IN THE COMMUNITY

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Since 1988, C3TS has flourished from a small company led by three friends to a respected firm with well over one hundred employees. One of the things that has remained constant is our commitment to the community in which we live and work. C3TS’ passion for service can be found wherever we call home, whether in Miami-Dade, Broward, Orange or Palm Beach County. C3TS’ dedication to service encompasses a myriad of endeavors, including:

FLORIDA ENGINEERING SOCIETY (FES)
C3TS is proud to be a longstanding member of FES. The FES mission is to “support engineering education, advocate licensure, promote the ethical and competent practice of engineering and enhance the image and well-being of all engineers in the state of Florida.”

Some of our members have recently been elected to very important positions. These include:

Terrance N. Glunt, PE – newly elected National Society of Professional Engineers / Professional Engineers in Private Practice (NSPE / PEPP) Representative for the FICE (Florida Institute of Consulting Engineers)

Tomas Ruiz, PE, CFM, LEED AP – newly elected FES President of the Miami-Dade Chapter

Dave E. Clarke, PE – newly elected Member of the Board of Directors for the Miami-Dade Chapter

AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION
Each year, thousands of people participate in American Diabetes Association events and fund raisers to increase awareness of diabetes and raise needed funds to support their mission. C3TS has joined in the fight to help cure diabetes!  One of the biggest fundraising events for the ADA is the “Step Out” to Fight Diabetes Walk. We hope that through bake sales, donations and the 5K walk, C3TS will be able to help ADA find a cure for diabetes.

MATHCOUNTS
MATHCOUNTS is a national math enrichment, coaching and competition program that promotes middle schools’ mathematics achievement throughout the United States. After several months of coaching, participating schools select students to complete individually or as part of a team in one of the more than 500 written and oral competitions held nationwide and in U.S. schools overseas. Winners at the local level proceed to state competitions, where the top 4 “Mathletes” and top coach earn the right to represent their state or territory at the national level. At all levels, MATHCOUNTS challenges students’ math skills, develops their self-confidence and rewards them for their achievements.

The Florida Engineering Society (FES) sponsors the competitions on a yearly basis and C3TS employees often volunteer to proctor and judge the competition, as well as help with the registration, distribution of lunch, and grading of the event. 

AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY
Making Strides Against Breast Cancer is an annual 5K walk host by the American Cancer Society in which C3TS participates in and is a Bronze Level sponsor.

MERCEDES BENZ CORPORATE RUN
The Mercedes Benz Corporate Run is an annual event with a mission to promote physical health in its participants, thereby helping them better handle stress.  The Corporate Run creates a spirit of friendly competition amongst teams of runners within corporations, government agencies, and financial institutions.  All proceeds are donated to the South Florida chapter of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.  C3TS participates annually and takes this opportunity to bring all employees from our four branch offices together under one tent to exercise, eat, and socialize with other companies.

Our firm is also committed to providing community service to promote the education of the architectural and engineering fields to future professionals.  Our annual participation includes events such as:

FUTURE CITIES
Future Cities is an Engineers Week sponsored competition aimed for students from the 7th and 8th grades.  The annual competition combines stimulating engineering challenges along with “hands-on” application to enable the student based teams to create their vision of a futuristic city.  C3TS’ involvement includes judging, mentoring of teams, and donating of funds.  We also help organize this event which takes place at Florida International University’s School of Engineering.  C3TS mentors have successfully taken two teams to the National Competition and ranked as high as 2nd place.

MECCA
C3TS received a MECCA (Magnet Academy for Engineering, Commercial Arts, & Architecture) Community Partnership award.

VOLUNTEER PRINCIPAL FOR A DAY
Our principals/staff volunteers regularly to lead a Miami-Dade County Public School for one day. This entails talking with the students about future careers and the importance of higher education.

SECME
C3TS has also played a vital role in the SECME (Science Engineering Communications Mathematics Enhancement) Program, serving as Co-Olympiad Coordinators and Judges for the various competitions.