The Central Florida Region

Innovation in Education: West Melbourne School for Science Celebrates Groundbreaking

By |2024-03-22T10:13:18-04:00March 22nd, 2024|The Central Florida Region, What's New|

On March 8, representatives from Brevard Public Schools, Wharton-Smith, Tsark Architecture, Spiezle Architectural Group, the City of West Melbourne, and students and staff of the West Melbourne School for Science celebrated the groundbreaking of the school’s new S.T.E.A.M. and music building. See photos. The ceremony, commencing with a beautiful musical performance by the West Melbourne School [...]

Mayfair Country Club Clubhouse Tees Off

By |2024-03-15T14:17:00-04:00March 15th, 2024|The Central Florida Region, What's New|

On March 7, representatives from the City of Sanford, Seminole County, Seminole State College, Wharton-Smith, CPH, ZHA, and others arrived at the 18th hole of the Mayfair Country Club to participate in a ceremonial putt to commemorate the groundbreaking of the new Clubhouse. View photos. In the late 1800s, a retired sea captain named Charles Amory [...]

Breaking Ground, Building Minds: Edith I. Starke Elementary’s New Campus Construction Begins

By |2024-03-15T13:37:10-04:00March 15th, 2024|The Central Florida Region, What's New|

On March 8, Edith I. Starke Elementary broke ground on its new campus, continuing the legacy of education and community engagement in DeLand. See photos. Established in 1956 on land that was once a pecan grove, Parsons Street School, later named to honor the school’s first principal, Edith I. Starke, has continued to expand its infrastructure [...]

State-of-the-Art: Volusia County Medical Examiner’s Office Grand Opening

By |2024-01-29T09:37:29-05:00January 29th, 2024|The Central Florida Region, What's New|

On January 19, representatives from Wharton-Smith, Volusia County, Schenkel Shultz, MWL Architects, and the public joined in celebrating the ribbon cutting of the new Volusia County Medical Examiner’s Office. See photos and video. The state-of-the-art 20,000-square-foot facility features a drive-thru, temperature-controlled sally port, ergonomic autopsy stations, and an isolated autopsy room for cases with contagious diseases. It will allow [...]

Milestone Achieved: Bay Laurel North Water Reclamation Facility Tops Out

By |2024-01-05T08:25:01-05:00January 5th, 2024|The Central Florida Region, What's New|

On December 13, representatives from Wharton-Smith, Bay Laurel Center CDD, and Kimley Horn joined to celebrate the topping out of the Bay Laurel North Water Reclamation Facility in Ocala, Florida. See pictures and video from the event. The ceremony, signifying the highest structural point in the project being reached, featured custom project t-shirts, dozens of donated raffle prizes, [...]

Much Needed Relief: Minneola Breaks Ground on New K-8 School

By |2024-01-02T16:17:53-05:00January 2nd, 2024|The Central Florida Region, What's New|

On December 12, officials from Lake County Schools, the City of Minneola, Wharton-Smith, GSB Construction, Zyscovich, BBM, Matern, Kilma Weeks, and members of the public celebrated the groundbreaking of a new K-8 relief school. See photos and video from the event. The yet-to-be-named school will be built to serve around 1,200 students, helping to alleviate overcrowding at nearby [...]

Newly Named Viera Middle School Tops Out

By |2023-12-13T16:52:15-05:00December 13th, 2023|The Central Florida Region, What's New|

On December 1, Space Coast Commercial team members, subcontractors, vendors, and dignitaries from Brevard Public Schools celebrated the Topping Out of the recently named Viera Middle School. See event pictures. Attendees received small gifts like tape measures, lunch boxes, and hard hats and entered to win raffle prizes of two TVs, combo drill and driver sets, [...]

Tree-Lightful Times: Sanford Decks the Halls

By |2023-12-08T14:45:01-05:00December 8th, 2023|The Central Florida Region, What's New|

On November 29, the Sanford office gathered for the annual Deck the Halls event to light the Christmas tree. Joined by special guest Santa Claus, President and CEO Tim Smith flipped the switch to illuminate the tree, marking the start of the festive season. See photos and video. Following the tree lighting, team members enjoyed ice cream from [...]

Home for the Holidays: 2023 Habitat for Humanity Home Builders Blitz

By |2023-12-08T13:50:29-05:00December 8th, 2023|The Central Florida Region, What's New|

On November 17, Wharton-Smith joined Habitat for Humanity of Seminole-Apopka to turn the keys over to O’Nekay Campbell and her four children, the beneficiaries of a beautiful new four-bedroom home constructed as part of the Home Builder Blitz program. While past Habitat builds have been three-bedroom homes, this is the first time Wharton-Smith has completed [...]

Thanks and Giving: 600 Pounds Donated to Elementary School Food Pantry

By |2023-12-05T08:28:37-05:00December 5th, 2023|The Central Florida Region, What's New|

On November 13, Wharton-Smith Commercial and Water teams in North Central Florida participated in the inaugural “No Matter How You Say It, Hunger Hurts” food drive in Sumter and Marion County. Donations were collected at both The Villages job site trailer in Middleton and the Bay Laurel job site trailer in Ocala, leading to around [...]

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