On November 19, Wharton-Smith joined the Daytona Beach Fire Department, city officials, and residents to break ground on the new Fire Station 1. As a twist to a traditional groundbreaking, instead of shoveling some dirt, officials used fire hoses to put out a fire atop a dirt mount. See photos and video. The 30,000 SF headquarters will replace [...]
This Thanksgiving season, employees across Wharton-Smith regional offices gathered to celebrate the season of gratitude with an annual Thanksgiving holiday lunch. See photos. In Sanford, after taking a group photo, President and CEO Tim Smith blessed the food, expressing appreciation for the year’s accomplishments and the people who made them possible. A highlight of the event [...]
On November 8, Wharton-Smith joined community stakeholders, industry partners, and Orange County Public Schools (OCPS) leadership to cut the ribbon on the brand-new Orange Technical College – West Campus! See photos. The state-of-the-art campus provides affordable, high-quality career training that will help students develop the skills they need to succeed in today’s fast-evolving job market. OTC-West [...]
The week of September 2, team members from our Jacksonville Business Units gave back to their community, sponsoring, participating in, and donating to two extraordinary events: the St. Augustine Tunnel to Towers 5K and the DBIA Clay Shoot, which supported local college students. The Tunnel to Towers Foundation honors American heroes by providing mortgage-free homes [...]
On September 12, Wharton-Smith and Lake County Schools joined in celebrating all of the subcontractors and craftsmen who have been building the new Minneola “FF” K8 Area Relief Campus at the Topping Out Ceremony. See photos. Guests were treated to a delicious lunch and received commemorative t-shirts and an entry into a raffle, which included prizes [...]
This week, on the 23rd anniversary of September 11, several Wharton-Smith business units donated lunch to fire stations across the southeast United States to give back and serve those who continue to keep our communities safe. This anniversary reminds us of one of the most tragic events this country has ever seen. Wharton-Smith takes pride [...]
Over a month-long period, the Wharton-Smith corporate office hosted a school supply drive to benefit Tools 4 Seminole Schools, a Foundation for Seminole County Public Schools program. Tools 4 Seminole Schools provides teachers and administrators with free school supplies, backpacks, and more for their classrooms, schools, and students in need. About 50% of students in [...]
For the second year in a row, Senior Operations Coordinator Denise Hatton has taken the lead in coordinating a massively successful school supply drive. This year, bringing together the Wharton-Smith teams at The Villages Town Center and Bay Laurel North Water Reclamation projects to support the students and teachers at Dunnellon Elementary School in Marion [...]
On July 30, Wharton-Smith joined Brevard Public Schools, Schenkel Shultz, members of the Viera community, and students and staff of the newly built Viera Middle School to officially cut the ribbon and open the school before the new school year began. See photos. Viera Middle School is the first middle school to be built in Brevard [...]
On July 24, to celebrate the early substantial completion of the Bates Ave Waste Water Treatment Plant Expansion in Eustis, Wharton-Smith invited the City of Eustis Public Utilities department and team members from Wright-Pierce Engineering to a barbecue luncheon catered by Mission BBQ. See photos. The project moved swiftly and efficiently, finishing four months ahead [...]
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