CMA Broward’s Community Service Committee volunteered for Habitat for Humanity Broward on Saturday, August 4 at Roosevelt Gardens in Fort Lauderdale. Our tasks included installing wooden wall strips for interior drywall and roof truss mounting. Representing CMA was David Castro, Vince Locigno, Natalie Mecklenburg (Jason Spiegel), Derrick Smith, Ruben Soto (subconsultant) and Carlos Tijerino. For more information, please visit https://www.habitat.org/

CMA Director of Water Resources Brent Whitfield, P.E., ENV SP graduated from the Florida Engineering Leadership Institute (FELI) on August 3. FELI’s mission is to transition engineering professionals into community professionals and leaders within our societies, communities and workplaces.  FELI enhances the leadership skills of its participants and sets out a clear pathway to put these skills into practice serving our profession and our communities over a 10-month class. FELI also provides networking across the current and past classes, serving as an outreach group to business and community leaders. By fostering interaction that puts training into practice, FELI achieves its mission to “Transform Leadership Opportunities into Reality.” Other CMA alumni of FELI include Peter Moore, P.E., F.ASCE, ENV SP, LEED® AP; Safiya Brea, P.E., LEED® AP; Jose L. Acosta, P.E., F.ASCE; Greg Mendez, P.E.; Jason McClair, P.E., CFM, LEED® AP; Daniel Davila, P.E.; and Suzanne Dombrowski, P.E. For more information, please visit http://www.fleng.org/leadership.cfm

As a platinum sponsor, CMA representatives attended the Florida Engineering Society/American Council of Engineering Companies of Florida (FES/ACEC) Annual Conference at The JW Marriott in Marco Island August 1-4. CMA President Peter Moore, P.E., F.ASCE, ENV SP, LEED AP was recognized and awarded for his leadership as President of ACEC of Florida, Director of Water Resources/Senior Engineer Brent Whitfield graduated from the Florida Engineering Leadership Institute (FELI) and Sr. Engineer/Fort Lauderdale Branch Manager Danny Davila, P.E., presented on “Water and Sewer Infrastructure Design – South Florida vs. Latin America.” Congratulations! For more information, please visit http://www.fleng.org

CMA participated in the ASCE Broward Branch’s 30th Annual ASCE Bowl-A-Thon on July 21 as platinum and silver sponsors in Tamarac at Sawgrass Lanes. 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. Thanks to the 2018 Bowl-A-thon, ASCE will be able to award $2,000 in scholarships. CMA’s teams placed 2nd and 3rd place this year.  For more information about the ASCE’s Broward Branch, please visit http://www.broward-asce.org/

Congratulations to Brent Whitfield, P.E., director of water resources/senior engineer for winning the Engineer of the Year award at the ASCE Florida Section Annual Conference held July 12-13 at the Vinoy in St. Petersburg. Patrick Kaimrajh, P.E., senior engineer presented on the Miami Beach Sunset Islands 3 & 4 ROW Improvement Program that was awarded the Project of the Year award. CMA served as the prime consultant for civil engineering and Greg Mendez, P.E., branch manager/senior engineer served as project manager. The ASCE Miami Branch was awarded the Branch of the Year award and CMA staff who represent the branch include Patrick Kaimrajh, P.E., past president, Carlos Tijerino, treasurer and Miguel Lockward, E.I., younger member group chairperson. In addition, Jose L. Acosta, P.E., F.ASCE, CMA vice president received his award from last year for Region 5 Engineer of the Year. CMA served as a title sponsor for the event. Congratulations to everyone! For more information, please visit http://www.fla-asce.org

Independence Day, also referred to as the Fourth of July or July Fourth, is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. The Continental Congress declared that the thirteen American colonies regarded themselves as a new nation, the United States of America, and were no longer part of the British Empire. The Congress actually voted to declare independence two days earlier, on July 2. For more information, please visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_%28United_States%29

June 21 usually marks the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere and the winter solstice in the Southern Hemisphere, which is the day of the year with the most hours of daylight in the Northern Hemisphere and the fewest hours of daylight in the Southern Hemisphere. For more information, please visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_21

Father’s Day is a celebration honoring fathers and celebrating fatherhood, paternal bonds, and the influence of fathers in society. In Catholic Europe, it has been celebrated on March 19 (St. Joseph’s Day) since the Middle Ages. This celebration was brought by the Spanish and Portuguese to Latin America, where March 19 is often still used for it, though many countries in Europe and the Americas have adopted the U.S. date, which is the third Sunday of June (falling on June 17 in 2018). It is celebrated on various days in many parts of the world, most commonly in the months of March, April and June. For more information, please visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father%27s_Day