished class of engineers who have been selected by their peers as deserving recognition for exemplary contributions to the profession. https://www.fleng.org/

CMA staff members Executive Vice President Jose L. Acosta, P.E., F.ASCE and Director of Quality Assurance/Principal Engineer Shahin Hekmat, P.E. were among several ACEC-FL/FES members who met with Congressman Carlos Gimenez at the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables on September 15. The reception was led by FES State President Carlos Penin.