The City of Coral Springs and the Coral Springs Redevelopment Agency hosted the ArtWalk Grand Opening Celebration on October 9 in Downtown Coral Springs. CMA designed the project to include a concrete box culvert in place of an existing open canal that allowed for the construction of a linear park, currently called the ‘Art Walk’. The project is an important pedestrian connection between the downtown pathways project, The Walk development, and the upcoming Coral Springs Municipal Complex. The project required coordinating multiple facets of design including civil engineering, structural engineering, electrical engineering and landscape architecture.

CMA Honors Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Vice President of Chen Moore and Associates Jose L. Acosta, P.E., was sworn in as President of the Cuban American Association of Civil Engineers (CAACE) on September 30 at the board installation dinner. The meeting was held at the Coral Gables Country Club and is an annual event to recognize new officers. Jose previously served as the association’s Vice President.

Ben and Susan Chen, Sofie Acosta, Patrick Kaimrajh, Miguel Lockward, Jose McCray and Carlos Morales attended along with several teaming partners and competitors. A total of 160 people were present. Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez performed the installation.

The CAACE is a not-for-profit organization founded in 1961. The purpose of the association is to assist members in the maintenance of the highest professional engineering skills and to aid members in retaining and exercising those skills; to maintain and support the highest principles of professional engineering achievements; and to obtain the advancement of the science and profession of engineering. For more information about the CAACE, please visit http://www.c-aace.org

President of Chen Moore and Associates Peter Moore, P.E., F.ASCE, LEED AP was awarded The ASCE Broward County Branch Engineer of the Year Award on September 17. The award honors excellence in civil engineering and service to the engineering profession. Peter was acknowledged with the award at the Branch’s Annual Officer Installation and Awards Banquet at 15th Street Fisheries in Fort Lauderdale.

Vice President of Chen Moore and Associates Jose Acosta, P.E. conducted the installation as Florida Section President and Senior Engineer Jennifer Smith was recognized for her term as president of the ASCE Broward County Branch.

The ASCE Broward County Branch is a subsidiary of the Florida Section, Region 5 of the American Society of Civil Engineers. For more information about the ASCE Broward Branch, please visit http://www.broward-asce.org

Congratulations to Patrick Kaimrajh, P.E., Senior Engineer, who was installed as President-Elect of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Miami-Dade County Branch on August 26 at the officer installation and awards banquet. The meeting, held the Rusty Pelican in Key Biscayne, is an annual event where the new ASCE Miami-Dade Officers are inducted as well as certain ASCE members within the County are recognized for excellence in engineering through a variety of awards. Vice President Jose Acosta, P.E. of CMA performed the installation as ASCE Florida Section President. In addition, Maria Arguelles, CMA former intern, was named Student of the Year. Miguel Lockward, Greg Mendez, P.E., Dr. Ben Chen, P.E., BCEE and Stephanie Bou-Ghannam, also attended the event as pictured. The ASCE Miami-Dade County Branch is a subsidiary of the Florida Section ASCE. For more information on ASCE’s Miami-Dade Branch, please visit http://www.miamidade-asce.org/

The CMA Annual Family Picnic was held on Saturday, August 15th at Spanish River Park in Boca Raton with record attendance! Festivities included a BBQ lunch, water balloon toss, office/engineering-themed Pictionary, volleyball and corn hole. Prizes for gift cards were awarded to our contest winners. Congratulations to Karen Rachles for winning the t-shirt design contest! Everyone received a t-shirt. Approximately 90 people enjoyed the day including employees, friends and families.

Congratulations to Team CMA – the ASCE Broward Bowl-a-thon champs! The team won first place at the annual event held in Tamarac at Sawgrass Lanes on August 8. Team members included Team 1: Joel Brownsey, Jason McClair, Peter Moore, Derrick Smith and Jennifer Smith (highest female score); Team 2: Jose Acosta, Ryan Beckman, Patrick Kaimrajh, Greg Mendez and Maria Missena. The ASCE Broward Bowl-a-thon is held on an annual basis to raise money for a scholarship provided to a Broward County resident pursuing a degree in Civil Engineering. The teams successfully raised $2,000 for scholarships this year. For more information about the ASCE’s Broward Branch, please visit http://www.broward-asce.org/

Construction is well underway for the All Aboard Florida Fort Lauderdale Station project. Pictured is the parking lot being constructed over the drainage system.

This project involves the design, permitting, and construction administration services. In addition, CMA is providing utility coordination services, site plan coordination, and the design of paving, grading, and drainage, water and sewer mains and services, and pavement markings and signage.

The project is located in Downtown Fort Lauderdale, between W. Broward Blvd., NW 4th Street, the Florida East Coast Railroad and NW 4th Avenue. It is one Inline Station for the overall All Aboard Florida Rail Project, which proposes passenger rail service from Miami to Orlando, anticipated to open in 2016.

Congratulations to the following CMA staff who were recently recognized at the ASCE Florida Section Conference in Orlando: Jose Acosta was named President of the Florida Section; Sarah Matin was the conference chair and also named Treasurer; Peter Moore, as the title sponsor and Governor of Region 5, performed the officer installation. Over 250 people attended the luncheon where Brian Blanchard, Deputy Secretary for FDOT, was the key note speaker. For more information, please visit http://www.fla-asce.org/