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…
Augury has created a tool that will radically change the future of equipment maintenance. The tool is compact and can be used by our service technicians during their normal maintenance visits. The Auguscope captures machine vibrations and translates them into machine speak to be analyzed. Once analyzed, a report is generated that conveys the health…
Leveraging MacDonald-Miller’s unparalleled expertise and depth of resources, Washington Patriot selected us to replace 100 drinking fountains at 6 separate buildings on the Everett Boeing Campus. Our Construction Special Projects Plumbing Superintendents, Kevin Tronsdal and Jason McDonough, pulled just about every string possible to get a crew of 7 plumbers on site for the one…
BASF Chemicals produces admixtures for the construction industry. At their Kent facility, they process/mix raw materials into finished goods. To accommodate the expansion of their facility, the company opted to move next door into an existing building twice the square footage of their previous location. This required preparing the existing building to support an operation…
9th & Lenora is a 45-story, 396-unit residential tower located across from Amazon’s main campus. This project follows on the heels of the recently completed 2030 8th Ave project, part of the initiative to meet the demand for additional housing in the rapidly expanding SLU/Denny Triangle neighborhood. On April 8th, 2017, months of planning,…
We MacMillians have witnessed our fearless leader climbing peaks, racing mountain bikes and fishing rivers for many years. As a company, all of us love these outdoor adventures – such activities have been part of the MacDonald-Miller culture for decades. It’s this link to the outdoors that makes our business relationship with Columbia Sportswear in…
What is the new Snohomish County Public Utility District ESPP? SnoPUD’s Energy Savings Purchasing Program allows building owners to acquire energy efficiency as a service. This is an innovative program that is being piloted for commercial buildings throughout Snohomish County with MacDonald-Miller Facility Solutions as the energy services provider. The program is designed to fully…
Seattle Tune-Up: Mandatory Program for Seattle buildings Seattle’s Building Tune-Ups Ordinance passed in March 2016 as an active step in achieving the carbon-neutrality initiative of Seattle’s Climate Action Plan. The green policy initiative intends to make large commercial buildings more energy efficient & environmentally sustainable. The tune-up requirement aims to find optimization opportunities to reduce…