William Straub Joins Lakes Region Symphony Orchestra
Former CMA Engineers senior principal Bill Straub recently auditioned for and has been accepted as a cellist in the Lakes Region Symphony Orchestra (based in Meredith). Bill’s played cello for most of his life and when he reduced his company work to part-time in 2023, he resumed cello lessons after over 40 years. Returning to playing in a symphony orchestra has been Bill’s goal for years, and he’s delighted to be part of the LRSO.
Quite the Performance over the Piscataqua
Ben Clark, P.E. snapped this picture from the deck in our Portsmouth office during the storm that rolled down the river yesterday. Our employees had quite the view of this thunderous event.
Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work.– Mark Twain
128th Running of the Boston Marathon.
Congratulations to Josh Bouchard for finishing in the top 7%!
CMA Engineers’ Josh Bouchard (fastest legs at the company) crushed it in the Boston Marathon yesterday! He ran a time of 2:53.42 and placed 1,694th out of 25,543 (top 7% overall). He was also 218th out of 2,007 in his division.
Pursue Excellence and Eclipses
Eclipse Timelapse Video
Henry Hits His Mark!
Daniel Webster Council Hike-A-Thon 2023
Congratulations to Jason Beaudet and his son Henry for hiking 60.3 miles in this year’s Daniel Webster Council Hike-A-Thon to support their Cub Scout Pack.
Jason is a Den Leader in Goffstown Cub Scout Pack 99 and headed up the Pack’s first time participating in this annual fundraiser through Daniel Webster Council. Each participating Cub Scout created a fundraising page and committed to hiking at least 1 mile to support their Pack. Some Scouts set personal goals to hike more than the minimum – like Jason’s 8-year-old son Henry, who set a personal goal of hiking 50 miles between September 1 and November 12 this year. Henry met and exceeded his goal, hiking a total of 60.3 miles. Jason and Henry hiked every one of those miles together, and Henry raised $550. Go Henry and Jason! In total, Pack 99 Cub Scouts, who are in kindergarten through fifth grade, hiked a total of 306.25 miles and raised a total of $9,050.
NH’s LARGEST MARATHON
Josh did double duty running the Manchester Marathon and running the booth at the Barrington, NH Craft Fair. Josh ran his fastest marathon in 2 hours 51 minutes and 30 seconds. He was 7th overall and 2nd in his age group!
Josh Bouchard and his son Nic selling syrup, sugar, and maple cream from Spring Harvest Maple Farm at the Barrington Craft Fair. The best-seller? The Bourbon-aged maple syrup! Pick some up to enjoy!
End of Summer Portsmouth Harbor Cruise
Our staff ending the summer with a Portsmouth Harbor Cruise. What a good way to beat the heat with a cooling evening boat ride on the Piscataqua River.
They Are At It Again!
Delta Dental/Elliot Corporate Road Race in Manchester
Sam Fortier, Brett Deyling, Adam Sandahl, Paul Schmidt, Adam Roy, Liam Kalloch (Back Row) Jake Hewitt, Josh Bouchard, Max Huynh (Front Row)
Congrats to the team for finishing 7th in the Men’s Corporate Team Competition. In its 30th year, this is the largest road race in New Hampshire, and one of the largest 5K road races in New England. Thousands of elite and recreational runners, walkers and wheelchair entrants participated in the downtown Manchester 30th Annual Cigna/Elliot Corporate Road Race. Congratulations to our team of engineers who ran for charity in the race.
Market Square Day 10K, Portsmouth, NH
June 10, 2023
Congratulations to Josh Bouchard and Jake Hewitt for crossing the finish line in this year’s Market Square Day Race.
Josh got 17th place overall, and 1st for his age group (40-49) with a time of 37 minutes and 54 seconds. Jake got 46th place overall, and 21st for his age group (30-39) with a time of 42 minutes and 27 seconds.
The Kenduskeag Stream Canoe Race 2023
He’s at it again! Whether he runs, floats, swims or bikes, our own Ironman Brett Deyling is always at the top of his game in the many different athletic events he competes in.
Congratulations To Brett Deyling For Completing This Rigorous Race.
Brett Deyling (in back) Paddling in the Kenduskeag Race April 15, 2023 (Photo Chris Popper)
The Kenduskeag Stream Canoe Race is the largest paddling event in New England and one of the largest in the country. It is held annually on the third weekend of April. Brett was entered in the Canoe -2 Person Recreation Division and placed second.
Hosted by the Bangor Dept. of Parks & Recreation, the 16.5 mile race begins in the Town of Kenduskeag and ends near the confluence of the Penobscot River in downtown Bangor.
National Puppy Day!
Reaching New Heights
Belknap Range 12-Peak Hiker Patch
CMA Engineers’ Administrative Assistant Reilly Leith completed hiking the Belknap Range 12-Peaks with her dog Argus. She is now eligible for an official Belknap Range Hiker Patch from the Belknap County Sportsmen’s Association. I guess Argus gets a patch too! The Belknap Range is a series of mountains near Lake Winnipesaukee, in the towns of Gilford, Gilmanton, and Alton, NH. The peaks range in height from 1,600 feet to 2,400 feet. Congratulations, Reilly and Argus!
