CMA is a South Florida Business Journal 2016 Business of the Year Awards Finalist! The Business of the Year Awards were created to give recognition to those organizations that build the South Florida economy through solid business practice, dedication to our community and financial growth. The 2016 finalists will be honored at a special cocktail reception and dinner on Thursday, April 21 at The Intercontinental Hotel in Miami. For more information, please visit http://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/event/136432

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 the University of Alabama on March 12. Approximately 800 students from Alabama, Florida, Georgia and Tennessee competed in the three-day event held at Lake Lurleen. The winner of the canoe race was the University of Florida. In addition, Peter Moore was interviewed by a local television station describing the process of the canoe designs. The video can be viewed here http://youtu.be/DBWGIVyId00 Of note, CMA Intern and FAU student Gaethan Amedee also participated in a separate Plan Reading competition held that day. FAU received first place in the visual display category and second place in the geotechnical category. For more information about the event, please visit http://asceconference.ua.edu/

St. Patrick’s Day Cheer From CMA!

CMA Project Engineer Jason Haeseler, P.E., was recently cited by WUFT Media regarding the University of Florida Campus Greenway project in Gainesville.

ﾓThe trail is going to go all around Gainesville to give everyone an alternative route to school and work,ﾔ said Haeseler.

The $2 million project was funded by FDOT and constructed in two phases. CMA serves as a subconsultant to HNTB who is the prime CEI consultant. The project includes permeable asphalt trail construction, lighting, a timber boardwalk, and a 146 feet long steel pedestrian bridge. The project is scheduled to be completed in March.

CMA Director of Construction Services Marcus Austin, GC, LEED AP, taught the City of Marathon’s Public Works and Utilities Departments the Florida State NPDES Stormwater Inspector training course on February 10. Everyone passed!

The All Aboard Florida Fort Lauderdale Station project is progressing! NW 2nd Avenue from 2nd Street to 4th Street is finalized and open to vehicular traffic. 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 this year.

Happy Valentine’s Week From CMA!

FES’ Broward Chapter MATHCOUNTS Competition was held January 30 at Stranahan High School in Fort Lauderdale. CMA staff volunteered for the event: Peter Moore, P.E., LEED AP, F.ASCE served as the co-emcee; and Kathy Horrigan, Joel Brownsey, E.I., Safiya Brea, P.E., LEED AP and Dr. Ben Chen, P.E., BCEE assisted with scoring and competition control. The MATHCOUNTS Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that strives to engage middle school students of all ability and interest levels in fun, challenging math programs, in order to expand their academic and professional opportunities. For more information, please visit http://www.mathcounts.org/