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…
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Pilot Program Changing How Buildings Operate
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…
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Seattle Tune-Up: What Building Owners Need to Know
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…
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AGC Safety Excellence Award – 3rd time winning!
WINNER of AGC Build Washington Award for over 1 million worker hours Safety is at the core of everything we do. Our ongoing training, education and personal disciplines have created the environment of safety excellence we experience at MacDonald-Miller. As a result of who we are and how we work, MacMiller was awarded the AGC Build Washington Award for over…
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Special Projects Goes Big
Welcome to the largest plumbing project for our special project teams to date! The Darigold production plant in Seattle was in process of assessing a competitor’s scope of work, but due to our competitive pricing and strong relationships, MacDonald-Miller secured the remaining three phases. Scope of work: Replacing the water main piping coming into the…
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Seattle Genetics – Collaboration is in our genes
Collaboration is in our genes Article from our newsletter Perspective V5Q2 – By Paul Bonaci In the field of biotechnology, timing is a critical factor when formulating therapy concepts and laboratory trials. There are many complexities in this industry, so a project in this space is right up our alley, as we indeed enjoy a big…
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Giving R-22 the cold shoulder
What ozone safe refrigerant means for building owners Due to its harmful effects on the environment, R-22 is being phased out under the EPA’s Clean Air Act in favor of more environmentally friendly alternatives. And, 2020 is the year designated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for when no new R-22 will be produced or…
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Energy Trust Oregon: Montgomery Park
Last week the Energy Trust of Oregon presented Montgomery Park’s owner a rebate check for $823,875 at their 1-megawatt solar plant ribbon cutting. The historic building and their star leadership team, Bill Naito Company, continues to shine. Already at an energy star rating of 94, their end goal is an energy star rating of 100…
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Fluke HVAC IAQ News
Full Article published by Fluke Read more from Fluke: HERE MacDonald-Miller Facility Solutions is a leading construction, engineering, control systems, and building services firm headquartered in Seattle, Washington. The company’s Building Services group is the largest commercial HVAC service company in the Northwest, with offices throughout Washington and Oregon. They provide maintenance, repair, overhaul, and installation of…
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CTE Showcase of Skills Homeless Shelter project
On Monday, March 27, the Workforce Board put together a showcase of Career and Technical Education (CTE) talent in a one-day competition event where high school and college students across Washington came together to display their skills. The competition consisted of teams building portable, energy efficient, homeless shelters, which once completed would be used for temporary homeless…