Tori Britton, Author at WBRC Inc.

Topping Off Ceremony Celebrates Ferland EEDC Progress

Posted February 12, 2021 & filed under All News, Projects.

Every major building project has important milestones. Today, the University of Maine celebrated the Topping Off Ceremony of Ferland Engineering Education & Design Center (EEDC). This construction milestone (also called a Topping Out or Beam Raising Ceremony) is when the final structural beam is placed on a building. Ferland EEDC, a 108,000 SF, $78M state-of-the-art educational center, was designed by WBRC and Ellenzweig, and is being built by Consigli. Construction began in May 2020 and is slated for completion in August 2022. Topping… Read more »

Home Sweet Office Park

Posted February 12, 2021 & filed under All News, 40-Year Retrospective.

Written by WBRC CEO Doug Whitney, AIA Located just off Mt. Hope Avenue in Bangor alongside the Penjajawoc Stream, Evergreen Woods Office Park is conveniently located near Hogan Road shopping and dining district. It is also close to two major hospitals and Bangor’s downtown. When we first walked this land 35+ years ago, it was… Read more »

This Building Was Once Classified

Posted February 8, 2021 & filed under All News, 40-Year Retrospective.

Written by WBRC CEO Doug Whitney, AIA This 1984 project, the Anti-Submarine Warfare Operation Center (ASWOC) at the former Brunswick Naval Air Station, was once a well-kept secret. While we would have loved to have used it in our company brochures back then, this design project was originally classified. Now that the Brunswick Naval Air… Read more »

My First Major Project was a Shoe Factory

Posted January 27, 2021 & filed under All News, 40-Year Retrospective.

Our CEO Doug Whitney has been with WBRC for 40 years. That’s a lot of stories! Here is the first in a series of essays about notable projects from Doug’s formative years as an architect. My first project as a new architect at WBRC was an apartment complex called Penobscot River House. The brochure says,… Read more »

Happy New Year from WBRC

Posted December 31, 2020 & filed under All News.

Wishing You a Stellar 2021 As this most unusual year comes to a close… we wish you and yours a safe and happy 2021. 😊 The team at WBRC About the birds image These birds represent WBRC’s five branch offices. (We opened new offices in Columbia, MD and Birmingham, MI this summer!) The birds pictured… Read more »

Landscape Architect David Woodward Joins WBRC

Posted November 17, 2020 & filed under All News, People.

WBRC has added Landscape Architect David Woodward, PLA, CLARB to its growing team. David will serve as Department Manager of WBRC’s Landscape Architectural Design group. He is a multi-state landscape architect and land planner with 35 years of project management and development experience on a wide variety of private and public sector project types. “David… Read more »

Mechanical Engineer Brandon Hardy Joins the WBRC Team

Posted October 21, 2020 & filed under All News, People.

WBRC Architects Engineers is pleased to welcome Mechanical Engineer Brandon Hardy, P.E. to the team. Brandon is a graduate of the University of Maine (B.S., Mechanical Engineering). He has more than ten years of project experience across several sectors, with recent focus in healthcare and housing. As mechanical engineer, Brandon designs and assesses mechanical, plumbing,… Read more »

Rob Frank is New Chair of UMaine Alumni Association Board of Directors

Posted August 26, 2020 & filed under All News, People.

WBRC Principal Robert M. Frank, III, P.E. was inducted in late June 2020 as Chair of the University of Maine Alumni Association Board of Directors. Rob is a 1988 graduate of UMaine’s College of Engineering and WBRC’s Chief Business Development Officer. He succeeds outgoing chair Julia Munsey ’02. Rob, who earned a Bachelor’s… Read more »

Miguel Betancourt Joins WBRC as Structural Department Manager

Posted June 29, 2020 & filed under All News, People.

Structural Engineer Miguel Betancourt, PE, has joined WBRC as its new Structural Engineering Department Manager. He brings over 20 years of experience in structural systems design, analysis, and project management. “Miguel Betancourt is a true find,” says Doug Whitney, AIA, WBRC’s President/CEO. “Over his career, he has successfully designed and managed some impressive structural engineering… Read more »

Laura Adcock is New President of Rotary Club of Lakewood Ranch

Posted June 28, 2020 & filed under All News, People.

WBRC Principal Laura Adcock was inducted on June 25, 2020 as President of the Board of Rotary Club of Lakewood Ranch, Florida. Laura, an architect and Air Force Veteran, succeeds Christi Womack Villalobos as Club President. Laura is a longtime member of Rotary Club of Lakewood Ranch and is a Paul Harris Fellow. She… Read more »