The CMA Annual Family Picnic was held on Saturday, May 5 at Spanish River Park in Boca Raton. In honor of Cinco De Mayo, festivities included a taco bar lunch with a piñata and pass the potato and egg relay contests. Congratulations to Stefan Bortak, CID who won the t-shirt design contest! Everyone received a t-shirt. Approximately 100 people enjoyed the day including employees, friends and families. Special thanks to the social activities committee for planning the event!

May The Fourth Be With You ~ Celebrating Star Wars
Star Wars Day, May 4, celebrates George Lucas’ Star Wars. It is observed by fans of the media franchise. Observance of the commemorative day spread quickly through media and grassroots celebrations. For more information, please visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Day

CMA Raised Over $3,500 for The American Cancer Society Relay For Life
CMA raised $3,515 for The American Cancer Society Relay For Life event at Bamford Sports Complex in Davie April 27-28! CMA was a signature sponsor and a total of 51 individuals donated to our campaign. Relay is a team fundraising event where team members fundraise for cancer research at their tables and show support to those affected by cancer by continuously walking around a track or designated path. Each event is 6-24 hours in length and each team is asked to have a member on the track at all times to signify that cancer never sleeps. This is an event that also honors the lives lost to cancer, celebrates survivors, and supports the caregivers. Congratulations to Team Chen Moore Crusaders! For more information, please visit https://www.cancer.org/involved/fundraise/relay-for-life.html
CMA Sponsored Second Annual Ballroom Blitz
CMA Director of Water Resources/Senior Engineer Brent Whitfield, P.E., participated in the Second Annual Ballroom Blitz on April 27 at the Kravis Center, benefiting the West Palm Beach Police Athletic League. Five dancing couples (one amateur and one professional) competed to become the top stars. CMA was a Merenque Sponsor that included a table of 10. Brent sold over 50 tickets, had $3,000 in cash donations and earned the highest score from the judges, but finished as runner-up based on the aggregate scores of dancing and fundraising. Congratulations! The video of the event can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/N23ZKAOWznI For more information about the event, please visit http://www.westpalmbeachpal.com/ballroom-blitz/

CMA Providing Landscape Architecture Services for JM Family $150 Million Headquarters Campus Renovation
Chen Moore and Associates is providing landscape architecture services as a subconsultant to PGAL Associates for the JM Family Enterprises campus renovation and expansion in Deerfield Beach. The $150 million project includes eight structures of which three are office buildings, a two-story dining hall, conference and training center, a 20,000-square-foot sports complex, 900-vehicle parking garage and a 55,000-square-foot conference and training center. CMA is developing campus-wide landscape and hardscape plans to support the construction of the new facilities. Services include design development, construction documents and permitting. The project is being launched to attract new generations of workers and marks JM Familys 50th anniversary.

Happy Earth Day From CMA
Earth Day is an annual event celebrated on April 22. Worldwide, various events are held to demonstrate support for environmental protection. First celebrated in 1970, Earth Day events in more than 193 countries are now coordinated globally by the Earth Day Network. On Earth Day 2016, the landmark Paris Agreement was signed by the United States, China, and some 120 other countries. This signing satisfied a key requirement for the entry into force of the historic draft climate protection treaty adopted by consensus of the 195 nations present at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris. Numerous communities celebrate Earth Week, an entire week of activities focused on the environmental issues that the world faces. For more information about Earth Day, please visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Day

CMA Sponsored ASCE Miami Civil Engineers Day
CMA staff attended the ASCE Miami Civil Engineers Day on Saturday, April 21 at Zoo Miami as a sponsor. The event supports ASCE Miamis Annual Field Day Scholarship FUNdraiser. Intern Nick Karpathy was named as one of the scholarship recipients from ASCE Miami too! Congratulations! For more information, please visit https://www.miamidade-asce.org/

Suzanne Dombrowski, P.E., ENV SP Participated In Habitat for Humanity
Our West Palm Beach Branch Manager/Sr. Engineer Suzanne Dombrowski, P.E., ENV SP, participated in Habitat for Humanity on April 14th, as part of Womens Build week. She participated with a group of women from her Leadership Palm Beach County 2018 class. The 2017 class also had a team. The groups installed the trusses on the roof. For more information, see https://www.habitat.org/volunteer/near-you/women-build. The event was also featured in the Palm Beach Post on April 29.
CMA Attended ASCE Broward and Palm Beach Joint Lunch Meeting
Representatives from CMA attended the ASCE joint lunch meeting for the Broward and Palm Beach Branch on April 4 in Boca Raton. Murphy Pipeline presented about the Fort Lauderdale 30-inch Sewer Force Main Replacement Project to reduce the social, environmental and economic costs of water and sewer replacement and multiple trenchless methods. Thank you to ASCE and Murphy Pipeline for the educational experience!

CMA Honored With Three Awards At Annual Palm Beach County ASCE Engineers in Government Night
Congratulations to Teresa Chapman, associate engineer for winning the Young Engineer of the Year award, Brent Whitfield, P.E., director of water resources/senior engineer for winning the Engineer of the Year award and the entire CMA staff for being honored with the Employer of the Year award during the Palm Beach Branch ASCE Engineers in Government Night (EIGN)! The event was held on March 29 at the Lake Worth Casino Building. Robin Kemper, P.E., LEED AP, F. SEI, F. ASCE, the current President-Elect of ASCE served as the guest speaker.
EIGN, which has been held every year since 1988, is an annual awards banquet where engineers in public and private practice come together to recognize the accomplishments and contributions of distinguished civil engineers in Palm Beach County. For more information about the Palm Beach Branch ASCE, please visit http://branches.asce.org/palmbeach/home