WRA ranked #9 on ENR MidAtlantic's list of Top Design Firms. This is a jump from #11 on last year's list.  

Baltimore, MD - WRA was recently awarded a comprehensive $7.5 million on-call facilities construction management contract which includes water storage tank evaluation, design and inspection with WSSC’s Project Delivery Group as part of a Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA).  The execution of the contract will be a collaborative effort between the Baltimore and Richmond Offices in supporting WSSC with their $500 million FY 2019 capital program improvements for WSSC water/wastewater facilities including WSSC’s water storage tank rehabilitation and replacement program

WRA is helping organize the second freight summit to support the New Hampshire Statewide Freight Plan. The summit will include insightful presentations discussing the economic and operational impacts of autonomous trucks, insights and perspectives on technology impacts from private logistics providers, and an update on the NHDOT freight plan. The summit is free to attend and being held in Newington, NH.    Learn More.

A group that plays together, stays together! The Fourth Floor Water/Wastewater Group spent the night at Little Havana’s creating their masterpieces.

On May 10th, ten of WRA’s volunteers, along with members of the Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore’s Healthy Harbor Initiative and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, embarked on the Snow Goose with their oysters. After growing for nine months in the Inner Harbor, the oysters were being moved from their cages and transported to the Fort Carroll oyster sanctuary in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor to live out the rest of their lives. WRA planted a total of approximately 21,375 oysters for the 2018 program!

Sharyn Fox was recently recognized with the Distinguished Service Award from the APWA Mid-Atlantic Chapter.

Jennifer Sanford-Caples, responsible for Business Development for WRA in Virginia, West Virginia and North Carolina, has been elected to serve on the board of directors for the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the American Public Works Association. She was elected and sworn in during the group’s mid-Atlantic conference and will serve for a term of two years. The APWA, chartered in 1938, is an international educational and professional association of public agencies, private sector companies and individuals dedicated to providing high quality public works goods and services.

WRA's Construction Management Services Group of Virginia for being selected as the prime consultant for the Virginia Department of Transportation’s (VDOT) Culpeper Districtwide Construction Engineering and Inspection (CEI) Services contract. With this win, WRA achieves a milestone in securing their first Districtwide CEI contract with VDOT as a prime consultant.

Kevin Williams and Rod Hill, along with representatives from English Construction and the City of Lynchburg, will be presenting, "Lessons Learned: Tuning Up 'The Hill City' – Lynchburg’s Downtown Utility and Streetscape’s Project" at the upcoming APWA Mid-Atlantic Annual Conference and Equipment Show.

WRA ranked on the ENR Top 500 Design Firms list this year. The firm is in at #107 for 2018; up 11 spots from last years rank of #118.