Shoring up the shores..
WRA oversees the dredging and backfilling of Pier VI, stabilizing it for future projects like The Pier VI Hotel and Pierce’s Park.
The ghosts of Baltimore's past threaten progress..
The Inner Harbor's modern facelift hides a crumbling infrastructure built centuries ago.
WRA helps America stay vigilant..
Engineers update critical infrastructure at the Newport News and Norfolk Naval Shipyards, as well as Aberdeen Proving Ground.
Arming for the "Second Cold War.".
Military spending reaches an all-time high in 1987 as the Communist threat remains.
Testing the limits of space travel..
WRA designs the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Space Flight Test Building to support space exploration
To infinity and beyond..
The U.S. space shuttle program quadruples its number of missions between 1981 and 1986.
WRA and the Baltimore Zoo give tourists a reason to explore beyond the harbor..
Throughout the 1980s, WRA handles site planning for the Tiger Exhibit, Children’s Zoo and Chimpanzee Exhibit.
Baltimore makes its pitch to tourists..
With the development of Harborplace, the Maryland Science Center, and the National Aquarium the city's Inner Harbor becomes a top destination.
WRA prepares Baltimore for a new era of waterborne trade..
The firm's improvements to the South Locust Point terminal at the mouth of the Inner Harbor increases capacity—and opportunity.
Finding a port in a storm of growth..
Booming foreign and domestic trade challenges U.S. ports to keep up with increases in traffic, volume, and environmental regulations.