Article from our Perspective Volume 5, Quarter 4: A Sound Stormweather Solution Did you know that MacDonald-Miller helps the aquatic habitat of Puget Sound? Since 2010, MacMiller pre-fabrication shop has been operating with a Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan, otherwise known as a SWPPP. Part of this plan includes quarterly stormwater sampling, testing, and reporting to the…
Article from our Perspective Volume 5, Quarter 4 – Our natural habitat: energy savings. Our design-build project with SNBL, a Japanese owned contract research organization in Everett, Washington, started as a simple coil replacement 5 years ago. And it has significantly evolved – this energy efficiency project is the first participant in SnoPUD’s Energy Savings Purchasing Program…
Our expertise is all aboard article from our Perspective Volume 5, Quarter 4. MacDonald-Miller has been working on sheet metal and controls projects on ships for years, but for the first time we moved into the specialized market of Navy air conditioning and refrigeration work. The first stop was VIGOR Shipyard in Portland, Oregon, to get…
Interview with Ruben Cañas, Healthcare Project Director, from our Perspective newsletter Volume 5, Quarter 4 article: An extremely healthy track record. A lot of folks recognize MacDonald-Miller as the healthcare leader in the Seattle area – yet, where else are we doing work? Over the past several years we have positioned ourselves as the healthcare…
We’ve talked a lot about the 8th & Howell project, but now let us show you some of the MacMiller Capabilities in action: The skid for this project was engineered, designed, coordinated, fabricated, welded, assembled, and installed by MacMiller. The total weight of all fabrication and equipment was over 350,000 lbs, set in 2 just…
Interview with Greg Smith of KCLS Shared by Seattle Business Magazine What happens when you have 48 buildings to manage, all with their own specific challenges and all under constraints of a single budget? King County Library System (KCLS) knew there had to be a better way of managing their buildings. So how were they…
STADIUM PLACE This two tower high-rise development located in Seattle’s historic Pioneer Square consists of a 23-story hotel tower and a 19-story office tower connected by an 8-story arcade/atrium with two sky bridges to connect both towers. Both phases of this high-profile project nearing completion. Phase I includes a hotel tower with a street level…
Many people don’t stop to truly consider what keeps the air in buildings fresh, clean and free of dust. They may be surprised to discover just how big a role air filters play behind the scenes. Filters are an unseen, yet very significant part of building performance – so important, in fact, that the technicians…
The city of Seattle is known for its innovation and creativity, and MacDonald-Miller has been part of this forward-thinking mindset for decades. We’ve leveraged our technical expertise to become a major player in the ever-changing landscape of the Emerald City. A current initiative that reflects our level of ingenuity is the construction of the 8th…
This past January, the Lincoln Square Expansion Project brought the chilled water central plant online, which serves the entirety of the campus including a 31-story office tower, 41-story residential tower and 3-story retail podium. The central plant consists of (4) 750-ton centrifugal water chillers that are interconnected with the 3,000-ton cooling tower located at the…