WRA collaborates on President Eisenhower's Interstate Highway System..
WRA designs the I-83 Baltimore-Harrisburg Expressway, the I-895 Patapsco Tunnel approach, and US 140—a vital link between Baltimore and Gettysburg.
The automobile boom creates a crunch..
The 1950s saw the number of cars on the road in America nearly double, with 4 in 5 American households owning at least one car.
WRA helps write a chapter in the Naval Academy's storied history..
The firm updates multiple facilities on the campus, enhancing the school's ability to provide generations of midshipmen with unmatched training.
The U.S. Naval Academy embarks on its second century..
The Academy's graduates since 1845 include war heroes, Nobel honorees, astronauts, and a U.S. president.
WRA drafts the blueprint for modern commercial aviation.
A team from WRA develops the master plan for Friendship Airport—or as we know it today, BWI-Marshall Airport, an international hub for more than 20 million passengers annually.
The new face of travel in post-war America..
With a resurgence in the middle-class and unprecedented prosperity, more and more people look to the skies to get from coast-to-coast and country-to-country.
Helping Richmond's water supply come clean..
In the late 1940s, the firm upgrades water treatment plants to better serve Virginia's fourth-largest city.
Richmond, VA's population grows by more than 12% over two decades..
Demand spikes for safer, more efficient water treatment to serve nearly 200,000 people.
Whitman, Requardt & Smith, does its duty to help end the Nazi threat..
WRA designs and builds Army arsenals in three states. From the manufacturing plant and sewage to the airfields and railroads, WRA's work provides critical support to help the world through its darkest hours.
In 1941, the shadow of war creeps across the world..
The United States waits—and prepares—for an inevitable showdown with the axis of evil.