2024 Summer Issue Perspective Newsletter Our Perspective comes from our employees and customers. Here are the stories of MacMillians making buildings work better this year. Top Highlights Quality Assurance Program: Service Audits Optimizing Asset Management: CapEx and Condition Assessments DESIGN-BUILD Washington State University (WSU) Building Systems Infrastructure Upgrades UW Medical Center Chiller Replacements PLAN SPec…
MacDonald-Miller & Turner: School of Construction Management Aligned with a common commitment to expand our community’s social, economic, and educational growth, MacDonald-Miller recently partnered with Turner Construction to deliver their 2024 Seattle Turner School of Construction Management (TCSM) program to 11 underrepresented business enterprises (UBE’s) from Washington State. Established in 1969, the TSCM program provides small and…
We’ve kicked off our third annual Service Technician Intern Program (beginning with a headquarters tour courtesy of CEO Gus Simonds). This is a unique MacDonald-Miller offering for students currently enrolled in trade schools to receive class credit while learning all aspects of the service business. These students will spend the summer rotating and learning from…
MCAWW Safety Excellence Award 1,000,000+ hours MacDonald-Miller is honored to receive the Mechanical Contractors Association of Western Washington (MCAWW) Safety Excellence Award for the fifth time! Receiving the MCAWW Safety Excellence Award is truly humbling, especially considering the caliber of companies within the MCAWW community, all of whom dedicate substantial effort and resources to their…
Tenant Improvement trends for commercial office buildings Maximizing marketability with amenities Recent years have seen a rise in vacancy rates of commercial office buildings. While some contractors may find this trend concerning, MacDonald-Miller’s Construction Special Projects team considers this shift an opportunity for new spaces and customers. Transforming conventional building spaces into dynamic, marketable environments…
Sustainability Starts Here At MacDonald-Miller, we support building projects at every stage of their sustainability journey. As a full-service mechanical contractor with a world-class engineering team, we are proud to shape projects that influence and enhance our local communities in Washington, Oregon, and beyond. We design, build, and optimize mechanical systems that lower energy use…
ESCO K-12 Performance Contracting Chief Leschi Schools Chief Leschi Schools recently partnered with MacDonald-Miller to pursue funding sources for the design and installation of an energy-efficient HVAC system. Through this partnership, Chief Leschi Schools successfully obtained a $25,000,000 direct allocation from the Washington State budget to replace existing HVAC infrastructure. These upgrades will result in…
2024 Spring Issue Perspective Newsletter Our Perspective comes from our employees’ and customers’ viewpoints and voices. Here are the stories of MacMillians making buildings work better. Top Stories Performance Contracting: Chief Leschi Schools Clean Buildings Early Adopter: Meydenbauer Center Zeroed in on Carbon Neutrality: Sustainability Starts Here Lessons in Reducing Embodied Carbon: 7200 Woodlawn Plumbing Services: Plumbing talent runs deep…
Bellevue Clean Buildings Tier 1 Early Adopter Phase 2 of our scope of work for the Meydenbauer Center (Bellevue Clean Buildings Tier 1 Early Adopter) will take the remainder of the year and includes the Eight Energy Efficiency Measures. These measures will help the client achieve their target EUI (Energy Usage Intensity) for the Clean…
700 Dexter Yard In 2018, MacDonald-Miller embarked on a journey of collaboration and dedication to excellence, closely working with our project partners SKB Architects and Turner Construction on 700 Dexter Yard. Dexter Yard is an open block campus at the intersection of South Lake Union’s tech row. This is a complete site redevelopment that consisted…