Each year, the Central Florida Chapter of ABC recognizes and celebrates outstanding projects built by its members. The Chapter’s highest recognition is the Eagle Award. This year, Orlando Water won an Eagle Award for Cypress West Water Reclamation Facility. On Oct. 26, team members were honored at ABC’s annual awards banquet at the Hyatt Regency [...]
SANFORD, Fla. (Nov. 15, 2019) - Seminole State College of Florida students won big in Las Vegas this month, but it wasn’t by playing cards. Following a Southeast regional win, students from the construction and interior design programs placed first in the nation at the Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) student competition, beating Oklahoma State [...]
Wharton-Smith team members were honored at the Charlotte Business Journal’s 2019 Best Places to Work celebration. The event was held at Topgolf, where CBJ revealed the official rankings and presented the awards. We are proud to announce that the Carolinas ranked No. 9 for mid-sized companies! To qualify, a survey was sent out from the [...]
Wharton-Smith team members joined Brevard Public Schools and community members to celebrate the groundbreaking of the new Viera Elementary School. See more pictures. The project team is constructing a 125,000-square-foot elementary school with 54 classrooms on a 17-acre greenfield site. The $23 million project will also include a 10,000-square-foot standalone, covered play structure with physical [...]
On Sept. 18, Wharton-Smith team members participated in discussions with middle and high school students about careers in construction for Elevate Orlando, a nonprofit on a mission to “build long-term, life-changing relationships with urban youth, equipping them to thrive and contribute to their community.” See more pictures. The team split up and covered three schools [...]
A feast from Mission BBQ, mementos, and a friendly game of cornhole headlined the Topping Out Party for Shell Creek Reverse Osmosis Water Treatment Plant on Sept. 13 — a $29.2 million project for the City of Punta Gorda. See more pictures. Team members from the Tampa Water and Commercial Divisions, vendors, and City officials, [...]
On Sept. 12, Wharton-Smith team members joined with representatives from the Seminole County School Board, community leaders, and students and staff from Pine Crest Elementary School to celebrate the construction of a new school. See more pictures. “This will be a school that families from all over the County are going to seek out because [...]
On Sept. 10, the Southeast Florida Region – Commercial Division joined Palm Beach County School Board members, students, and staff to celebrate the groundbreaking of the new South Tech Academy in Boynton Beach. See more pictures. Jim Kidd, Superintendent of South Tech Schools, opened the event by thanking Wharton-Smith for the tremendous effort that has [...]
Wharton-Smith team members joined the Greyhound Nation on Aug. 16 as they celebrated their brand new stadium. The festivities included a community tailgate, a ribbon-cutting, and their first football game of the season. See more pictures. The $1.9 million project included the demolition and replacement of the home section stadium bleachers, press box, stadium lighting, [...]
Wharton-Smith has been ranked among the Top 200 Environmental Firms in the country by Engineering News-Record (ENR) — a weekly magazine that provides news, analysis, data, and opinion for the construction industry worldwide. This year, thanks to our team members in the Water division, Wharton-Smith has moved up from No. 54 to 41! Rankings are [...]
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