100 Years. A proud history. A limitless future.

The Great Baltimore Fire rages for two days, destroying more than 1,500 buildings and causing the present-day equivalent of $4 billion in damages.

Upon completion, Requardt and others who worked on the project are served lunch in a diversion tunnel—with the mayor.

Like many booming American cities in the early 1900s, Baltimore faces the threat of crippling outbreaks due to poor sanitation and pest infestations.

Called one of the "most important undertakings in the history of the city" by Mayor Preston, the plant supplies clean water to thousands—helping to eliminate Typhoid.

Railways emerges as the fastest, most efficient means to move people and goods. For some, they were also quite profitable.

In 1915, the fledgling firm designed the Western Maryland Rail Bridge to tame the region's treacherous, rocky terrain.

The year 1940 ushers in an era of dramatic innovation, deep-rooted patriotism and a world-changing conflict.

Whitman, Requardt & Smith is awarded the nation’s first defense contract, establishing a long-lasting legacy of serving the military.

The United States waits—and prepares—for an inevitable showdown with the axis of evil.

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.

Demand spikes for safer, more efficient water treatment to serve nearly 200,000 people.

In the late 1940s, the firm upgrades water treatment plants to better serve Virginia's fourth-largest city.

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.

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 Academy's graduates since 1845 include war heroes, Nobel honorees, astronauts, and a U.S. president.

The firm updates multiple facilities on the campus, enhancing the school's ability to provide generations of midshipmen with unmatched training.

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 designs the I-83 Baltimore-Harrisburg Expressway, the I-895 Patapsco Tunnel approach, and US 140—a vital link between Baltimore and Gettysburg.

The Old Line State's population increases 70% from the 1930s and 1950s, creating an insatiable demand for water.

WRA designs the Susquehanna Water Supply line, nicknamed "The Big Inch"—a 9-foot wide pipe transporting water from the river to hundreds of thousands in central Maryland.

To improve aging roads, President Kennedy approves the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1961, adding $900M to the interstate program.

WRA spearheads an array of projects including JFK Memorial Highway, MD 177, I-95 in Wilmington, and multiple byways in Virginia.

In his 1961 speech to Congress, President Kennedy challenges the nation to send a man to the moon and bring him back safely—before the end of the decade.

Engineers design the Bendix ESAR (Electronically Steerable Array Radar) Facility and Spadat Radar AN/FPS 85 Space Tracker to monitor objects in orbit.

The post-WWII trend of the middle-class trading city life for yards and picket fences reshapes the American experience.

WRA handles civil site and land development for Columbia, MD, a planned community with the mission of improving quality of life and eliminating racial and class segregation.

His Deepstar 4000 submersible allows a three-person crew to venture nearly a mile beneath the ocean surface.

WRA develops the first industrial research facility for oceanography. Built for Westinghouse, it serves as a state-of-the-art laboratory and testing ground of generations of Cousteau’s Deepstar submersibles.

Ocean City experiences a massive boom in tourism as hundreds of thousands flock to the beach each year.

WRA develops a water supply plan for the city that minimizes salt water exposure while providing enough to meet OC's growing need.

After the population's decades-long exodus to the suburbs, President Johnson sees mass transit as a way to bring people back to cities.

WRA oversees the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority's New Carrollton Route with two aerial stations, surface and aerial tracks.

Booming foreign and domestic trade challenges U.S. ports to keep up with increases in traffic, volume, and environmental regulations.

The firm's improvements to the South Locust Point terminal at the mouth of the Inner Harbor increases capacity—and opportunity.

With the development of Harborplace, the Maryland Science Center, and the National Aquarium the city's Inner Harbor becomes a top destination.

Throughout the 1980s, WRA handles site planning for the Tiger Exhibit, Children’s Zoo and Chimpanzee Exhibit.

The U.S. space shuttle program quadruples its number of missions between 1981 and 1986.

