We are proud to announce that the following CMAers Teresa Lewis, Jessica Diaz, Vince Locigno, and Craig Wallander recently passed the PE exam. Congratulations!
CMA President Peter Moore, P.E., F.ASCE, ENV SP, LEED AP recently gave an interview to the Invading Sea about why governments need to allocate more money to study Florida’s flooding threat. The Invading Sea is a collaboration of 26 Florida news organizations – 25 daily newspapers and WLRN Public Media, South Florida’s public radio station. The site features editorials from our newspaper partners and opinion pieces by scientists, academics, activists and citizens interested in Florida and the threats posed by climate change. The complete interview can be viewed here: https://www.theinvadingsea.com/2021/05/31/peter-moore-governments-need-to-allocate-more-money-to-study-floridas-flooding-threat-and-how-to-address-it/
CMA Senior Engineers Robert Best, Jr., P.E. and Jennifer Smith, P.E., are participating in the Florida Engineering Leadership Institute (FELI) this year and part of their class project is to connect disadvantaged students to virtual classrooms by providing and installing Wi-Fi towers at public spaces throughout the state! Rob recently helped with installing some of these Wi-Fi towers with FELI classmates in the City of Okeechobee. FELI runs from November through August and consists of six sessions held in key cities throughout Florida. Each session focuses on a different aspect of leadership, ranging from development of personal leadership skills to team building, through interactive sessions and first-hand accounts from experts in their respective fields. CMA is a proud donor of the project. For more information about the class project and ways to contribute (raffle, virtual 5K, and direct donation), please visit https://www.feli21.com/
May 28, 2021
Peter Moore, P.E., F.ASCE, ENV SP, LEED AP
President, Chen Moore and Associates
Last week: My daughter attends a local religious private school, and her last day of school was this past week. I personally appreciate the great care the relatively small school took in providing safeguards for all the children, particularly since most of the are younger than the age of 12. What happens now remains to be seen. With the public schools ending June 9, parents will once again have a group of children who cannot yet be vaccinated with no place to go safely. My company still affords flexibility in work location, but most working parents aren’t that lucky.
Looking ahead: I’m getting ready to head to two out-of-town conferences in the next two weeks. They aren’t the first times that I’ve had out-of-town meetings since COVID began, but it is definitely the start of a wave. Many organizations used PPP loans and temporary expense reductions to survive the pandemic, and this means that pulling off a successful (profitable) in-person event is the road to recovery and normalcy for their employees and boards. But the “flip the switch” that has happened since the CDC changed the masking guidelines just feels reckless.
Memorial Day is a federal holiday in the United States for honoring and mourning the military personnel who have died in the performance of their military duties while serving in the United States Armed Forces. The holiday is observed on the last Monday of May.
CMA staff will once again participate in The American Cancer Society Relay For Life! The event will be held at Cooper City High School Saturday, June 5 from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. Relay is a national fundraising event where team members take turns walking around a track or designated path. Each event is 6-24 hours in length and each team is asked to have a member on the track at all times to signify that cancer never sleeps. This is an event that also honors the lives lost to cancer, celebrates survivors, and supports the caregivers. For more information or to donate to our team, please visit Relay For Life of Davie-Cooper City: Chen Moore Crusaders | Relay For Life (acsevents.org)
CMA placed 38th in the Multi-Discipline category in the Zweig White Best Firms to Work For awards. CMA also placed 17th for the 50-100 employees category. CMA will receive an award at the upcoming Elevate Leadership Summit in Denver in November. Thank you to all staff that completed the survey!
CMA President Peter Moore, P.E., F.ASCE, ENV SP, LEED AP participated in the Habitat for Humanity of Broward CEO Build 2021 on Saturday, May 15. More than 47 leaders worked together in Pompano Beach to help Habitat for Humanity of Broward serve more families to have safe shelter. The annual event is offered to local CEOs as an opportunity to champion affordable housing and improve the health of our businesses and our community. https://www.habitatbroward.org/
CMA has been named a South Florida Top Workplace by the Sun Sentinel! CMA was recognized at the Top Workplaces Awards event held virtually on Thursday, May 20 and ranked 17 in the Small Employer Group. CMA will also be featured in Sunday’s edition of the Sun Sentinel in the annual Top Workplaces special section.
Being named a Top Workplace is based solely on employee feedback gathered through a third-party survey administered by employee engagement technology partner Energage, LLC. The anonymous survey uniquely measures 15 drivers of engaged cultures that are critical to the success of any organization: including alignment, execution, leadership, and connection, just to name a few. Thank you to all of our employees who completed this survey! bit.ly/NTW13
May 21, 2021
Peter Moore, P.E., F.ASCE, ENV SP, LEED AP
President, Chen Moore and Associates
Last week: Last week, I had the pleasure to volunteer with Habitat for Humanity with dozens of other CEOs. It was a well-run event, but to see so many leaders giving back to the community was a great sight. For me, this site was adjacent to my high school, Blanche Ely High, so it was great to see the spark of positivity in the neighborhood. Last, but certainly not least, was the ability to tour the unfinished home with the future homeowner. He shined with pride, and that’s why we give back.
Looking ahead: To me, the coming weeks are going to be filled with anxiety as more and more places open up, yet my daughter is too young to get vaccinated. Even when she’s eligible, I’m going to be very concerned about the gene-swapping technology used in the Pfizer vaccine and its impact on the developing body. I know that the clinical trials will be exhaustive, but as a parent, it feels too fast. I want things to be back to normal, but I also want her to be safe. I sense I’ll have anxiety for some time.
