On Sept. 19, Wharton-Smith team members joined with other industry professionals for the annual Central Florida ABC Construction Expo. It is ABC’s largest event of the year and is a unique opportunity to showcase Wharton-Smith to hundreds of current and potential subcontractors and suppliers. See more pictures. The Expo theme this year was “Around the [...]
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 [...]
Engineering News-Record (ENR) Southeast published its annual list of Top Contractors and Wharton-Smith moved from No. 38 to 27! Rankings are based on revenue from the previous calendar year. Additional breakout lists rank firms based on state and specialty market sector revenue. Within the rankings by sector, Wharton-Smith is No. 13 in Florida, No. 5 [...]
On June 24, Virgin Trains USA held a “Red Spike” groundbreaking ceremony at Orlando International Airport to launch construction on its Phase 2 extension from Miami. See more pictures. The posh event swelled with business and political figures who believe that fast-moving trains are the future. “Virgin Trains’ service between Orlando and Miami will launch [...]
On June 14, Wharton-Smith joined Tavares city officials and nearly 300 guests in a ribbon-cutting ceremony for their brand new Public Safety Complex, which will house the fire and police departments and serve as the local Emergency Operations Center. See more photos and check out the scoop in the Orlando Sentinel. In honor of the [...]
Wharton-Smith was No. 38 on the Central Florida Fast 50: Top Fastest-Growing Companies. The list recognizes the 50 fastest growing private companies headquartered in Central Florida's four-county region: Orange, Seminole, Lake and Osceola. They were ranked based on the percentage of consistent revenue growth from 2016-2018. Wharton-Smith averaged 44.05 percent over the last three years. [...]
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