Moss School of Construction, Infrastructure and Sustainability’s Industry Advisory Council Amicon Alexandra Camejo
M2E Consulting Engineers Misha Mladenovic
Associated Builders and Contractors Florida East Coast Chapter Peter Dyga
MCM U.S. Jorge Munilla
Balfour Beatty Construction Kelly Valle
Moss & Associates Sasha Seco
Beauchamp Construction Company Nestor Calas Brasfield & Gorrie Mike Peters Builders Association of South Florida Truly Bur ton
NV2A Group Gilber to Neves
Burke Construction Group, Inc. David Mar tinez
Odebrecht Jorge L. Zurita
CMC Construction Tim Wensing Coastal Construction Brian Perantoni Coble Builders LLC Brent Coble Construction Association of South Florida Remy Mackowski Dewalt Alex Simas
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Our School at a Glance
Construction School Renamed in Honor of Chad Moss ‘94
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Faculty Building a Solid Future Scholarships Student Highlights Alumni Women in construction
Diligent Services, Inc. Hu Montague E.F. Alvarez & Company, P.A. Emilio Alvarez Engineering Contractors Association of South Florida Rachele Rinker-Koch Ferreira Construction Company, Inc. Danny Garcia A.
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P&H Group Corp. Henr y Alvarido Peckar & Abramson, P.C. Gar y M. Stein Pirtle Construction Mike Gear y Plaza Construction Jorge Moros PMI Teresa Colon Related Urban George Lage Rembold Hirschman Scott D. Rembold Robins and Morton Johnny Sturkie
Flashparking Jose Morales
Royal Caribbean International James Lunsford
George’s Welding Services, Inc. Jorge Amador Jr.
Shorecrest GC Narey Ramos
Grace & Naeem Uddin, Inc. Graciela Beltran-Uddin J. Raymond Construction Dan Cramer JWR Construction Services Dustin DuBois Kast Construction Modesto (Mo) Millo LBA Eric Montes de Oca
On the cover: (Left to right) Mohamed ElZomor, Emily Gallego, Anya Martinez and Piyush Pradhananga
Nielson, Hoover & Company Charles J. Nielson
Builders Plus Santiago Bar tlett
CDC Group Erick A. Valderrama
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NAWIC Lucia Soria
Lehigh Cement Jorge Armenteros Lennar Pedro Por tela Link Construction Group Miguel Mickey Cerra Lunacon Construction Group Corp. Patricia Bonilla Lynx Construction Management Christopher Moran
Skanska Jose Cor tes South Florida – Associated General Contractors of America Carlos Carrillo Suffolk Construction Company Julie Palmer Supermix Roy McRober t Thornton Dagober to Diaz Turner Construction Company Pete Lopez Woolems, Inc. Arianne Levin Zyscovich Rober t Wer thamer