Congratulations to our Vice President Jose L. Acosta, P.E., F.ASCE, who was honored with the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Region 5 Engineer of the Year Award at the annual awards and installation banquet. Associate Engineer Carlos Tijerino was installed as Treasurer, Associate Engineer Miguel Lockward, EI, was appointed Younger Member Group Chair and Senior Engineer Patrick Kaimrajh, P.E., became Past President. Engineering Intern Nick Karpathy was presented with the Branch Scholarship. CMA was a gold sponsor of the annual meeting, held at the Rusty Pelican in Key Biscayne, where new ASCE Miami-Dade Officers are inducted as well as certain ASCE members within the County are recognized for excellence in engineering through a variety of awards. Dr. Ben Chen, P.E., BCEE, Susan Chen, Ricardo Jimenez, EI, Teresa Lewis, EI, Miguel Lockward, EI, Greg Mendez, P.E, Carlos Morales, Pamela Munoz and Sathvika Ramaji, EI, also attended the event. The ASCE Miami-Dade County Branch is a subsidiary of the Florida Section ASCE. For more information on ASCE’s Miami-Dade Branch, please visit http://www.miamidade-asce.org/

CMA served as platinum and silver sponsors for the 29th Annual American Society of Civil Engineers Broward Branch Bowl-A-Thon on Saturday, August 5 in Tamarac at Sawgrass Lanes. Our team members included Molly Behan, Joel Brownsey, Daniel Davila, Jessica Diaz, Alejandra Duarte, Teresa Lewis (team leader), Jason McClair, Derrick Smith, Jennifer Smith and Ruben Soto. Congratulations to Jennifer and Derrick who won highest female and male scores! The event is held on an annual basis to raise money for a scholarship provided to a Broward County resident who are either a senior in high school or an undergraduate in college pursuing a degree in Civil Engineering. ASCE successfully raised $2,000 for the scholarship fund. For more information about the ASCE’s Broward Branch, please visit http://www.broward-asce.org/

CMA Fort Lauderdale Branch Manager Daniel Davila, P.E. graduated from the Florida Engineering Leadership Institute (FELI) on August 4 and was recognized with his classmates during the FES/FICE 101st Annual at The Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach County. FELIﾒ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 ﾓTransform Leadership Opportunities into Reality.ﾔ Other CMA alumni of FELI include Peter Moore, P.E., F.ASCE, ENV SP, LEEDﾮ AP; Safiya Brea, P.E., LEEDﾮ AP; Jose L. Acosta, P.E., F.ASCE; Greg Mendez, P.E.; Jason McClair, P.E., CFM, LEEDﾮ AP and Suzanne Dombrowski, P.E. Congratulations Danny! For more information, please visit http://www.fleng.org/leadership.cfm

Chen Moore and Associates was a gold sponsor of the FICE/FES (Florida Institute of Professional Engineers/Florida Engineering Society) 101st Annual Conference. The event was held August 2-5 at the Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach County. Dr. Ben Chen, Peter Moore, Jose L. Acosta and Dan Davila attended and Peter was sworn in as FICE president. Congratulations Peter! For more information, please visit http://www.fleng.org

The ASCE Miami-Dade YMG (Younger Member Group) along with the FIU and UM Student Chapters collaborated to clean up SW 104th Street (Killian Drive) between SW 107 Avenue and SW 117th Avenue. The Miami-Dade County Adopt-A-Road Program is a partnership to enhance the appearance of our roadways. Representing CMA was Patrick Kaimrajh, P.E., Nick Karpathy and Carlos Tijerino. For more information, please visit http://www.miamidade.gov/neatstreets/sponsor-adopt-road.asp

Our WPB office participated in the School to Work Summer Program for the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Palm Beach & Martin Counties, Inc. The program started on June 29th and ended on July 27th. The program gave high school students the opportunity to visit CMAﾒs office and experience a day as an engineer or landscape architect. Our staff shared their personal experiences with the students and showed them what we do on a daily basis. The students were also given some tasks so they could understand what we do and inspire future engineers or landscape architects. For more information, please visit http://mentorbig.org/

The ASCE Florida Section Annual Meeting took place in Orlando from July 20 -22. Chen Moore was represented by Jose L. Acosta, Jason McClair, Teresa Lewis, Nick Karpathy, Patrick Kaimrajh, Brent Whitfield and Carlos Tijerino. The Miami-Dade Branch won Large Branch of the Year Award. Carlos participated in a Q & A advisory panel geared towards college students to discuss employer expectations, career paths and continuing education. For more information, please visit http://bit.ly/2tEeA80