Energy Savings Performance Contracting A smart partnership :+ : By D’Wayne Kendrick SMARTCAP, based in Redmond, WA, is a private real estate organization focused on delivering high value for its investors by leveraging its unique approach to analyzing investment opportunities. Utilizing detailed market research and proprietary tools, SMARTCAP builds sophisticated and accurate financial models for…
O’Shea Building Construction Special Projects :+: By Kevin Anway On the rooftop and in our wheelhouse The four-story O’Shea Building, located at 1524 5th Avenue and home of Old Navy, opened in 1914. When it opened, the building replaced the Olympic Stables (horse parking) and a Methodist Church. The building was renovated in 2000 and…
Proudly progressing Portland The right materials at the right time. Nearly two years after groundbreaking, the 36-story Block 216 building is well on its way to being a fixture of the Portland skyline. This new construction mixed-use tower will soon offer 10,000 SF of retail space, a gourmet food hall, 180,000 SF of commercial office…
Historical Growth and Customer Alignment The complexity and pace of our operations increase daily. We are now five times the size we were 15 years ago. We have grown because our customers trust us and because MacDonald-Miller Facility Solutions is a great place to work. This year has been the biggest year in company history, with…
Central Chiller Plant Retrofit Special Projects :+ : By Jeff Morasch 1201 3rd Building 1201 3rd has 55 stories with over 1,128,575 square feet of premier business space. The building is LEED Platinum certified; Energy Star certified. The 1201 3rd building was completed in 1988, and with the owners push to be as energy efficient…
Washington State Convention Center Addition Update: MacMiller’s finest have set the very last of 35 Air Handling units at the WSCC Addition project! Over the last 2 years our crews from Local 66 Sheet metal workers and Local 32 Pipefitters have set more than a million pounds of air handling unit sections. “Tens of thousands…
We are thrilled to announce a promotion on our leadership team: Congratulations Travis Eshpeter Service Operations Manager Travis has been with MacDonald-Miller since 1999. He began his career as an HVAC Service Apprentice and worked his way up through the Service field to Foreman in our Bellevue office in 2009. In 2018 he was promoted…
Novolex – Special Project :+ : Yakima, WA After years of working with Eastern Washington maintenance customer, Novolex, the MacDonald-Miller service team had a proven track record as a facility solutions partner. When Novolex decided they needed to install a new RTO (Regenerative Thermal Oxidizer) to replace two smaller outdated RTO units and associated ducting,…
MacDonald-Miller ranks Top 10 Mechanical ENR 2021 TOP FIRMS IN MECHANICAL Every year ENR (Engineering News-Record) lists the top contractors, and this year MacDonald-Miller ranked #10 of the top 50 mechanical firms nationwide. Moving up from #17 in 2020 to #10 in 2021 is an impressive accomplishment for any company, but especially during a pandemic….
Construction Inclusion Week “We’ve been hearing a lot recently about ‘Inclusion’, specifically as it relates to our industry. It has been a bigger conversation at MacDonald-Miller for the better part of the last two year, which is why I’m encouraged to see it showing up as the inaugural Construction Inclusion Week, supported by a group…