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 [...]
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 [...]
Who says you can’t have some good numbers during a COVID crisis? Our Space Coast team has had one exceptional summer. From the time the COVID crisis began in March, our Brevard Commercial team, took on seven projects that needed to reach completion by July 31. That would have been a daunting task to undertake [...]
Pardon our dust – we’re growing! Over the last several months, the Wharton-Smith corporate office in Sanford, FL has been in the process of expanding. As we begin to wrap up construction on our new addition, we want to reflect and appreciate just how far we’ve developed as a company. We’ve continued to build communities [...]
Advanced innovation is on the way! Our Wharton-Smith team over at Pine Crest Elementary School of Innovation has been ℎ𝑎𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 away to get this project completed in time for the school year. With one final building to renovate, our group participated in an honorary wall demolition to commemorate the home stretch. Producing exceptional work starts [...]
On July 16, Wharton-Smith joined with representatives from the City of Fort Myers, Cogburn Electric, AECOM, and CDM Smith for a ribbon-cutting ceremony, lunch, and a tour of the South Advanced Wastewater Treatment Facility. See more pictures. The $46 million project included electrical upgrades of both the Central and South Facilities, screen and grit system [...]
Building big adventures for little explorers.
#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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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