CMA attended the Broward Branch ASCE 50th Year Anniversary, Installation and Awards Banquet Thursday, Sept 12th. CMA was a platinum sponsor for the event, held at the Hillsboro Club in Hillsboro Beach.  All Broward Branch Past Presidents were acknowledged, including Jose Acosta, P.E., F.ASCE; Peter Moore, P.E., F.ASCE, ENV SP, LEED AP; and Jennifer Smith, P.E. The current board was also recognized, including Jennifer Smith, P.E. as President and Teresa Lewis, E.I. as Treasurer. Chairpersons were acknowledged as well including Jessica Diaz (Bowl-a-thon); Natalie Mecklenburg (Membership Chair and Scholarship Chair), Ruben Soto (Community Outreach Chair), Teresa Lewis, E.I. (Social Media). Dan Davila, P.E. won project of the year for the Ft. Lauderdale Emergency Replacement of 30”FM. As ASCE Region 5 Director, Peter Moore P.E., F.ASCE, ENV SP, LEED AP performed the Installation for the new officers. Keynote speaker Broward County Commissioner Beam Furr presented on civil engineering concerns in Broward County. Congratulations to all CMA staff involved with the success of the branch for the past 50 years!

Today, CMA remembers those lost and affected by the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.  

CMA, teamed with Holtz Consulting Engineers, participated in the Inaugural Seacoast Classic Softball Tournament on September 7.  CMA won two out of the three games.  Players from CMA included Brent Whitfield, P.E., ENV SP, Cris Betancourt, RLA, Jennifer Cook, Madeley Arriola Guerrero, EI, Marvin Moore, Mike Wood, Jennifer Smith, P.E., Derrick Smith, CFM, LEED AP, Joel Brownsey, P.E. and Suzanne Dombrowski, P.E., ENV SP. Other teams that participated were Seacoast Utility Authority, City of Palm Beach Gardens, Palm Beach Gardens Police Department, City of West Palm Beach Utilities, Martin County Utilities, South Florida Lawmen and Globaltec.  All proceeds went to Water for People. Thank you to everyone who participated!

CMA offices were connected via video conference to join the Fort Lauderdale office in celebrating President Peter Moore’s 20th CMAnniversary on August 30. Gifts included a gator jersey with his name and monogrammed cufflinks from Tiffany. Congratulations! 

Congratulations to CMA Associate Engineer Charmaine Emanuels, EI who won Student of the Year award and was installed as Student Member Relations Chair at the ASCE Miami-Dade Annual Awards & Installation Banquet on Thursday night at the Rusty Pelican. Associate Engineer Carlos Tijerino was installed as President Elect and Associate Engineer Sathvika Ramaji, EI was installed as Utility Engineering and Surveying Institute Chair. CMA served as a sponsor and our other representatives who attended were Jose L. Acosta, P.E., F.ASCE, Dr. Ben Chen, P.E., BCEE, Patrick Kaimrajh, P.E., Nick Karpathy, EI, ENV SP, Teresa Lewis, EI, Greg Mendez, P.E., Peter Moore, P.E., F.ASCE, ENV SP, LEED AP, Jennifer Smith, P.E. and Brent Whitfield, P.E., ENV SP. For more information, please visit https://www.miamidade-asce.org/

CMA Associate Engineers Sathvika Ramaji, E.I. and Nicholas Karpathy, E.I., ENV SP attended the ASCE Younger Members Leadership Symposium (YMLS) in Reston, VA this past weekend. The conference started with a tour of the Capitol and walking around the monuments in Washington, DC. The rest of the weekend included sessions on improving communication, management, networking and presentation skills. Aside from the sessions, time was also spent conversing with ASCE President-Elect Kancheepuram “Guna” N. Gunalan and networking with other young professionals from around the country.

The ASCE Broward Bowl-a-Thon was held August 10 at Sawgrass Lanes in Tamarac. CMA staff bowled on two teams as platinum and silver sponsors The event is held annually to raise money for a scholarship provided to Broward County residents who are either a senior in high school or an undergraduate student in college pursuing a degree in Civil Engineering. For more information about the ASCE’s Broward Branch, please visit http://www.broward-asce.org/

Thank you to all of our engineers at Chen Moore and Associates for all of your hard work to help make our firm a success!

On August 1, CMA’s Fort Lauderdale office volunteered for a Shared Meal event hosted by HOPE South Florida. Volunteers were responsible for setting up, serving and cleaning up meals for homeless individuals. Chen Moore volunteers were Natalie Mecklenburg, Carlos Tijerino, Johanna Zona, Charmaine Emanuels, E.I., David Castro, P.E. and Ruben Soto. For more information, please visit http://hopesouthflorida.org/

CMA hosted an event at TopGolf Miami on July 26. Andres Aristizabal, Elizabeth Hanna, Nick Karpathy, ENV SP, and Greg Mendez, P.E., Derrick Smith, CFM, LEED AP, Jennifer Smith, P.E. and Carlos Tijerino had a great time earning high scores with their golf game. Although there were some swings and misses early on, everyone was making some sweet shots by the end of the evening! For more information about the venue, please visit https://topgolf.com/us/miami-gardens/