Clarks at the Summit!
Ben Clark, PE and his wife Erin and kids, Emily 11 and James 5, made it down from the Summit of Mt. Sugarloaf last weekend. Looks like CMA Engineers has a lot of active winter sports enthusiasts.
The Clark family at the summit and Emily about to blast down a double black diamond! Go Girl!
Halloween Happenings with Staff at CMA Engineers
Great costumes everyone!
9th Annual Loco Half & Full Marathon-Newmarket, NH
A beautiful run through the fall foliage! Congrats to our own Josh Bouchard for running a 2 hour, 58 minute, 11 second marathon, which qualifies him for the 2024 Boston Marathon. He ran a 12 minute PB (personal best) from the Manchester Marathon that he ran last year.
Congratulations to Our Team!
CIGNA/Elliot Corporate Road Race event 5K Course
Back after 2 years!
Shout out to the team for finishing 4th in the Men’s Corporate Team Competition. More than 2,000 runners finished the 29th annual Cigna-Elliot Corporate 5K in Manchester on August 10, a fast USA Track & Field Certified 5K (3.1 mile) loop starting at Stark and Elm Streets and finishing on Elm Street, next to Veteran’s Park. Ian Sandahl (12) was the winner in his age group (MO-12)! Congratulations Ian!
Norway Triathlon
Bike, Swim, Run…WOW!
Congratulations to Brett Deyling (placed second) and Liam Kalloch for all the effort they put into this event. All proceeds of the Norway Triathlon benefit Western Foothills Land Trust and go towards maintenance and improvements of our trails and trailheads.
Old Port Half Marathon
A half marathon that runs along the waterfront in Portland, Maine, with great views. It finishes in the Old Port Historic District. Congratulations to our staff members that collected medals in this fun event!
He Crossed the Finish Line! Add that to the Resume!
CMA Engineers, Inc. sends congratulations to Liam Kalloch for competing in and finishing the Boston Marathon! Liam ran for the Town of Wellesley Historical Society and finished his very first marathon in 3:31:18. Pursue Excellence!
Sticky Business – Spring Harvest Maple Farm
CMA Engineers’ own Josh Bouchard, owner of Spring Harvest Maple Farm offers a up-close look at how maple syrup is made in last weekend’s addition of the Portsmouth Herald.
Downtown business touting Sox success
Elizabeth Dinan
PORTSMOUTH — Blocking beautiful Bow Street views, with signs cheering the Red Sox, is worth the sacrifice “as long as the Red Sox win” the World Series, said Kate Leith.
Marketing coordinator for CMA Engineers, Leith filled five of the company’s second-story windows at 35 Bow St. with letters spelling out “GO SOX.” She blocked a third-story office window with a sign bearing the Red Sox logo and the company name. In three bay windows, jutting over Bow Street, Leith hung a sign picturing the iconic pair of red socks and is keeping the World Series score with large signs in adjacent windows.
The Red Sox have a two-game lead in the World Series and Leith is using her workplace windows to advertise her hope that they go all the way to a ninth championship win. Because CMA is an engineering firm, there’s a wide-format printer in the office she used to print the window-sized posters.
“There’s a lot of love here for the Red Sox,” Leith explained. Company president “Craig (Musselman) really loves them too.”
Leith said she and her colleagues decided if the Red Sox made it to the World Series, they would honor the team in some way and decided the downtown signs were the way to do it. She measured the windows and had professional help from members of the civil engineering firm with design and implementation, she said.
She said the signs will stay in the windows until the series is over and at night the lights are left on to illuminate them. Since they went up, she said, she’s heard people yelling, “Go Sox” from the street.
“I can’t see them though,” she said, because the signs are blocking the street views.
Leith said the signs took some time to design and she started the process before the Sox made it to the World Series. She was warned by some to refrain from doing that because she was “going to jinx it.”
A devoted Red Sox fan, Leith forged ahead anyway, explaining, “I’m not superstitious.”
Cigna/Eliot 5K , Manchester, NH
Since 2011, staff members of CMA Engineers have participated in the Cigna/Elliot Corporate 5k Road Race. Thousands of elite and recreational runners, walkers and wheelchair entrants make their way through downtown Manchester. The race is the fastest in New Hampshire recording a sub-14 minute finish in 2003.
Ragnar Vermont Trail Relay –
Mt. Ascutney, West Windsor, VT
Four members of CMA Engineers staff participated in this year’s race, on the team Civil & Disobedient. It was a fun weekend camping and running.
The trail relay is up and down Mount Ascutney, with each runner running the hard, medium, and easy loops for a total of 14.7 miles per person. The total elevation change for the 8 runners is 28,000 vertical feet.
CMA Engineer Goes to Africa
Jodie Bray Strickland volunteering for a water project in
Uganda with Engineers Without Borders