On April 16, the Largo community, city officials, Wharton-Smith, Wannemacher Jensen Architects, Largo Fire Rescue, and Pinellas County leadership broke ground on the new Largo Fire Station 39. See photos. Replacing the existing Station 39, built in 1980, the new 10,000 SF fire station will include enhanced living corridors to meet current standards, better accommodate the firefighter’s [...]
On April 10, representatives from Wharton-Smith, Riviera Beach, the School District of Palm Beach County, school staff, students, and the public joined in celebrating the groundbreaking of the new West Riviera Elementary School. See photos. The West Riviera Elementary School will undergo a complete campus transformation, of which the focal point will be to demolish the [...]
On March 28, representatives from Charlotte County, including Sheriff Bill Prummell and Fire Chief Jason Fair, joined Wharton-Smith for the groundbreaking ceremony of the new Charlotte County Sheriff's Office District 4 Headquarters and K-9 Training Facility. See photos. The new, over 20,000 SF building will sit on the current training site, which includes an existing firing [...]
On March 8, representatives from Brevard Public Schools, Wharton-Smith, Tsark Architecture, Spiezle Architectural Group, the City of West Melbourne, and students and staff of the West Melbourne School for Science celebrated the groundbreaking of the school’s new S.T.E.A.M. and music building. See photos. The ceremony, commencing with a beautiful musical performance by the West Melbourne School [...]
On March 7, representatives from the City of Sanford, Seminole County, Seminole State College, Wharton-Smith, CPH, ZHA, and others arrived at the 18th hole of the Mayfair Country Club to participate in a ceremonial putt to commemorate the groundbreaking of the new Clubhouse. View photos. In the late 1800s, a retired sea captain named Charles Amory [...]
On March 8, Edith I. Starke Elementary broke ground on its new campus, continuing the legacy of education and community engagement in DeLand. See photos. Established in 1956 on land that was once a pecan grove, Parsons Street School, later named to honor the school’s first principal, Edith I. Starke, has continued to expand its infrastructure [...]
On February 23, representatives from Bay District Schools, former and current students at A. Crawford Mosley High School, Wharton-Smith, DAG Architects, and more celebrated the ribbon cutting of the Coach Winston Chester Outdoor Education Center, a 3,500 SF classroom facility for high school seniors. See photos and video. Coach Winston Chester, a teacher and coach at Mosley High [...]
On February 26, representatives from the Cities of Fort Myers and Cape Coral joined Wharton-Smith, CDM Smith, and more to celebrate the South Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant Water Reclamation Facility Expansion ribbon cutting. See photos. Wharton-Smith provided Construction Management at Risk services for the project, including the installation of a new electrical building with standby generator [...]
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 [...]
On January 19, representatives from Wharton-Smith, Volusia County, Schenkel Shultz, MWL Architects, and the public joined in celebrating the ribbon cutting of the new Volusia County Medical Examiner’s Office. See photos and video. The state-of-the-art 20,000-square-foot facility features a drive-thru, temperature-controlled sally port, ergonomic autopsy stations, and an isolated autopsy room for cases with contagious diseases. It will allow [...]
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