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Viera Elementary School Ribbon Cutting
On Sept. 25, Wharton-Smith team members joined Brevard Public Schools for a ribbon cutting at the new Viera Elementary School. See more pictures. During the ceremony, Matt Susin, School Board Vice Chair, spoke about the school being slated to open a year early. “We ramped up our production an entire year, and there’s only one [...]
BBQ Celebration at GP Foley
In early September, the Wharton-Smith project team at the Georgia Pacific Foley Cellulose completed the Effluent Disposal System project, a discharge flow diversion from the current plant outfall to the tidal portion of the Fenholloway river. The team joined representatives from Georgia Pacific, Hazen and Sawyer, Tetra Tech, Woolpert, and Reynolds Construction to celebrate. Barbeque, [...]
Project Spotlight
At Wharton-Smith, we take pride in learning our client’s vision and transforming it into reality, which is exactly what we achieved for Seminole State College of Florida! Our team worked alongside HuntonBrady Architects to provide construction management services to Building “L” at the Sanford/Lake Mary campus in order to be completed by August 2019. Development [...]
NW Regional WRF is a Double Award Winner!
We are thrilled to announce that a Joint-Venture project that was completed for Hillsborough County in Florida with Garney Construction is a double award winner. The Northwest Regional Water Reclamation Facility (NWRWRF) Expansion, located in Tampa, FL, recently received the Engineering News-Record (ENR) Southeast Regional Project of the Year for 2020 and the 2020 Florida [...]
Stretch and Flex – Zero Tolerance Safety Violations
Wharton-Smith is built on our uncompromising commitment to safety. We continue to demonstrate how safety isn’t just a rule – it’s a value and belief that we all share. In honor of safety week, today we highlight the severity of our Zero Tolerance Safety Violations policy, which applies to situations involving Excavation, Fall Protection, Scaffolding, [...]
Safety Week – Stretch and Flex
We’re kicking off safety week, and we’re excited to show you how Wharton-Smith maintains a safe work environment for our clients, partners, and communities. With safety as our number one priority, we minimize the possibility of injury by requiring each project team to warm up with Stretch and Flex activities before starting their workday. This [...]
ABC’s STEP Safety Management System
Wharton-Smith Construction Group announced that it has achieved Gold in Associated Builders and Contractor’s STEP Safety Management System. Founded in 1989, STEP participation demonstrates safety leadership and a cultural commitment to safety performance. STEP applicants measure their safety processes and policies on 25 key components through a detailed questionnaire with the goal of implementing or [...]
The Orlando Business Journal’s Best Places to Work
Every win starts from within! Wharton-Smith was recently ranked No. 7 in the large-company category of Orlando Business Journal’s Best Places to Work. Our evaluation was based on team effectiveness, employee alignment with company goals, trust in senior leaders, feeling valued, retention, and more. We are proud, humbled, and grateful for the incredible employees that [...]
Topping Out at Site 113
Recently, Central Florida Commercial team members, subcontractors, vendors, and representatives from Orange County Public Schools celebrated the topping out of Site 113 High School. See more pictures. As more than 400 workers gathered in front of the school’s gymnasium, they received a t-shirt emblazoned with the project motto, “Essential workers never stop, tomorrow depends on [...]
