Chen Moore and Associates staff participated in the ASCE Broward Fourth Annual Engineer for a Day event on February 12. The student outreach program was created to encourage high school students to consider civil engineering as a future career field. The day was divided up into two sessions. The morning session was hosted at the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) District 4 offices in Fort Lauderdale, where students interacted with local engineering university students, professors and other professional engineers, where they learned about the academic requirements necessary for completing an engineering degree and general information in the engineering field. In the afternoon session, the students split up into smaller groups and toured local engineering firms, including Chen Moore and Associates’ Fort Lauderdale office. Thanks to our staff for welcoming these students and giving them the opportunity to become Engineers for a Day! For more information, please visit http://www.broward-asce.org/

On February 11, CMA Director of Planning and Landscape Architecture Cris Betancourt, RLA, AICP and Landscape Architect Stefan Bortak, RLA, CID staffed a table at the UGA College of Environment + Design Career Fair at the University of Georgia. Attendees included undergraduate and graduate students in UGA’s LAAB-accredited landscape architecture program who have a comprehensive understanding of design, including coursework in garden design, community design, urban design and regional planning. http://career.uga.edu/hireuga

CMA staff attended the SMPS South Florida Paint & Sip Networking Social on February 11. CMA also donated to the event, which was held at Art Sea Living in Boynton Beach. A portion of the proceeds from the event benefitted Girls 2 Women.

On February 8, CMA staff participated in the Miami-Dade ASCE Field Day at Zoo Miami benefitting local students studying civil engineering. CMA was an event sponsor and finished in third place overall! Attendees included Greg Mendez, P.E., Patrick Kaimrajh, P.E., Sathvika Ramaji, E.I., Nick Karpathy, E.I., Carlos Tijerino, Manny Caamano, Jazmin Cruz, and Chris Donnelly. Nick Karpathy, E.I. organized the event.
 

Representatives of CMA Robert Best, P.E., Teresa Lewis, E.I., Carlos Tijerino, and Peter Moore, P.E., F.ASCE, ENV SP, LEED AP attended the ASCE Multi-Region Leadership Conference January 31 – February 1 in Philadelphia.  

CMA Vice President Jose L. Acosta, P.E., F.ASCE served as co-chair and Senior Engineer Patrick Kaimrajh, P.E. and Associate Engineer Carlos Tijerino served as judges for the Future City Competition held January 11 at FIU College of Engineering. Future City is a project-based learning program where students in 6th, 7th, and 8th grades imagine, research, design, and build cities of the future. This year there were 11 local teams competing for top prizes and six special awards.   St Hugh Catholic School was the winning school and is pictured with other co-chair Dave Clarke of Stantec, the Dean of the College Engineering at FIU and the Assistant Dean (Dr Osama Mohammed) who served as the lead for the SE Region of Future Cities. For more information, please visit http://aln.fiu.edu/futurecity/

CMA President Peter Moore, P.E., F.ASCE, ENV SP, LEED AP presented a dedication at NASA of the Vehicle Assembly Building designating it as an ASCE National Historic Landmark to the NASA Director.  Kevin J. Thibault, Secretary of the Florida Department of Transportation and other CMA staff members were in attendance.

In 2019, Chen Moore and Associates continued to participate in community service projects throughout the Tri-County area and we look forward to how we can help our communities in 2020! Our projects from last year include:

• Adopt a Family – Provided holiday gifts for a family in need in West Palm Beach
• United Way  –  Supported the United Way green initiative and participated in the 28th Annual Day of Caring in Broward County
• Making Strides Against Breast Cancer – Raised $526 towards breast cancer research and participated in the events in Fort Lauderdale and Miami
• Wear Pink Day – To support breast cancer awareness
• Quantum House – Prepared and served meals to families whose children are receiving treatment in Palm Beach County for serious medical conditions.
• International Coastal Cleanup – Beach cleanup at El Pardo Park in Lauderdale-By-The Sea
• ACE Mentor Program – Participated in the after-high school program to mentor students interested in the field of engineering
• FES Golf Tournament – Sponsored a team to play and raise money for student scholarships.
• ASCE Bowl-A-Thon – Sponsored two teams to play and raise money for student scholarships
• Hurricane Donations – Collected items of need for Hurricane Dorian victims in the Bahamas
• Back-to-School Drive – Collected school supplies to benefit the Broward Education Foundation School Supply Center program
• HOPE South Florida – Volunteered feeding homeless people through the Shared Meal Program and clothing donations
• Habitat for Humanity – Prepared infrastructure at new Habitat Houses
• Relay For Life – Started fundraiser and raised money for American Cancer Society
• Broward Partnership Breaking Bread Program – Served dinner to those living in the Broward Partnership Shelter and also prepared sandwiches
• Kayak Community Cleanup – Volunteers teamed in kayaks and collected eight burlap sacks of waste along Pelican Island in Miami
• SMPS/ABC Cares Foundation – Participated in and donated to the SMPS South Florida Paint & Sip Networking Social at Uptown Art Boca Raton to benefit ABC Cares Foundation
• Palm Beach County Food Bank/CANstruction – CMA teamed with Johnson-Davis Construction to participate in this fundraising competition; a design out of food cans were built and then donated to the PBC Food Bank
• FES Broward Equestrian Volunteer Program – Assisted Equine-Assisted Therapies of South Florida; the group raised and leveled the barn and installed new scratching posts
• Feeding South Florida – Participated in the Annual Outrun Hunger 5K Event
• Paddleboarding/Trash Cleanup in Miami – Participated in a paddle boarding/kayaking trash cleanup at Morningside Park in Miami

Happy New Year From CMA!

CMA sponsored a young family of four living in Palm Beach County, as part of the Adopt-A-Family program. Adopt-A-Family’s mission is to strengthen families with children in their efforts to achieve stability and self-sufficiency by providing access to all-encompassing services. Since 1983, Adopt-A-Family has grown into the largest service provider for homeless families in Palm Beach County — providing access to services for more than 2,000 families with children per year.