Kids in Construction
Building big adventures for little explorers.
Project Spotlight
#ProjectSpotlight 💡 The Marine Research Center is a two-story, 18,000 s.f. facility located in the port of Gulfport, Mississippi. Our Wharton-Smith team provided construction management services to this project, which serves as the principal marine operations and support facility for The University of Southern Mississippi’s oceanographic research efforts. To learn more about this addition, check [...]
Wharton-Smith moves up the ENR Top 400 list!
Once again, Wharton-Smith has been ranked among the Top 400 contractors in the country by Engineering News-Record (ENR) – a weekly magazine that provides news, analysis, data and opinion for the construction industry worldwide. Once again, we moved up the list from 204 to 201. Companies are ranked by overall construction revenue for 2019 and [...]
Congratulations to Carlin Dunlop!
Carlin Dunlop, Assistant Project Manager – Central Florida Water, passed the Professional Engineer (PE) test. This is a significant accomplishment that requires both years of experience and extensive study to successfully complete the exam. The eight-hour PE exam tests your ability to practice competently in a particular engineering discipline. It is designed for engineers who have [...]
Project Awarded – Gulfport Commercial!
We are pleased to share that our Gulfport Commercial division has secured the $31.3 million Ocean Enterprise Facility project! This team has already put this project into action and anticipate that it will be completed in April 2022. The project will serve as a hub for research and innovation that will bolster the Blue Economy [...]
Employee Spotlight with Stephanie Farmer
We’re kicking off this month with our next Employee Spotlight! As a valuable member of our Wharton-Smith family, we are excited to highlight Stephanie Farmer, Senior Project Manager – Commercial, who has been a part of our team for three years now! Want to learn more about Stephanie? Visit the video below! https://lnkd.in/dicENtY
Project Awarded – Carolina Water!
Our Carolina Water team has just begun production on the new Berkeley County Pump Station #002 project! This undertaking includes the demolition of the existing facility and will be replaced with a new 26-MGD pump station with submersible pumps, wet well, discharge piping, force main, and electrical upgrades. We are excited to be working alongside Weston [...]
Panels Up at Site 113
The project team at Site 113 High School began erecting panels a few weeks ago and have quickly made their way through the courtyard and North buildings. The $88 million project for Orange County Public Schools would historically take about 24 months to complete but, as was the case at Windermere High School, we were [...]
Roth Athletic Center Tops Out!
On May 22, more than 75 team members from various trades joined Wharton-Smith’s Central Florida Commercial Division to celebrate the topping out of the Roth Athletic Center at the University of Central Florida. See more pictures. To kick off the event, everyone lined up for a hearty lunch from 4 Rivers Smokehouse. Next, Todd Fatzinger, [...]
New Carpet for Kids House
Recently, representatives from Kids House, Wharton-Smith, and Hudson-Everly Commercial Flooring, gathered to celebrate the completion of the floor renovation at Kids House with a walk through and pictures. It all started in 2017. The staff at Kids House started to see small holes in the carpet throughout the building and were concerned about the concrete [...]
