The Southwest Florida Region

The Southwest Florida Region

Game-Changing Restoration: Wharton-Smith Transforms Charlotte Sports Park Post-Hurricane Ian

By |2024-02-07T09:02:49-05:00February 7th, 2024|The Southwest Florida Region, Uncategorized, What's New|

Congratulations to Wharton-Smith's Tampa Commercial – North Port Team on completing the repairs to the Charlotte Sports Park. There was significant damage sustained throughout the facility and practice fields when Hurricane Ian struck in September 2022. The category four hurricane caused wind and flood damage that tallied into the millions. Wharton Smith was initially hired [...]

Rooted in the Past, Growing for the Future: Hercules Park Breaks Ground

By |2023-12-08T13:54:18-05:00December 8th, 2023|The Southwest Florida Region, What's New|

On November 28, the Wharton-Smith Tampa Commercial team joined dignitaries and citizens from the City of Zephyrhills to break ground on Hercules Park, the first community park built in Zephyrhills in 40 years. See photos and video. Hercules Park will feature a playground, splash pad, nature trails, open pavilions, and restrooms, meeting the needs of the 18,000 residents [...]

Building Communities: One Wheel at a Time

By |2024-02-29T08:48:31-05:00December 5th, 2023|The Southwest Florida Region, What's New|

On November 16, the Wharton-Smith Tampa Commercial team, alongside the staff of Woodlands Middle School in North Port, coordinated a Bike Build with On Bikes, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing bikes for at-risk children. The team, led by Caryn Huff, brought together members of the North Port, Fort Myers, and Tampa offices, police officers [...]

Double Honors: Tampa Bay Water Project Wins Big at DBIA and ABC Awards Employee News

By |2023-11-08T13:57:32-05:00November 8th, 2023|The Southwest Florida Region, What's New|

Hats off to our outstanding Tampa Water Team! Their dedication and expertise shone brightly as the Tampa Bay Water Desalination Intake Connection Project clinched the prestigious Honor Award for Industrial/Process/Research Facilities at the 2023 Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) Florida Region Awards. A well-deserved recognition for their exceptional work! This Project was also recently awarded [...]

Annual Wellness Fair: Nurturing Health, Building Wealth, Embracing Wisdom

By |2023-11-07T09:49:07-05:00November 7th, 2023|The Carolina's Region, The Central Florida Region, The Southeast Florida Region, The Southwest Florida Region, What's New|

Over the past few weeks, several of our offices hosted Wellness Fairs to help inspire our Wharton-Smith employees to become more healthy, wealthy, and wise.  See pics here. Team members in the Sanford office received information on helpful programs available to them. They also got to meet some animals from the Central Florida Zoo and Botanical Gardens, get a free flu [...]

Fueling the Future: Wharton-Smith Team and SLPS Celebrate Grand Opening of Fuel Island

By |2023-10-18T10:11:29-04:00October 18th, 2023|The Southwest Florida Region, What's New|

On September 22, Wharton-Smith team members came together with representatives from St. Lucie Public Schools to mark the grand opening of the SLPS North County Complex Fuel Island.  St. Lucie Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Jon R. Prince kicked things off by thanking all of the school bus drivers in attendance for the incredible job they do [...]

Wharton-Smith Makes the Golden 100, Fast 50, and ENR Top 400!

By |2023-10-18T10:14:08-04:00October 12th, 2023|Awards and Recognition, The Carolina's Region, The Central Florida Region, The Gulf Coast Region, The Southeast Florida Region, The Southwest Florida Region, What's New|

There is certainly a lot of exciting news to share on Wharton-Smith’s recent rankings! This success is a testament to the unwavering dedication of our incredible team, whose hard work fuels these remarkable achievements day in and day out. Wharton-Smith is now again ranked No. 4 in the Orlando Business Journal’s (OBJ) Golden 100 of Top Privately Held [...]

Wharton-Smith Ranks Among OBJ’s Best Places to Work Once Again This Year

By |2023-10-18T10:15:17-04:00September 25th, 2023|The Carolina's Region, The Central Florida Region, The Gulf Coast Region, The Southeast Florida Region, The Southwest Florida Region, What's New|

The Orlando Business Journal (OBJ) has unveiled its Best Places to Work list for 2023. We proudly announce that Wharton-Smith ranked No. 18 in the large company category. Participants were judged and received a performance score based on an employee survey administered by Quantum Workplace. The survey evaluated team effectiveness, retention, employee alignment with company [...]

Wharton-Smith Team Joins Palm Beach County Schools Food Festival

By |2023-10-18T10:19:02-04:00August 11th, 2023|The Southwest Florida Region, What's New|

On July 27, the School District of Palm Beach County, in conjunction with their Office of Diversity, hosted a food festival at Santaluces Community High School. The event was for 600 attendees, primarily consisting of principals and supervisors, along with the School District of Palm Beach County COO and Director of Diversity.  Wharton-Smith was a proud [...]

Wharton-Smith Team Makes a Difference at Rock the Block Clean-Up Event

By |2023-10-18T10:32:43-04:00May 11th, 2023|The Southwest Florida Region, What's New|

The Wharton-Smith team brought their A-game to Habitat for Humanity's Rock the Block community clean-up event in Cocoa on April 21. Our Space Coast office received a shout-out from Habitat's Volunteer Coordinator Joanna Nouragas, who writes, "We Rocked the Block! Thank you so much for participating in our event, it was an amazing morning, and [...]

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