Doral Mayor Juan Carlos Bermudez, City Council, staff along with Kaufman Lynn Construction and Waypoint Contracting, Inc and Chen Moore and Associates, broke ground on the Doral White Course Park project on Tuesday, May 4. The park is scheduled to be completed during the first quarter of 2022. Doral White Course Park will include shaded playground, a waterfront event plaza, outdoor fitness stations, a multi-purpose green space area, fenced-off dog area, restrooms, and shelters. CMA is providing civil engineering and landscape architecture for this project. Associate Engineer Nicholas Karpathy, E.I., ENV SP represented CMA at the event.

CMA Intern Rex Robinson recently received the Florida Atlantic University Civil Engineering Department Senior Showcase award as part of a school project. A panel of judges voted on a variety of projects that the senior class had presented as their capstone design project. The Lake Hicpochee Hydrologic Enhancement Project Expansion of South Florida Water Management District was voted as the best project for this year’s showcase. The ceremony was held virtually on April 28. Congratulations!

CMA President Peter Moore, P.E., F.ASCE, ENV SP, LEED AP was featured on Anthony Fasano, P.E., F.ASCE’s podcast. Mr. Fasano is a Bestselling Author, TEDx Speaker, Trainer & Executive Coach for Civil Engineers, ASCE Blogger and Podcaster for Engineers. Peter discussed his experience over the years being a leader at CMA as well as his vision as nominee for the ASCE President-Elect 2021. You can listen to Peter’s podcast at Episode 170: Leading a Fast-Growing Civil Engineering Company in Today’s World and on YouTube https://bit.ly/TCEPEp170Y

CMA Project Landscape Architect Stefan Bortak, RLA, ASIC, CID will participate as a guest speaker in the STEMpossible Speaker Series sponsored by Valencia College on April 8 at 7 p.m. The online event will feature a panel of six guests representing the diversity of careers in engineering fields including: mechanical, electrical, civil engineering, landscape architecture, computer software and systems engineering. The event is geared towards current students as an opportunity to interact with and gain insights from experts in engineering and computer technology fields.

Stefan has over 16 years of project experience that includes parks, sports facilities, university campuses, urban streetscapes, transportation projects, and community master planning. He worked full-time while attending UCF, where he completed a BS in Interdisciplinary Studies, fusing his passions for engineering and the arts, and earning a minor in Business Administration. Details available at: http://tinyurl.com/stemengine21 

CMA President Peter Moore, P.E., F.ASCE, ENV SP, LEED AP had a busy Tuesday! He guest lectured for a University of Florida Senior level Civil Engineering Cost Estimating class on Risk Management, Overhead and Contingency, then spoke at the 2021 NASTT Conference about the NSF-61 Liners installed as part of the Hillsboro Beach Water Main Replacement Project.  https://pheedloop.com/nodigshow/site/home/    http://www.ufl.edu/

CMA President and CEO Peter Moore, P.E., F.ASCE, ENV SP, LEED AP, Vice President Jose L. Acosta, P.E., F.ASCE and Associate Engineer Carlos Tijerino served as judges for the ASCE Southeast Student Conference Concrete Canoe Competition on March 25-26. Nancy Lehr, P.E. of Moffat and Nicol in Virginia and Dave Livingston, P.E. of Brasfield and Gorrie in Tennessee also served as judges. The virtual event was hosted by Vanderbilt School of Engineering and students from over 14 schools participated in the competition.  The goal of the event is to provide civil engineering students with an opportunity to gain hands-on, practical experience and leadership skills by working with concrete mix designs and project management.   https://engineering.vanderbilt.edu/cee/se-asce2021/events/national/concreteCanoe.php