CMA participated in the Annual Mercedes-Benz Corporate Run on September 2 at Huizenga Plaza in Fort Lauderdale. Team members who participated in the (live and virtual) event were: Safiya Brea, P.E., LEED AP, David Castro, P.E., Dr. Ben Chen, P.E., BCEE, Susan Chen, Jennifer Cook, Jessica Diaz, E.I., Charmaine Emanuels, E.I., Patrick Kaimrajh, P.E., Teresa Lewis, E.I., Diego Jara Li, E.I., Karen Rachles, Rex Robinson, Jennifer Smith, P.E. and Derrick Smith, CFM, LEED AP.  Congratulations to Patrick Kaimrajh, P.E. who was chosen by his teammates as the seeded runner and finished as our fastest runner and to our entire team for placing 3^rd in the t-shirt design contest for the ‘Creative Use of Your Company Logo’ category! CMA would like to thank the Social Activities Committee for planning our portion of the event and Alex Piereschi from Nailed it Creatives for his winning t-shirt design. #MBCR2021

Representatives of CMA will attend the 30^th Annual Athena Awards Luncheon on September 17 from 11:30a.m. to 1p.m. at the Palm Beach County Convention Center. https://www.palmbeaches.org/

CMA staff attended the ASCE Miami-Dade Branch Officer Installation Dinner at the Rusty Pelican in Miami on August 19. A stellar speech was given by ASCE Miami-Dade Branch Outgoing President and our Associate Engineer Carlos Tijerino.  In addition, CMA Senior Engineer Patrick Kaimrajh, P.E., who is a past branch president, installed the next president of the branch. Other CMA representatives who attended were Jose L. Acosta, P.E., F.ASCE, Nick Karpathy, E.I., ENV SP, Teresa Lewis, E.I., and Jennifer Smith, P.E.  Congratulations to all!   https://www.miamidade-asce.org/

CMA staff attended the FES conference August 4-7 at the Breakers Palm Beach. Patrick Kaimrajh, P.E. graduated from the 2020 Florida Engineering Leadership Institute (FELI) class and Jennifer Smith, P.E. and Robert Best, Jr., P.E. graduated from the 2021 FELI Class. The FES Broward Branch won First Place in Recruitment, First Place Retention, and Best Overall for the large branch category. Teresa Lewis, E.I. accepted the awards on behalf of the Broward Branch as the President-Elect. Peter Moore, P.E., F.ASCE, ENV SP, LEED AP was honored as an FES Fellow Member and Shahin Hekmat, P.E. presented several of the awards as the ACEC-FL President.

Happy Professional Engineers Day to all of our engineers at CMA! We thank you for your hard work and dedication to our profession.

CMA President Peter Moore, P.E., F.ASCE, ENV SP, LEED AP and Director of Water Resources and Senior Engineer Brent Whitfield, P.E. recently contributed articles relating to ‘Legislative Recap’ and ‘PE Days’ respectively that were published in the June 2021 issue of the Florida Engineering Society (FES) Journal. Congratulations Peter and Brent!

CMA Associate Engineer Nick Karpathy, E.I., ENV SP presented on limitations of the CN Model and Comparisons to the ɸ-Index Model at the ASCE Florida Section Conference on July 8. https://www.fla-asce.org/

CMA Senior Engineers Dan Davila, P.E. and Patrick Kaimrajh, P.E. and Richard Crow from Murphy Pipeline Contractors Inc. presented on trenchless technology work in South Florida at the ASCE Florida Section Conference on July 8. https://www.fla-asce.org/

Congratulations to the following CMAers who were recognized at the Annual ASCE Florida Section Conference July 8-9: Senior Engineer Jennifer Smith P.E. for winning Region 5 Young Engineer of the Year and for being inducted as District 1 VP for the Section, Associate Engineer Teresa Lewis, E.I. for receiving an award for her work in starting the Region 5 Young Members Committee, and Senior Engineer Patrick Kaimrajh, P.E. for being inducted as Section Treasurer and who also moderated a student panel at the event. We are proud of all of you!