This Building Was Once Classified

This Building Was Once Classified

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

My First Major Project was a Shoe Factory

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

Happy New Year from WBRC

Wishing You a Stellar 2021 As this most unusual year comes to a close… we wish you and yours a safe and happy 2021. šŸ˜Š The team at WBRCĀ  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

Landscape Architect David Woodward Joins WBRC

WBRC has added Landscape Architect David Woodward, PLA, CLARB to its growing team. David will serve as Department Manager of WBRCā€™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. ā€œDavid… Read more »

Mechanical Engineer Brandon Hardy Joins the WBRC Team

Mechanical Engineer Brandon Hardy Joins the WBRC Team

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

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

    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 UMaineā€™s College of Engineering and WBRCā€™s Chief Business Development Officer. He succeeds outgoing chair Julia Munsey ā€™02. Rob, who earned a Bachelorā€™s… Read more »

Miguel Betancourt Joins WBRC as Structural Department Manager

Miguel Betancourt Joins WBRC as Structural Department Manager

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. ā€œMiguel Betancourt is a true find,ā€ says Doug Whitney, AIA, WBRCā€™s President/CEO. ā€œOver 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

Laura Adcock is New President of Rotary Club of Lakewood Ranch

  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 »

Funding Ready Affordable Senior Housing

Funding Ready Affordable Senior Housing

ļ»æļ»æ Get Your Seniors Home Sooner If stimulus funding becomes available, will your project be ready? Affordable senior housing is in short supply in Maine. Letā€™s fix that! Hereā€™s how WBRC and Bowman Constructors have streamlined the design and construction process. Contact WBRC ā†’ Contact Bowman Constructors ā†’ Download the Brochure

Stephanie Laplant and Mathew Ward Become WBRC Principals

Stephanie Laplant and Mathew Ward Become WBRC Principals

WBRC is pleased to announce that Electrical Engineer Stephanie Laplant, PE and Architect Mathew Ward, AIA have been unanimously elected to WBRCā€™s Board of Directors and are now Principal Shareholders of the Corporation. ā€œAll of us on the executive team are very pleased that Stephanie Laplant and Mat Ward have joined the board as principal… Read more »