On Sept. 15, Wharton-Smith team members at the Tampa office sponsored the American Water Works Association Florida Section’s Region IV Golf Pre-Registration Event. It was an outdoor tailgate-style party with food, fun, games, a dunk tank, and more! Watch video highlights. “We had a great time coordinating with volunteers for the golf event, socializing with our [...]
On Sept. 16, a Wharton-Smith Carolinas Water Division team participated in the 25th Annual Water for People Golf Tournament in Thomasville, North Carolina. The tournament was a fundraiser for NC One Water which is “dedicated to providing water education, training, and leadership to protect public health and the environment.” Congratulations to Wharton-Smith's own Johnnie Spivey for [...]
On Sept. 9, Wharton-Smith joined the Volusia County Council to break ground on the new $18.4 million Volusia County Medical Examiner Facility. See more pictures from the celebration. The new project will provide the county with a 20,000-square-foot state-of-the-art facility to support day-to-day operations and mass disaster situations. It will improve personnel safety, storage capacity, air [...]
The September 8-14 edition of the Charlotte County Florida Weekly has an article about the County’s new Airport Rescue Fire Fighter Training Facility (ARFF). The story covers how the new state-of-the-art simulator will train firefighters to battle blazes at airports. The Florida Weekly Correspondent Samuel Burnley says, “Charlotte County’s ARFF simulator is the most technically [...]
On Sept. 8, Wharton-Smith team members joined City of Ocoee representatives for a ribbon-cutting at the new City Hall. See more pictures and watch ceremony highlights. The $19.3 million project included site work and area development on a five-acre site in downtown Ocoee. The project team constructed a neoclassical three-story, 46,000-square-foot structural steel, brick, and precast building. It [...]
The Orlando Business Journal (OBJ) unveiled its Best Places to Work list for 2022. We proudly announce that Wharton-Smith ranked No. 15 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 goals, [...]
On Aug. 26, Wharton-Smith team members celebrated the topping out of the Courthouse Annex, adjacent to the Criminal Justice Center. See more pictures. More than 230 subcontractors lined up to get a BBQ feast, project shirts, and raffle tickets for more than $5,500 in cash and prizes, including a 50-inch Visio TV, a Blackstone Griddle, and [...]
Punta Gorda, FL – The Airport Rescue Fire Fighting Training Simulator Facility (ARFF) project in Charlotte County, built by Wharton-Smith, Inc., located on the existing Public Safety campus in Punta Gorda received an Award of Merit, Specialty Construction by the Engineering News-Record on August 8. The submission outlined the complexities of constructing a multipurpose live [...]
Wharton-Smith is among the Top 200 Environmental Firms in the country, according to Engineering News-Record (ENR). This year, thanks to team members in the Water Division, Wharton-Smith is No. 53, and the Wastewater Treatment market segment is ranked No. 18. Rankings are based on the percentage of 2021 gross revenue reported from environmental services. Read [...]
The local chapter of the Professional Women in Building Council (PWB) presented Project Executive Caryn Huff with the Caryn Huff-Sufferling award in July 2022. The PWB Council is the voice of women in the building industry—dedicated to promoting industry professionalism and supporting members at the local, state, and national levels. The Caryn Huff-Sufferling award will be [...]
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