CMA President Peter Moore, P.E., F.ASCE, LEED AP and Vice President Jose Acosta, P.E. participated again this year in the Concrete Canoe competition as part of the ASCE Southeast Student Conference. Peter and Jose served as judges and also attended the conference held at Florida Atlantic University on March 16-18. CMA Associate Engineer Mike Wood also attended and served as the safety manager in his boat for the competition. More than 1,000 students from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee and Puerto Rico competed in the three-day event. The winner of the canoe competition was the University of Florida. As a silver sponsor, CMA had the opportunity to host a table at the job fair held at the Palm Beach Convention Center. That table was staffed by Safiya Brea, P.E., LEED AP, Jessica Diaz, EI and Teresa Lewis. CMA interns from our various offices also participated in the event Maria Alva (FIU – Miami Office), Nick Karpathy (UM – Miami Office), Gaethan Amedee (FAU – Fort Lauderdale Office) and Vincent Locigno (FAU – West Palm Beach Office) For more information about the event, please visit http://public.eng.fau.edu/design/asce2017/

Happy St. Patrick’s Day From CMA!

Our Director of Construction Services Marcus Austin, GC has successfully tested to become an asbestos abatement contractor. The EPA program is held at The University of Florida Treeo Learning Center. Marcus is working hand-in-hand with Broward County Growth Management EPA division to train more inspectors in Broward County. Congratulations Marcus!

Chen Moore and Associates celebrated 30 years of service to the community with a reception benefitting the Museum of Discovery and Science in Fort Lauderdale on March 10. The evening included a welcome speech from our President Peter Moore, P.E., F.ASCE, LEEDﾮ AP and a 30-year-in-review slide show, reliving firm, employee and community involvement milestones. Proclamations from the State of Florida, Broward County and the City of Fort Lauderdale were presented to our Founder and Chairman Dr. Ben Chen, P.E., BCEE by our Vice President Jose L. Acosta, P.E. The proclamations acknowledged Benﾒs 40 years of service and the firmﾒs 30 years of service to the community and the profession. The County and City proclamations stated March 10 as Chen Moore and Associates Appreciation Day. The celebration, a ﾑparty with a purpose,ﾒ raised $2,500 for the Museum of Discovery and Science. More than 100 guests enjoyed the evening.

The Cuban Infrastructure Scholarship Challenge was held earlier this month by the Cuban American Association of Civil Engineers and the Association of Cuban American Engineers at Casa Bacardi at the University of Miami. Thirty teams from 14 schools submitted letters of intent. The final six presented were from Florida International University, Florida Institute of Technology, two from the University of Florida, University of Alabama and University of Missouri. One of the University of Florida teams won.

The City of Marathon Utility Maintenance Facility-Construction Management project is being erected and on schedule. CMA is the prime consultant for construction engineering and inspection services of this pre-manufactured engineered utility maintenance facility and public works compound.

The UAZ project team went to lunch earlier this month to celebrate completing the preliminary report on time. The team put in substantial hard work to create a top quality report for the firmﾒs largest project to date ~ The Broward County UAZ 110/111 & 113 Water Sewer Improvements 113B. Pictured Jennifer Smith, Carlos Tijerino, Jessica Diaz, Teresa Lewis, Natalie Mecklenburg, Ashraf Iqbal, Alan Clayton, Safiya Brea and Gaethan Amedee.