Thank you to all our CMA staff who brought in supplies or made monetary donations to purchase supplies to benefit the Port Everglades Association (PEA) Hurricane Fiona relief effort. Our Senior Engineer David Castro, P.E. delivered a full SUV of supplies to the PEA collection site on September 27. Stay tuned for our upcoming news for our donation drive from Hurricane Ian.

On September 27, CMA Director of Energy Freeman Bass, P.E., Principal Engineer Tommy Gardner, P.E., Principal Engineer Jennifer Smith, P.E., and Principal Engineer Brad Wilson, P.E. staffed our booth at the University of North Florida STEM Construction Career Fair.  The event was held at Adam W. Herbert University Center in Jacksonville and over 500 engineering students attended the event.

On September 19, CMA Associate Engineer Madeline Batey, E.I. and Marketing Coordinator Stephanie Williams attended the UCF Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering (CECE) Career Mixer. The CECE Career Mixer is an opportunity for students and employers in the Engineering industry to meet and network. Both Madeline and Stephanie are UCF Alumni, and were both excited to return to their alma mater and speak to the students about our firm and the industry!

CMA Executive Vice President Jose L. Acosta, P.E., F.ASCE and Director of Energy Freeman Bass, P.E. staffed our booth at the Fall 2022 STEM Career Fair at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University/Florida State University on September 20 in Tallahassee. Over 500 engineering students attended the event.

CMA held its Women’s Alliance Inaugural event on September 16 at the Hilton Garden Inn in Winter Park. The goal of the event was to encourage and empower our female staff members given our challenges in our industry. The event was led by Annetta Wilson, a certified mastery coach, certified trainer and speaker. The event included opening remarks by CMA Principal Engineer Safiya Brea, P.E., LEED AP and a welcome video from CMA President Peter Moore, P.E., F.ASCE, FACEC, followed by interactive group exercises that covered the topic ‘The Art of Networking.’  Following a lunch break, the afternoon session consisted of breakout sessions that covered the topic ‘Navigating Difficult Conversations and Elements of Dynamic Communication.’  CMA staff members who attended the event were Madeline Batey, E.I., Dominique Bethel, Jazmin Cruz, Melissa Dannelly, Melissa Deltoro, Jessica Diaz, P.E., Suzanne Dombrowski, P.E., ENV SP, Charmaine Emanuels, E.I., Maritza Figueroa, Daniela Martinat, P.E., Yulet Miguel, P.E., Karen Rachles, Jennifer Smith, P.E., Stephanie Williams and Johanna Zona.

CMA Executive Vice President Jose L. Acosta attended the 2022 Zweig Group ElevateAEC Conference & Awards Gala in Las Vegas September 14 – 16. CMA ranked number 56 on the Hot Firms list, an annual ranking of the 100 fastest-growing firms in the architecture, engineering, planning, and environmental consulting industry, up from #83 in 2021. We placed #16 Best Firm to Work For in A/E/C in North American in the 100-199 Employee Category, up from 17th in the 50-100 Employees category.  CMA also placed #31 in the Multidiscipline Firm Category for the Best Firms to Work For in North America, up from #38 in 2021. Congratulations to the entire CMA Team! https://www.zweiggroup.com/ 

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 183^rd 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 24^th 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/