The Southwest Florida Region

On October 4, Command Staff members from the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office, joined by Sheriff Bill Prummell, Jr., Chief Deputy Mike Casarella, Major James Kenville, Executive Director of Administration Andres H Rodriguez, and Wharton-Smith staff and subcontractors, celebrated the topping out of the new Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office District 4 Headquarters and K9 Training Facility. [...]

On September 6, Wharton-Smith joined the Cape Coral staff and dignitaries to officially cut the ribbon on the Southwest Water Reclamation Facility Operations Building. See photos. The 25,000-square-foot new administration facility is a two-story tilt-wall construction with a mezzanine. It was designed to create state-of-the-art office spaces for staff and a permanent structure for the plant’s [...]

On August 9, Wharton-Smith and the Seminole Tribe of Florida joined to celebrate all of the subcontractors who have tirelessly been working on the new Lakeland Community Center at the Topping Out Ceremony. See photos and video. Guests were treated to a delicious lunch catered by Smokin’ Aces BBQ & Steakhouse and received custom t-shirts along with an [...]

On July 3, Wharton-Smith, the City of Zephyrhills, Kimley-Horn, and subcontractors BRW Contracting, Hybrid Contracting, Harmonics Electrical, and Capital T Pools joined to celebrate the topping out of Hercules Park. See photos. Attendees were treated to a delicious catered lunch from Plaza Mexico, a local Mexican restaurant in Zephyrhills, and had a chance to win incredible [...]

On June 4, Charlotte County public officials, including Sheriff Bill Prummell and Supervisor of Elections Leah Valenti, joined Wharton-Smith and its partners, Schenkel Schultz and BSSW Architects, to break ground on two new facilities. See photos and a live stream of the groundbreaking. After experiencing devastating hurricanes over the last 20 years, Charlotte County is building hurricane-hardened structures for [...]

On April 27, Tampa, Fort Myers, and North Port employees went wild, celebrating Employee Appreciation at Busch Gardens. This was their first return to the theme park as a group since 2019. See photos. Employees and their families were able to seek the thrills of the many coasters around the park, experience the beautiful landscape, and [...]

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 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 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 [...]