President and CEO Peter Moore, P.E., LEED AP, of Chen Moore and Associates, recently traveled to and Panama to participate in a trade mission led by Acting U.S. Secretary of Commerce Rebecca Blank. The mission was held on May 8, the first anniversary of the U.S.-Columbia Free Trade Agreement.
Essentially, the purpose of a trade mission is to gather like-minded companies and to send an envoy from the Department of Commerce to help facilitate meetings with government officials and potential business partners. Representatives from 20 U.S. companies interested in infrastructure development were in attendance at this trade mission.
During his trip, Mr. Moore attended several meetings that included business discussions with the Columbian Foreign Minister, the Vice President of Panama, the Administrator of the Panama Canal, the President of the Panama Canal Authority and the Panamanian Metro, engineers in charge of the water and power generation for the Panama Canal as well as representatives from the Civil Air Authority, Energy and Mining departments and U.S./Panama Logistics Company.
For more information about the trade mission please visit The Miami Herald at http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/15/v-print/3399641/us-exports-gain-in-first-year.html#storylink=cpy

In recognition for his dedication and diligence in planning and coordinating the MATHCOUNTS event, Shareholder Oscar Bello, P.E. received the President’s Award from The Broward Branch of the Florida Engineering Society at the E-Week Awards Ceremony & Luncheon on Friday February 22, 2013. MATHCOUNTS is a math competition held annually for middle school students. This year the event was held at Stranahan High School in Fort Lauderdale. MATHCOUNTS continues to promote mathematics, a fundamental skill for the engineers of tomorrow which Chen Moore and Associates, along with the Florida Engineering Society, is pleased to promote. Mr. Bello is active in a variety of volunteering and professional organizations, including Engineers Without Borders, Habitat for Humanity, Lego Robotics, SECME, ECOMB, ASCE, and FES. For more information please visit http://mathcounts.org/

Chen Moore and Associates is the recipient of the 2012 ASCE Employer Recognition Award for Support of Younger Members. The Employer Recognition Program was a result of the ASCE Strategic Plan which called for the establishment of a program to recognize and acknowledge employers who support Younger Member participation in ASCE activities. Chen Moore and Associates was recognized for its encouragement and exemplary support of Younger Member involvement in ASCE activities.
This is the sixth time Chen Moore and Associates has been selected, including the Exemplary Support of Young Engineer Involvement in ASCE Activities and Miami-Dade County Firm of the Year in 2007. For more information please visit http://www.asce.org/

Chen Moore and Associates was recently ranked number 16 in the annual South Florida Business Journal’s Top 25 Engineering Firms list. The list includes 25 engineering firms located in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties ranked in order by licensed engineers. Last year the firm was ranked number 20. For more information please visit http://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/blog/morning-edition/2013/02/the-list-top-25-engineering-firms.html

Chen Moore and Associates worked as part of a value engineering team for a value planning and design review session for the Ha’il City Expansion project in the Ha’il Region in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This first session related to the infrastructure designs for Phase I of the master development, comprised of residential, commercial, governmental and religous land uses. The infrastructure was divided into eight categories that were reviewed at length: electrical, lighting, roadway, landscaping, irrigation, potable water, sewerage and stormwater. The session resulted in numerous design suggestions and 12 value engineering proposals with a potential savings of SAR 27.9 million in capital costs, SAR 6.4 million in potential additional real estate and SAR 34.0 million in potential deferred costs.

The 24th Annual ASCE Broward Branch Bowl-A-Thon was held on August 18, 2012. For the second year in a row, Chen Moore and Associates won the tournament! This event is held annually to raise money for a scholarship provided to a local high school senior or current college student studying Civil Engineering. ASCE was able to raise $2,000 for the scholarship fund! The event was held at Diamond Strikes Lanes in Pompano Beach. For more information on ASCE’s Broward Branch, please visit www.broward-asce. org

Chen Moore and Associates was recently ranked number 20 in the annual South Florida Business Journal’s Top Engineering Firms list. The list includes 24 engineering firms located in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties ranked in order by top gross billings. This is the firm’s second year for being recognized in the list. Congratulations to all of our team members for a job well done.