Congratulations to CMA Principal Engineer Suzanne Dombrowski, P.E., ENV SP who was recently named the ASCE Palm Beach Branch 2022 Engineer of the Year!  She was honored at the 2022 Engineers in Government Night on Thursday, April 21 at the Boynton Beach Arts and Cultural Center. In addition, CMA intern Sara Hollenbeck, E.I., was awarded a scholarship! CMA Project Engineer Justin Tagle, P.E., LEED AP helped organize the evening’s festivities, and CMA Associate Engineer Nickolas Musick, E.I., presented the scholarships. The event honors the accomplishments and contributions of engineers in public and private practice in Palm Beach County. For more information, please visit https://branches.asce.org/palmbeach/

Running for President-Elect for American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Peter Moore is combining his 25 years of service to the engineering profession, his dedication to ASCE, and coupled with his strong leadership background in business and the non-profit world, to support his candidacy. Peter’s Vision Statement for ASCE is available online and focuses on Accountability (fiscally), Advocacy (efficacy) and Accessibility (diversity). He believes strongly in the idea that student membership satisfaction and conversion is the key to the long-term success of the organization. Having led a successful civil engineering firm for 20 years, Peter is determined to provide a lasting legacy to ASCE and the Civil Engineering Industry as a whole.

Currently, Peter serves as the President and CEO of Chen Moore and Associates, an approximately 100-person multidisciplinary firm in the Southeast US, particularly Florida. Having been with the firm for over 22 years, Peter helped grow the firm from three people to its current size with a combination of strong vision and the highest quality consulting.Please visit https://www.asce.org/about-asce/elections to vote!

Our CMA Miami office has moved! We outgrew our former space and hope you will come visit us in our new place!  Please note our new address. The office and fax numbers remain the same:  Miami Regional Office: 3150 SW 38^th Avenue, Suite 950, Miami, FL 33146; telephone: (786) 497-1500; fax: (786) 497-2300. Our office locations can also be viewed here on our website: https://www.chenmoore.com/contact/

Jennifer Smith, P.E., Derrick Smith, CFM, LEED AP and Craig Wallander, P.E. along with family and friends participated in the The Broward County Waterway Cleanup on March 5. Organized by the Marine Industries Association of South Florida, it is the county’s largest and longest-running environmental event. The group cleaned Tradewinds Park in Coconut Creek. For more information, please visit: https://waterwaycleanup.org/

From March 2-4, CMA President Peter Moore, P.E., F.ASCE, FACEC attended the ASCE Legislative Fly-in. Every spring, ASCE holds its Legislative Fly-In in Washington, DC, an exclusive and intensive two-day event providing participants with professional development in honing their skills in the public policy process and advocacy, as well as valuable peer-to-peer networking with fellow ASCE influencers. ASCE members had an opportunity to meet with their Members of Congress or their senior legislative staff and advance the Society’s collective policy priorities while learning beneficial leadership skills they can bring back to the workplace.

CMA Principal Engineer Michael Albert, P.E., and Senior Engineers David Cowan, Jr., P.E., ENV SP and Laura Vogel, Ph.D., P.E., ENV SP are participating in the 2022 Florida Engineering Leadership Institute (FELI). Part of their class projects is to raise money and construct beds for those who are not fortunate enough to have a bed to sleep on.  On February 19, several members of the class built beds for Vita Nova Village, a housing development for disadvantaged youth in the City of West Palm Beach. The teamed with NUCA and Xcel worx on the build. The team not only built 20 beds but worked with youth to learn how to use tools in construction – helping them to develop skills to join the trades, get jobs and better their situation.  The program runs from November 2021 to August 2022.  For more information, or if you are interested in supporting the project check out:  https://www.fleng.org/general/custom.asp?page=FELI