Our Carolina Water team has just begun production on the new Berkeley County Pump Station #002 project! This undertaking includes the demolition of the existing facility and will be replaced with a new 26-MGD pump station with submersible pumps, wet well, discharge piping, force main, and electrical upgrades. We are excited to be working alongside Weston [...]
The project team at Site 113 High School began erecting panels a few weeks ago and have quickly made their way through the courtyard and North buildings. The $88 million project for Orange County Public Schools would historically take about 24 months to complete but, as was the case at Windermere High School, we were [...]
Recently, representatives from Kids House, Wharton-Smith, and Hudson-Everly Commercial Flooring, gathered to celebrate the completion of the floor renovation at Kids House with a walk through and pictures. It all started in 2017. The staff at Kids House started to see small holes in the carpet throughout the building and were concerned about the concrete [...]
Wharton-Smith’s Orlando Water Division has recently become the grateful selected construction manager at risk for the Western Reuse Storage & Pump Station project! As September 2020 approaches, our team is eager to act on this estimated $9 million five-acre greenfield site. Construction will include a new reclaim storage and pump station consisting of two 4-million-gallon [...]
The Wharton-Smith Technology Group was completing an inventory of their equipment and realized they had quite a few gently-used laptops that needed a good home. Bobby Sams, IT Supervisor, reached out to Darin Crafton, EVP Commercial, to see if Seminole County Public Schools (SCPS) had a need for some computers. The Chief Technology Officer at [...]
We are thrilled to announce Wharton-Smith’s Tampa Commercial crew was recently awarded the $2.1 million Gulf High School Renovation project! With June 2020 quickly approaching, the team will soon begin production on the demolition and removal of the existing home and visitor bleachers, weight room, coaches’ office, restrooms, concession, press box, and custodial storage. We [...]
The project team at the Fort Myers Central & South Advanced Wastewater Treatment Facility hit a major milestone on April 3. The headworks screen and grit rehab crew took the South plant off the six pump bypass system and successfully started the new Hydro-Dyne bar screen equipment while overcoming hurtles caused by COVID-19 and its [...]
On March 18, Paul Fulks, Project Executive, Commercial, spoke to the Civil Engineering students at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. This was originally scheduled as a class presentation, but when all classes went online due to COVID-19, Paul worked with the university to move to a video conferencing format. Paul offered an overview of all the things [...]
Wharton-Smith is proud to announce that our hardworking and dedicated Orlando Commercial team have been awarded the Volusia County Medical Examiners Facility project! 🏆 This new undertaking will include an autopsy suite, laboratory, evidence room, law enforcement areas, and so much more. We are eager to tackle this new $7.3 million project kicking off in [...]
At Wharton-Smith, we always aim to involve students who are passionate about the construction industry; that’s why our team over at Pine Crest Elementary School were pleased to host a jobsite tour for those in the ABC UCF Chapter. These students had the opportunity to observe several different trades taking place, discuss various aspects of the [...]
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