CMA participated in the International Coastal Cleanup on Saturday, September 24. The group with the most trash collected and winner of the ice cream party was our West Palm Beach office with 240 pounds of trash! Miami came in second with 100 pounds of trash. CMA collected a total of 382 pounds of trash throughout Florida’s beaches. Staff collected garbage at Pompano Beach; the West Palm Beach Waterfront; Love Hope Music Community Cleanup in Miami; and Jacksonville Beach.

CMA staff Laura Vogel, PhD, P.E., ENV SP; Nick Karpathy, P.E., ENV SP and Jose L. Acosta, P.E. attended the University of Miami Engineering Career Day on September 30. Over 200 students attended to meet with recruiters ready to offer internships and full-time career opportunities.

CMA Principal Engineer Brad Wilson, P.E. led CMA’s team at the ASCE Jacksonville Branch Fundraising event at Top Golf on September 15th. The team was composed of employees and students against 11 other companies for prizes and fun!

CMA Principal Engineer Danny Davila, P.E. is in New Orleans to represent CMA at the Water Environment Federation’s Technical Exhibition and Conference. The event is the largest conference of its kind in North America and offers water quality professionals from around the world water quality education and training. WEFTEC serves as a forum for domestic and international business opportunities and promotes invaluable peer-to-peer networking among registrants.  https://www.weftec.org/about/about-weftec/

CMAers Yulet Miguel, Nick Karpathy and Dominique Bethel attended ASCE Miami-Dade’s Industry Social on September 29^th in Brickell City Centre, EST 33. The event was a Meet and Greet for the Younger Members to connect with the Branch’s Technical Institute groups, and other professionals! Pictured with the Branch’s President, Jennifer Borges are Yulet, Nick and Dominique, proudly displaying our sponsorship poster.  Yulet is the current Transportation & Development Chair (T&DI) and Nick is with the Utility Engineering and Surveying Institute (UESI). CMA was a Silver Sponsor!  https://www.miamidade-asce.org/ #networking #asce #uesi

Thank you to all our CMA staff who brought in supplies or made monetary donations to purchase supplies to benefit the Port Everglades Association (PEA) Hurricane Fiona relief effort. Our Senior Engineer David Castro, P.E. delivered a full SUV of supplies to the PEA collection site on September 27. Stay tuned for our upcoming news for our donation drive from Hurricane Ian.

On September 27, CMA Director of Energy Freeman Bass, P.E., Principal Engineer Tommy Gardner, P.E., Principal Engineer Jennifer Smith, P.E., and Principal Engineer Brad Wilson, P.E. staffed our booth at the University of North Florida STEM Construction Career Fair.  The event was held at Adam W. Herbert University Center in Jacksonville and over 500 engineering students attended the event.

On September 19, CMA Associate Engineer Madeline Batey, E.I. and Marketing Coordinator Stephanie Williams attended the UCF Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering (CECE) Career Mixer. The CECE Career Mixer is an opportunity for students and employers in the Engineering industry to meet and network. Both Madeline and Stephanie are UCF Alumni, and were both excited to return to their alma mater and speak to the students about our firm and the industry!

CMA Executive Vice President Jose L. Acosta, P.E., F.ASCE and Director of Energy Freeman Bass, P.E. staffed our booth at the Fall 2022 STEM Career Fair at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University/Florida State University on September 20 in Tallahassee. Over 500 engineering students attended the event.