Chen Moore and Associates participated in the International Coastal Cleanup on Saturday September 15, 2018. The International Coastal Cleanup began more than 30 years ago, when communities rallied together with the common goal of collecting and documenting the trash littering their coastline. Patrick and Teresa L. attended with friends on behalf of the MIA office at Hobie Beach, Miami and collected 6 lbs of trash. Ruben and David of the FTL office attended Pompano Beach site and collected 12 lbs. 21 people attended for the WPB office in Phil Foster Park and collected about 18 lbs of trash. CMA collected a total of over 30 lbs of trash! THANK YOU for all of those who participated and congrats to the WPB office for the highest collection!!

Happy Labor Day Weekend From CMA!

Congratulations to Sr. Engineer Patrick Kaimrajh, P.E., past president of ASCE Miami Dade, who received the Engineer of the Year award and to Associate Engineer Nick Karpathy, ENV SP who won Student of the Year award and was also a scholarship recipient at the ASCE Miami-Dade Annual Awards & Installation Banquet on August 29 at the Rusty Pelican. CMA received the Employer of the Year award in addition to the Project of the Year award for the Miami Beach Sunset Islands 3 & 4 ROW Improvement Program. We served as the prime consultant for civil engineering and Greg Mendez, P.E. served as project manager. Carlos Tijerino was installed as Vice President and Miguel Lockward, E.I., ENV SP was installed as Vice Treasurer. CMA served as a platinum sponsor. Congratulations to everyone! For more information, please visit http://www.fla-asce.org

CMA Broward’s Community Service Committee volunteered for Habitat for Humanity Broward on Saturday, August 4 at Roosevelt Gardens in Fort Lauderdale. Our tasks included installing wooden wall strips for interior drywall and roof truss mounting. Representing CMA was David Castro, Vince Locigno, Natalie Mecklenburg (Jason Spiegel), Derrick Smith, Ruben Soto (subconsultant) and Carlos Tijerino. For more information, please visit https://www.habitat.org/

CMA Director of Water Resources Brent Whitfield, P.E., ENV SP graduated from the Florida Engineering Leadership Institute (FELI) on August 3. FELI’s mission is to transition engineering professionals into community professionals and leaders within our societies, communities and workplaces.  FELI enhances the leadership skills of its participants and sets out a clear pathway to put these skills into practice serving our profession and our communities over a 10-month class. FELI also provides networking across the current and past classes, serving as an outreach group to business and community leaders. By fostering interaction that puts training into practice, FELI achieves its mission to “Transform Leadership Opportunities into Reality.” Other CMA alumni of FELI include Peter Moore, P.E., F.ASCE, ENV SP, LEED® AP; Safiya Brea, P.E., LEED® AP; Jose L. Acosta, P.E., F.ASCE; Greg Mendez, P.E.; Jason McClair, P.E., CFM, LEED® AP; Daniel Davila, P.E.; and Suzanne Dombrowski, P.E. For more information, please visit http://www.fleng.org/leadership.cfm

As a platinum sponsor, CMA representatives attended the Florida Engineering Society/American Council of Engineering Companies of Florida (FES/ACEC) Annual Conference at The JW Marriott in Marco Island August 1-4. CMA President Peter Moore, P.E., F.ASCE, ENV SP, LEED AP was recognized and awarded for his leadership as President of ACEC of Florida, Director of Water Resources/Senior Engineer Brent Whitfield graduated from the Florida Engineering Leadership Institute (FELI) and Sr. Engineer/Fort Lauderdale Branch Manager Danny Davila, P.E., presented on “Water and Sewer Infrastructure Design – South Florida vs. Latin America.” Congratulations! For more information, please visit http://www.fleng.org

CMA participated in the ASCE Broward Branch’s 30th Annual ASCE Bowl-A-Thon on July 21 as platinum and silver sponsors in Tamarac at Sawgrass Lanes. 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. Thanks to the 2018 Bowl-A-thon, ASCE will be able to award $2,000 in scholarships. CMA’s teams placed 2nd and 3rd place this year.  For more information about the ASCE’s Broward Branch, please visit http://www.broward-asce.org/