Wharton-Smith Selected as Construction Manager for New Westside Elementary School in Escambia County
Gulfport, MS - December 20, 2017 - Wharton-Smith, Inc. was recently selected as Construction Manager for the School District of Escambia County's new $38 million Westside Elementary School project. Located on a 68-acre greenfield site in the Florida panhandle, the project involves mitigation of approximately 30 acres of jurisdictional wetlands. The 135,000 s.f. school will [...]
Wharton-Smith Celebrates Dedication of New Innovation Middle School
Sanford, FL – December 11, 2017 - In pep rally fashion, hundreds of cheering students, faculty, school board members, and local partners gathered on December 6 to celebrate and officially dedicate the new Innovation Middle School for Orange County Public Schools (OCPS). Wharton-Smith and HZ Construction served as construction manager on the project. Held in the [...]
Mitchell Water Treatment Plant Phase I Project Wins 2017 Award for Excellence in Concrete
Charlotte, NC – December 4, 2017 – The team of Wharton-Smith, SKA Consulting Engineers and Arcadis G&M of North Carolina was recently recognized with the 2017 Award for Excellence in Concrete by the American Concrete Institute (ACI) Carolinas Chapter for complex structural improvements made to the Mitchell Water Treatment Plant in Greensboro, NC. The ACI [...]
Wharton-Smith Breaks Ground on Improvements to Osceola County’s Austin-Tindall Park
Sanford, FL – November 16, 2017 - “Today Osceola County is upping its game with a $10.7 million investment to improve Austin-Tindall Sports Complex,” said Osceola County Commissioner and Vice Chairman Fred Hawkins, Jr. as he addressed the crowd at the project’s groundbreaking ceremony. Originally constructed in 1993, the 115-acre sports park serves as a [...]
Wharton-Smith Remembers Bill Wharton, Co-Founder of Company
Sanford, Florida - November 17, 2017 - It is with great sadness we announce the passing of Wharton-Smith co-founder Bill Wharton on Sunday, Nov. 12, at the age of 95. He is survived by his wife Lina and six children. Bill and co-founder George Smith met in Ohio in 1966. They worked together at Bay [...]
Wharton-Smith Participates in Great American Teach-In at Florida Schools
Sanford, FL – November 17, 2017 – In celebration of American Education Week, Wharton-Smith employees from our Sanford and Tampa offices participated in the Great American Teach-In, an annual event where members of the community visit area schools to speak to students about their jobs and the role they play in the companies they work [...]
Wharton-Smith Celebrates Topping Out of New Millennium Middle School
Sanford, FL – On November 10, 2017, Wharton-Smith’s Commercial Division celebrated the traditional topping out of Seminole County Public Schools’ (SCPS) new Millennium Middle School being built adjacent to SCPS’ Midway Elementary School off S.R. 46 in Midway. More than 350 subcontractors, team members, members of the SCPS Board, and Superintendent Dr. Walt Griffin were [...]
High School Students Tour Millennium Middle School Project Site
Sanford, FL - November 8, 2017 - As part of the Architecture, Construction, Engineering (ACE) Mentor Program of America, Wharton-Smith hosted a construction site tour for more than 40 high school students within the Seminole County Public School District. See more pictures. As the students arrived at Millennium Middle School—a $43 million performing arts magnet [...]
Wharton-Smith Honored as Best Places to Work by Charlotte Business Journal
Charlotte, NC – On November 1, 2017, Wharton-Smith was honored as one of the Charlotte region’s “2017 Best Places to Work” by the Charlotte Business Journal (CBJ). Wharton-Smith’s Charlotte office ranked No. 12 for mid-sized companies. Nineteen companies were recognized in the mid-sized category and eighty submitted for the honor. CBJ’s annual Best Places to [...]
