2025 SMACNA Innovator of the Year Award The Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors’ National Association (SMACNA) has awarded Liz Fong, Operations Integration Manager at MacDonald-Miller, with the 2025 SMACNA Innovator of the Year Award: This honor recognizes contractors who are pioneers in addressing industry-wide challenges and who leverage the latest construction technologies to advance…
Inside the Project Grande Ronde Hospital Hospitals are intricate projects because of the many specialized systems they contain. In addition to the usual plumbing and HVAC systems, they also have unique systems—medical gas, vacuum lines, and densely packed additional mechanical equipment to support key function areas of the hospital. At the Grande Ronde Hospital project, the…
AGC Safety Excellence Award Specialty Contractor Over 1 Million Worker Hours. AGC’s Build Washington Awards celebrates our community’s outstanding projects and safety programs. AGC recognizes members who set standards of excellence in the construction industry. MacDonald-Miller is proud to receive the AGC Safety Excellence Award for Specialty Contractor Over 1 Million Worker Hours! “Our culture…
ENR Northwest 2024 Best Projects The Whatcom Village Project receives the ENR Northwest 2024 Best Projects award for Excellence in Sustainability. The project comprises four buildings within a larger east campus modernization project, spanning approximately 988,500 square feet. MacDonald-Miller is proud to have provided the HVAC, Plumbing, and Controls for each building. ENRNorthwest: Best Sustainability: Whatcom Village…
Grant County Jail Ephrata, Washington: We are proud to announce the progress of the new Grant County Jail, an essential addition to the community’s law enforcement infrastructure. Spanning 158,000 SF, the facility will feature 512 secure beds across specialized jail pods, medical and infirmary services, administrative spaces, and more. The facility is designed to support…
engineering Solutions Committed to efficiency and innovation The No Meat Factory’s expansion into the U.S. with its new plant in Stanwood, WA marks a significant step for the plant-based meat alternative industry. Their facility, set to be the world’s largest of its kind, is a major undertaking with several technical challenges, particularly the setup of…
MacDonald-Miller Facility Solutions, the Pacific Northwest’s leading provider of mechanical and sustainable solutions, announced today the appointment of Rory Olson as Chief Executive Officer, effective January 2025. Olson takes over from Gus Simonds, who for the past 34 years successfully guided MacDonald-Miller into one of the Pacific Northwest’s largest and most successful mechanical contractors. Simonds,…
And the beat goes on… By Gus Simonds: The time has come for me to write my last CEO message for Perspective. I want to thank you all for giving me the opportunity to be part of such a great organization for the last 35 years. This journey of helping MacDonald-Miller grow, mature, and succeed…
Lighting Retrofit 170 fixtures Replaced with LEDs Located on the beautiful shoreline of Richmond Beach, WA, the Alon Asphalt plant has been dormant for the past four years. Owned by Delek US Holdings, Inc., the plant is now set to reopen, with a projected production restart by summer 2026. This revival effort involves significant updates…
Controls Highlight Performance Contracting: Our team recently upgraded Chief Leschi Schools’ HVAC system with advanced Honeywell WEBS controls, bringing new levels of comfort, energy efficiency, and reliability to the campus. The Honeywell controls system provides precise temperature and humidity regulation, creating a consistently comfortable environment ideal for students and staff. Improved Comfort: The new Honeywell…