On Sunday, November 20, team members from the Pensacola Office volunteered to support Onbikes Pensacola's annual Winter Bike Build. In the last eight years, the nonprofit has given over 4,000 bikes to local children in the community during the holiday season. This is the fourth year in a row our Wharton-Smith team has participated. We were [...]
On November 29, the Sanford office gathered for the annual Deck the Halls event to light the Christmas tree. Joined by special guest Santa Claus, President and CEO Tim Smith flipped the switch to illuminate the tree, marking the start of the festive season. See photos and video. Following the tree lighting, team members enjoyed ice cream from [...]
On November 28, the Wharton-Smith Tampa Commercial team joined dignitaries and citizens from the City of Zephyrhills to break ground on Hercules Park, the first community park built in Zephyrhills in 40 years. See photos and video. Hercules Park will feature a playground, splash pad, nature trails, open pavilions, and restrooms, meeting the needs of the 18,000 residents [...]
On November 17, Wharton-Smith joined Habitat for Humanity of Seminole-Apopka to turn the keys over to O’Nekay Campbell and her four children, the beneficiaries of a beautiful new four-bedroom home constructed as part of the Home Builder Blitz program. While past Habitat builds have been three-bedroom homes, this is the first time Wharton-Smith has completed [...]
On November 16, the Wharton-Smith Tampa Commercial team, alongside the staff of Woodlands Middle School in North Port, coordinated a Bike Build with On Bikes, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing bikes for at-risk children. The team, led by Caryn Huff, brought together members of the North Port, Fort Myers, and Tampa offices, police officers [...]
On November 13, Wharton-Smith Commercial and Water teams in North Central Florida participated in the inaugural “No Matter How You Say It, Hunger Hurts” food drive in Sumter and Marion County. Donations were collected at both The Villages job site trailer in Middleton and the Bay Laurel job site trailer in Ocala, leading to around [...]
On November 9, representatives from the City of Leesburg, Dewberry Engineers, St. Johns River Water Management District (SJRWMD), and Wharton-Smith joined together to celebrate the groundbreaking of the Leesburg Turnpike Wastewater Treatment Facility Upgrades Phase II Project. See pictures and video. The $39.9 million project includes increasing the facility's capacity to six million gallons daily, rehabilitating the pretreatment [...]
It was a celebration like no other at McInnis Elementary School in Deleon Springs, Florida, on November 3. Members of the Wharton-Smith Central Florida Water team joined Volusia County Leaders and other elected officials to celebrate the ribbon cutting of the Deleon Springs Utilities Extension. See pictures here. The newly completed project brings water from the City of Deland to Deleon Springs, [...]
Hats off to our outstanding Tampa Water Team! Their dedication and expertise shone brightly as the Tampa Bay Water Desalination Intake Connection Project clinched the prestigious Honor Award for Industrial/Process/Research Facilities at the 2023 Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) Florida Region Awards. A well-deserved recognition for their exceptional work! This Project was also recently awarded [...]
On October 27, Central Florida Commercial Team Members, subcontractors, and vendors joined in celebrating the Topping Out of the School District of Osceola County's Knightsbridge K-8. See event pics here and a video here. As workers entered what will be the school's gymnasium, they received t-shirts, raffle tickets for a chance to win more than $5,000 in prizes, and a feast [...]
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