Chen Moore and Associates (CMA) is proud to announce our acquisition of Fred Wilson & Associates, Inc. The 100% acquisition of the 60-year-old Jacksonville-based engineering company expands our professional engineering consulting services to now include the electrical discipline, adds the Florida Department of Transportation to our highway engineering project portfolio, and increases our statewide team to more than 100 employees.

CMA President and CEO Peter Moore, P.E., F.ASCE, FACEC acknowledged the acquisition in today’s press release stating, “Fred Wilson & Associates, Inc. really hit all the marks for us as a strategic acquisition. With their long successful history, 25 dedicated staff members, northern Florida location, and notoriety for both transportation and electrical engineering work- we are very excited to weave their long history into ours as an investment in our growth.”

To learn more about the work, expansion, and employment opportunities at CMA, visit https://www.chenmoore.com/ or call 866-236-2436.

Congratulations to all of our staff for making this long-term goal a reality!

CMA supports Breast Cancer Awareness Month with our #PinkOctober logo.

CMA participated in the Annual Mercedes-Benz Corporate Run on September 2 at Huizenga Plaza in Fort Lauderdale. Team members who participated in the (live and virtual) event were: Safiya Brea, P.E., LEED AP, David Castro, P.E., Dr. Ben Chen, P.E., BCEE, Susan Chen, Jennifer Cook, Jessica Diaz, E.I., Charmaine Emanuels, E.I., Patrick Kaimrajh, P.E., Teresa Lewis, E.I., Diego Jara Li, E.I., Karen Rachles, Rex Robinson, Jennifer Smith, P.E. and Derrick Smith, CFM, LEED AP.  Congratulations to Patrick Kaimrajh, P.E. who was chosen by his teammates as the seeded runner and finished as our fastest runner and to our entire team for placing 3^rd in the t-shirt design contest for the ‘Creative Use of Your Company Logo’ category! CMA would like to thank the Social Activities Committee for planning our portion of the event and Alex Piereschi from Nailed it Creatives for his winning t-shirt design. #MBCR2021

Representatives of CMA will attend the 30^th Annual Athena Awards Luncheon on September 17 from 11:30a.m. to 1p.m. at the Palm Beach County Convention Center. https://www.palmbeaches.org/

CMA staff attended the ASCE Miami-Dade Branch Officer Installation Dinner at the Rusty Pelican in Miami on August 19. A stellar speech was given by ASCE Miami-Dade Branch Outgoing President and our Associate Engineer Carlos Tijerino.  In addition, CMA Senior Engineer Patrick Kaimrajh, P.E., who is a past branch president, installed the next president of the branch. Other CMA representatives who attended were Jose L. Acosta, P.E., F.ASCE, Nick Karpathy, E.I., ENV SP, Teresa Lewis, E.I., and Jennifer Smith, P.E.  Congratulations to all!   https://www.miamidade-asce.org/

CMA staff attended the FES conference August 4-7 at the Breakers Palm Beach. Patrick Kaimrajh, P.E. graduated from the 2020 Florida Engineering Leadership Institute (FELI) class and Jennifer Smith, P.E. and Robert Best, Jr., P.E. graduated from the 2021 FELI Class. The FES Broward Branch won First Place in Recruitment, First Place Retention, and Best Overall for the large branch category. Teresa Lewis, E.I. accepted the awards on behalf of the Broward Branch as the President-Elect. Peter Moore, P.E., F.ASCE, ENV SP, LEED AP was honored as an FES Fellow Member and Shahin Hekmat, P.E. presented several of the awards as the ACEC-FL President.

Happy Professional Engineers Day to all of our engineers at CMA! We thank you for your hard work and dedication to our profession.

CMA President Peter Moore, P.E., F.ASCE, ENV SP, LEED AP and Director of Water Resources and Senior Engineer Brent Whitfield, P.E. recently contributed articles relating to ‘Legislative Recap’ and ‘PE Days’ respectively that were published in the June 2021 issue of the Florida Engineering Society (FES) Journal. Congratulations Peter and Brent!

CMA Associate Engineer Nick Karpathy, E.I., ENV SP presented on limitations of the CN Model and Comparisons to the ɸ-Index Model at the ASCE Florida Section Conference on July 8. https://www.fla-asce.org/