Baton Rouge, LA – On August 25, 2017 Hurricane Harvey hit Texas as a Category 4 storm inflicting $125 billion in damage to the state and flooding 800 wastewater treatment facilities, including the 10 MGD plant in Conroe, Texas. Since the storm, Wharton-Smith has supported the Texas community providing relief efforts and construction expertise in [...]
Jupiter FL – February 6, 2018 – Wharton-Smith’s South Florida Water/Wastewater Division was recently selected to construct a new 3 MGD wastewater treatment plant located at the Seminole Tribe of Florida’s Hollywood Reservation. The new treatment plant will support residential and business growth on the reservation, including the $1.5 billion expansion of the Seminole Hard [...]
Sanford, FL – On Friday, February 2, Wharton-Smith’s Commercial Division celebrated the great work being done by local subcontractors and team members on the comprehensive renovation/addition project for Orange County Public Schools' Hillcrest Elementary School. The traditional topping out event marks a significant milestone in the completion of the project. More than 150 subcontractor and [...]
Sanford, FL – February 1, 2018 – Wharton-Smith is excited to announce the induction of Paul Fulks, Senior Project Manager, to the Executive Council of the Volusia County Association for Responsible Development (VCARD). The appointment was made official during VCARD’s 32nd Annual Installation and Award Banquet held Wednesday, January 31st at the LPGA International in [...]
Tampa, FL –– On January 19, 2018, Wharton-Smith’s Tampa-Water/Wastewater Division held a Topping Out Party to mark the completion of the first phase structural work on the Three Oaks Wastewater Treatment Plant Oxidation Ditch Improvements project. More than 70 people attended including representatives from Lee County, the Three Oaks Wastewater Plant and project engineers CDM [...]
Sanford, FL – January 18, 2018 – Wharton-Smith recently announced strategic changes to key personnel in the company's Water/Wastewater Division. Todd O’Donnell, Division Manager - Tampa Water/Wastewater, will take on the new role of Director of Business Development – Water/Wastewater. In his new role, Todd will be responsible for identifying and developing new business relationships and [...]
Gulfport, MS - December 20, 2017 - Wharton-Smith, Inc. was recently selected as Construction Manager for the School District of Escambia County's new $38 million Westside Elementary School project. Located on a 68-acre greenfield site in the Florida panhandle, the project involves mitigation of approximately 30 acres of jurisdictional wetlands. The 135,000 s.f. school will [...]
Sanford, FL – December 11, 2017 - In pep rally fashion, hundreds of cheering students, faculty, school board members, and local partners gathered on December 6 to celebrate and officially dedicate the new Innovation Middle School for Orange County Public Schools (OCPS). Wharton-Smith and HZ Construction served as construction manager on the project. Held in the [...]
Charlotte, NC – December 4, 2017 – The team of Wharton-Smith, SKA Consulting Engineers and Arcadis G&M of North Carolina was recently recognized with the 2017 Award for Excellence in Concrete by the American Concrete Institute (ACI) Carolinas Chapter for complex structural improvements made to the Mitchell Water Treatment Plant in Greensboro, NC. The ACI [...]
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