On January 17, representatives from Wharton-Smith, Zyscovich Architects, Jacobs Engineering, Ahfachkee school staff, and the Seminole Tribe of Florida joined to cut the ribbon and officially open the Ahfachkee Lower School and Gymnasium. See photos. This completed Wharton-Smith’s first commercial construction project for the Seminole Tribe after years of collaboration on water and wastewater projects. Thanks [...]
On December 13, representatives from Wharton-Smith, Bay Laurel Center CDD, and Kimley Horn joined to celebrate the topping out of the Bay Laurel North Water Reclamation Facility in Ocala, Florida. See pictures and video from the event. The ceremony, signifying the highest structural point in the project being reached, featured custom project t-shirts, dozens of donated raffle prizes, [...]
On December 12, officials from Lake County Schools, the City of Minneola, Wharton-Smith, GSB Construction, Zyscovich, BBM, Matern, Kilma Weeks, and members of the public celebrated the groundbreaking of a new K-8 relief school. See photos and video from the event. The yet-to-be-named school will be built to serve around 1,200 students, helping to alleviate overcrowding at nearby [...]
On December 1, Space Coast Commercial team members, subcontractors, vendors, and dignitaries from Brevard Public Schools celebrated the Topping Out of the recently named Viera Middle School. See event pictures. Attendees received small gifts like tape measures, lunch boxes, and hard hats and entered to win raffle prizes of two TVs, combo drill and driver sets, [...]
Congratulations to the Wharton-Smith team members in the Pensacola office for their recent win at the ABC North Florida Excellence in Construction Awards! The team was honored with the prestigious Eagle Award for the Escambia County Schools Pleasant Grove Elementary School Project. Each year, the North Florida Chapter of ABC recognizes and celebrates outstanding projects [...]
On Sunday, November 20, team members from the Pensacola Office volunteered to support Onbikes Pensacola's annual Winter Bike Build. In the last eight years, the nonprofit has given over 4,000 bikes to local children in the community during the holiday season. This is the fourth year in a row our Wharton-Smith team has participated. We were [...]
On November 29, the Sanford office gathered for the annual Deck the Halls event to light the Christmas tree. Joined by special guest Santa Claus, President and CEO Tim Smith flipped the switch to illuminate the tree, marking the start of the festive season. See photos and video. Following the tree lighting, team members enjoyed ice cream from [...]
On November 28, the Wharton-Smith Tampa Commercial team joined dignitaries and citizens from the City of Zephyrhills to break ground on Hercules Park, the first community park built in Zephyrhills in 40 years. See photos and video. Hercules Park will feature a playground, splash pad, nature trails, open pavilions, and restrooms, meeting the needs of the 18,000 residents [...]
On November 17, Wharton-Smith joined Habitat for Humanity of Seminole-Apopka to turn the keys over to O’Nekay Campbell and her four children, the beneficiaries of a beautiful new four-bedroom home constructed as part of the Home Builder Blitz program. While past Habitat builds have been three-bedroom homes, this is the first time Wharton-Smith has completed [...]
On November 16, the Wharton-Smith Tampa Commercial team, alongside the staff of Woodlands Middle School in North Port, coordinated a Bike Build with On Bikes, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing bikes for at-risk children. The team, led by Caryn Huff, brought together members of the North Port, Fort Myers, and Tampa offices, police officers [...]
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