On Sept. 8, Wharton-Smith team members joined City of Ocoee representatives for a ribbon-cutting at the new City Hall. See more pictures and watch ceremony highlights.
The $19.3 million project included site work and area development on a five-acre site in downtown Ocoee. The project team constructed a neoclassical three-story, 46,000-square-foot structural steel, brick, and precast building. It features new commission chambers and expanded facilities for their utilities, city planning, accounting, human resources, executive, and legislative departments.
The project is part of the City’s master-planned development for its downtown area, which features streetscape improvements, lakefront rejuvenation, public parks, and civic amenity spaces. It is intended to reinforce the City’s commitment to enhancing civic life for its citizens while reimagining how essential services are provided for a positive and enduring customer experience.
“People say it takes a village to raise a child. I think it is also true that it takes a whole community to build a city hall,” said Senior Project Manager Randall Ellington. “Collaboration and communication were the themes for this Design-Build project built in the middle of a pandemic. A project whose success was a direct result of the efforts of some of the best design professionals and trade partners in our community, in combination with the vigilant attention to detail and tireless customer service provided by the entire Wharton-Smith team.”
