The Southwest Florida Region

On January 17, Wharton-Smith and its subcontractors celebrated a significant construction milestone with the topping-out ceremony for the new Charlotte County Sheriff and Supervisor of Elections facilities. See photos. Team members, project partners, and local officials gathered to commemorate this achievement. The ceremony included a delicious catered lunch from Smoke’n Pit BBQ in North Fort Myers, [...]

On October 4, Command Staff members from the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office, joined by Sheriff Bill Prummell, Jr., Chief Deputy Mike Casarella, Major James Kenville, Executive Director of Administration Andres H Rodriguez, and Wharton-Smith staff and subcontractors, celebrated the topping out of the new Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office District 4 Headquarters and K9 Training Facility. [...]

On September 6, Wharton-Smith joined the Cape Coral staff and dignitaries to officially cut the ribbon on the Southwest Water Reclamation Facility Operations Building. See photos. The 25,000-square-foot new administration facility is a two-story tilt-wall construction with a mezzanine. It was designed to create state-of-the-art office spaces for staff and a permanent structure for the plant’s [...]

On August 9, Wharton-Smith and the Seminole Tribe of Florida joined to celebrate all of the subcontractors who have tirelessly been working on the new Lakeland Community Center at the Topping Out Ceremony. See photos and video. Guests were treated to a delicious lunch catered by Smokin’ Aces BBQ & Steakhouse and received custom t-shirts along with an [...]

On July 3, Wharton-Smith, the City of Zephyrhills, Kimley-Horn, and subcontractors BRW Contracting, Hybrid Contracting, Harmonics Electrical, and Capital T Pools joined to celebrate the topping out of Hercules Park. See photos. Attendees were treated to a delicious catered lunch from Plaza Mexico, a local Mexican restaurant in Zephyrhills, and had a chance to win incredible [...]