Charlotte, NC – Wharton-Smith’s Charlotte Office was recently named one of the 2018 Best Employers in North Carolina by Business North Carolina Magazine, a program created by Business North Carolina, NC SHRM and Best Companies Group.

This survey and awards program was designed to identify, recognize and honor the best employers in North Carolina, benefiting the economy, workforce, and businesses in the state. Placing sixth out of 18 in the large-company category, Wharton-Smith touted perks such as Half-Day Fridays, Wellness Wednesdays and gift-card prizes for quarterly achievements.

To determine ranking, companies entered a two-part survey process to determine the 2018…

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DeBary, FL – May 1, 2018 –  The Southwest Regional Water Reclamation Facility Biological Nutrient Removal project located near Blue Spring State Park in DeBary commemorated their retrofitted Water Treatment Plant opening in an unusual way — using toilet paper in lieu of a ribbon for the traditional cutting ceremony.

The expanded plant will reduce the Phosphorus and Nitrogen levels in the Blue Spring State Park as part of the State of Florida’s Springs Protection Initiative. This $12.1 million construction project was funded by Volusia County Water Resources and Utilities, St. Johns River Water Management District and the Florida Department…

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Charlotte, NC – April 27, 2018 – Charlotte Commercial team members—Bret Estridge, Andrew Miller, and Malina Dana— participated in the Sound the Alarm event for the American Red Cross (ARC). During the event, teams of volunteers installed 100,000 free smoke alarms in more than 100 cities across the U.S. According to ARC, seven people die in home fires every day, most in homes that lack working smoke alarms. Sadly, children and the elderly disproportionately lose their lives.

Together with the Red Cross, fire departments and other community partners, our Wharton-Smith volunteers visited 50 homes in a three-hour period. They installed…

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Sanford, FL – April 24, 2018 marked a significant day for Central Florida with the groundbreaking ceremony for Valencia College’s new accelerated training buildings that will help grow Central Florida’s workforce. Valencia’s President Sandy Shugart addressed the large crowd gathered on the Osceola Campus saying “There’s nothing wrong with access to the workforce, what’s wrong is that it’s stuck there. If you want to work at all in Central Florida, you can get a job — you can get two or three, and you might need them all because at $8.50 or $9 an hour, you cannot sustain a family.…

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Sanford, FL – April 11, 2018 marked the official dedication and grand opening of Osceola County’s newest public safety facility, Fire Rescue Station 62  located within the Buenaventura Lakes community.

Osceola County District 2 Commissioner Viviana Janer and Fire Chief Robert Sorensen welcomed the crowd gathered within the station’s four-truck bay and led the ceremonial ‘uncoupling’ using the station’s new fire hose to welcome Station 62.

The event also marked a special dedication and unveiling of a bronze plaque representing an oversized replica of the Congressional Gold Medal awarded by President Obama to the men of the 65th Infantry…

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Jupiter, FL – On March 27, 2018, team members at the Miramar East Water Treatment Plant reached a milestone – placing the slab inside the Nanofiltration Building.  The team celebrated with a catered lunch from the Latin Cafe and a heartfelt thank you from Division Manager Gregory Williams and Superintendent Lee Pursley.

The $26.1 million project is a design-build effort with GAI Consultants to upgrade Miramar’s East Water Treatment Plant to a nanofiltration membrane water treatment facility. Nanofiltration is a membrane filtration-based method that uses nanometer sized through-pores that pass through the membrane. The team’s challenge is to retrofit the…

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Gulfport, MS – April 4, 2018 – Wharton-Smith’s Gulf Coast Division was recently selected to build a new 44,000 square-foot, 775-seat performing arts center for the Pascagoula-Gautier School District. The new center will be located at Pascagoula High School and will provide opportunities for the school’s drama performances, speech and debate, band and choir concerts, as well as bringing in outside entertainment to the community.

“Wharton-Smith is excited to be part of such a historic landmark addition to the Pascagoula-Gautier School District and the entire Jackson County community,” remarked Darryl Harris, Gulfport Division Manager for Wharton-Smith.

The $14.7 million facility…

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Sanford, FL – April 3, 2018 – The Smyrna Dunes Park Boardwalk Renovation project met an important milestone last week reaching 88% completion of the new two-mile elevated boardwalk that extends across 73 acres of land at the northern tip of the New Smyrna Beach peninsula. Team members from Wharton-Smith, Nature Bridges, DMC Engineers, Zev Cohen and Volusia County gathered to celebrate the achievement with a BBQ lunch catered by Four Rivers.

Smyrna Dunes Park is one of Volusia County’s most popular destinations providing unique opportunities for naturalists, ecologists, students, and visitors to see a wide variety of animals, birds,…

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Sanford, FL – March 22, 2018 – After ten months of construction, the new USSSA Space Coast Complex and national headquarters for the United States Specialty Sports Association is open and hosting teams for the 2018 year!

Wharton-Smith team members commemorated the completion of the project last week with an unofficial ribbon-cutting and kickball tournament on one of the complex’s 15 turf fields. Forty-five employees made the trip to Viera to play, cheer and tour the new complex. The project’s Senior Project Manager Ray Bowen thanked everyone for coming to see the new complex adding, “The venue has been a…

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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 areas affected by the deadly hurricane. Currently, teams from our Baton Rouge office are working to rebuild the Conroe Wastewater Treatment plant. Senior Project Manager Andre Boagni and Superintendent Phillip Corsair are working with local crews to restore the plant to its normal operating condition.…

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