ESCO PROJECT: LOCKWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Energy conservation gets an A+ As a preferred Energy Services Company (ESCO) provider for Northshore School District, our Public ESCO team developed a holistic energy and needs-based project for Lockwood Elementary School. Our team recommended four main Energy Conservation Measures (ECMs) that would best benefit the aging school built in…
New life for a 58-year-old York Shipley The Lakeside Condos date back to the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair. The original boiler, a York Shipley fire tube, was slated for demolition and replacement after 58 years of service. After reviewing the options to remove the old boiler and install new condensing gas boilers, MacDonald-Miller suggested that…
Special Project Highlight: MacDonald-Miller’s relationship with Sno-King started with our service department when we became their maintenance provider. After the initial maintenance, we identified that their older equipment was creating significant cost in terms of emergency repairs and soft ice. The chiller team discussed the system’s deficiencies and the idea of replacing it with something…
An impressive building block Construction for the mammoth tower known as Block 216 has broken ground in downtown Portland. The project’s general contractor, Howard S. Wright, has begun excavation of the hole for the garage with mechanical and plumbing work soon to follow. Last October, it was announced that MacDonald-Miller had won the Design-Build or…
NAIOP’s 2019 Project Awards: Each year, NAIOP’s Night of the Stars identifies outstanding real estate developments and activities in a variety of market types and the individuals who conceived of, took risks, sponsored, supported and made the projects happen. The awards aim to honor all who contributed to the successful commercial real estate market in this…
Smart Energy Project Award Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, WA. Recognized for New Installation of FDD, Healthcare. In partnership with MacDonald-Miller Facility Solutions, Swedish Medical Center implemented FDD at three hospital campuses, expanding from their first campus of about 1 million sq ft to 2.8 million sq ft in approximately one year. Using a customized ICONICS…
MacDonald-Miller featured in Oregon Business Magazine Brand Story: How a data-driven mechanical contractor is driving tomorrow’s design-build sector. According to public perception, designers design, builders build and engineers engineer. Plumbers handle plumbing, electricians work with electricity and so on. As one of the Pacific Northwest’s leading design-build mechanical contractors, MacDonald-Miller Facility Solutions (MacMiller) does it…
FAA Northwest Regional Headquarters Project: Our customer FAA Northwest Regional Headquarters, also known as the Des Moines Creek Business Park Phase 2, is a state-of-the-art building featuring five stories of Class A office space. 300,560 gross square foot Class A office building consolidates federal tenants from four lease locations to a single building and is…
MacDonald-Miller presented “Outstanding Partnership” award “MacDonald-Miller is an industry member of West Sound STEM and a driving force in developing the controls programmer and associate controls specialist apprenticeships. MacDonald-Miller provides outstanding leadership on the Senior Leadership Team and on the Implementation Team and regularly interacts with and supports education and industry within the West Sound…
Seattle-based HVAC contractor expanding to Kennewick Source: Tri-Cities area Journal of Business MacDonald-Miller to open its Eastern Washington Office. A Seattle-based mechanical contractor is looking to expand its Tri-City customer base by opening a shop where customers can fulfill commercial needs for heating, ventilation and air conditioning as well as other mechanical services. MacDonald-Miller Facility…