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

CMA was named as one of the ‘Best Places to Work’ at the South Florida Business Journal’s Best Places to Work in South Florida awards program.  The event was held outside at The Signature Grand in Davie on February 25. The awards program recognized small, medium and large companies deemed by their employees to be the ‘Best Places to Work’ in South Florida. More than 150 professionals attended the event. CMA ranked 9th overall in the medium-sized company category – congratulations! For more information, please visit https://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/

We are proud to announce that CMAers Nicholas Karpathy, Sathvika Ramaji and Justin Tagle recently passed the PE exam. Congratulations!!!