Chen Moore and Associates celebrated 30 years of service to the community with a reception benefitting the Museum of Discovery and Science in Fort Lauderdale on March 10. The evening included a welcome speech from our President Peter Moore, P.E., F.ASCE, LEEDﾮ AP and a 30-year-in-review slide show, reliving firm, employee and community involvement milestones. Proclamations from the State of Florida, Broward County and the City of Fort Lauderdale were presented to our Founder and Chairman Dr. Ben Chen, P.E., BCEE by our Vice President Jose L. Acosta, P.E. The proclamations acknowledged Benﾒs 40 years of service and the firmﾒs 30 years of service to the community and the profession. The County and City proclamations stated March 10 as Chen Moore and Associates Appreciation Day. The celebration, a ﾑparty with a purpose,ﾒ raised $2,500 for the Museum of Discovery and Science. More than 100 guests enjoyed the evening.

The Cuban Infrastructure Scholarship Challenge was held earlier this month by the Cuban American Association of Civil Engineers and the Association of Cuban American Engineers at Casa Bacardi at the University of Miami. Thirty teams from 14 schools submitted letters of intent. The final six presented were from Florida International University, Florida Institute of Technology, two from the University of Florida, University of Alabama and University of Missouri. One of the University of Florida teams won.

The City of Marathon Utility Maintenance Facility-Construction Management project is being erected and on schedule. CMA is the prime consultant for construction engineering and inspection services of this pre-manufactured engineered utility maintenance facility and public works compound.

The UAZ project team went to lunch earlier this month to celebrate completing the preliminary report on time. The team put in substantial hard work to create a top quality report for the firmﾒs largest project to date ~ The Broward County UAZ 110/111 & 113 Water Sewer Improvements 113B. Pictured Jennifer Smith, Carlos Tijerino, Jessica Diaz, Teresa Lewis, Natalie Mecklenburg, Ashraf Iqbal, Alan Clayton, Safiya Brea and Gaethan Amedee.

The building slab for the Marathon Utility Maintenance Facility project was successfully poured last week. Building materials included 360+ Cy of 6000 psi concrete with nine hours of labor. Chen Moore and Associates is currently the construction manager for this pre-manufactured engineered utility maintenance facility and public works compound. Building construction will start at the end of February.

In honor of National Engineers Week, February 19-25, CMA wishes to thank our family of engineers for their tireless dedication in helping to make our business a continued success!

Our Miami office celebrated the new EIs ~ Sathvika Ramaji and Ricardo Jimenez ~ at happy hour!