WRA designs the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Space Flight Test Building to support space exploration

Military spending reaches an all-time high in 1987 as the Communist threat remains.

Engineers update critical infrastructure at the Newport News and Norfolk Naval Shipyards, as well as Aberdeen Proving Ground.

The Inner Harbor's modern facelift hides a crumbling infrastructure built centuries ago.

WRA oversees the dredging and backfilling of Pier VI, stabilizing it for future projects like The Pier VI Hotel and Pierce’s Park.

President Clinton signs the law untethering the organization from the Department of Health and Human Services—leading to an increase in funding and employees.

The firm oversees renovations to the administration annex, creating a larger, more modern facility to serve the needs of future generations of Americans.

The "Storm of the Century" in 1993 and the crippling East Coast Blizzard of '96 prompt the state to reassess its emergency response capabilities

WRA develops the Maryland Emergency Management Agency Command Center, a state-of-the-art facility to coordinate response efforts —and save lives.

In the 80s, Baltimore remakes itself as a tourist destination with the redevelopment of its Inner Harbor into an entertainment and cultural hub.

Inspired by the Inner Harbor's success, WRA and the city look to new frontiers in 1999: redeveloping a dilapidated industrial area known as Harbor East.

Anne Canby, DelDOT's first female secretary in history, urges sustainability with initiatives like bike and pedestrian facilities, mass transit, and context sensitive design.

Helping Delaware move from highways focus to a transportation focus, WRA develops a 20-year transportation plan for Route 40.

Terrorists hijack four U.S. airliners and crash them into the Pentagon, the World Trade Center, and a field in Pennsylvania—2,977 lose their lives.

WRA develops the Patuxent Naval Air Station's Research and Development Facility: the testing ground for aircraft that take on the Taliban and Al-Qaeda.

Towson University in Maryland launches a new vision of the institution as a metropolitan university, undergoing a technological and building renaissance.

WRA transforms the campus' 40-year old administrative offices into a 140,000-square foot signature building gracing the new southeast campus gateway.

Maryland vehicles log nearly 57 billion miles in 2005, a trend that's predicted to rise due to population increases and development in Baltimore's surrounding counties.

WRA leads the reconstruction of the MD 22 /I-95 Interchange, a state-of-the-art transportation project improving the capacity and safety of a major thoroughfare.

Secretary of Transportation John Porcari appoints a committee to make suggestions for new rail lines and expansions of existing lines in Baltimore.

In 2006, WRA studies the feasibility of a new 14-mile transit line through the city—the first comprehensive plan for a rail system in nearly 40 years.

The Chesapeake 2000 Agreement aims to dramatically improve water quality in the bay and its tributaries.

With a grant from the state, WRA upgrades the Cumberland Wastewater Treatment Plant with industry leading Enhanced Nutrient Remove technology.

On June 2, 2007, four terrorists are arrested and charged with a plot to blow up JFK International Airport in New York City.

WRA redesigns and redevelops the Air National Guard headquarters into a modern, open and flexible facility, enhancing its ability to respond to threats, worldwide.

As unemployment jumps to 10%, the White House passes a $780 billion economic stimulus to jump-start the economy.

With a stimulus grant, WRA helps modernize the Newark Toll Plaza, easing congestion for the 28 million vehicles that use it.

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 provides $100 billion to meet the needs of schools in the midst of the economic crisis.

WRA designs a 60,000 square-foot expansion for Violetville Elementary and rehabs the historic building.

The state passes the Transportation Infrastructure Investment Act of 2013 in hopes of improving and increasing commuter options.

WRA's Halethorpe Station design improves ADA accessibility and reduces maintenance needs for one of MARC's busiest hubs.

Maryland funds upgrades to sewage treatment and septic systems to improve wetlands and reduce polluted storm water runoff in the Bay.

WRA continues to pioneer new approaches to water/wastewater treatment with its design for Baltimore County Pumping Stations.