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BOILING OVER WITH INGENUITY
Boiler Project: PeaceHealth The PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend boiler project consists of retrofitting two 800hp Superior Boilers and installing a third new 800hp Hurst boiler. We are installing state of-the-art Limpsfield burners that are guaranteed to operate at 3% O2 emissions (15% excess air). That means they are very efficient and will provide…
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Portland Public Schools
Energy Savings Project: Portland Public Schools MacDonald-Miller began working with Portland Public Schools (PPS) in 2015, commencing with Da Vinci Middle School. The first project was a small controls retrofit that entailed replacing antiquated motors and doing VFD upgrades. We also replaced the existing building automation system with a non-proprietary Honeywell WEBS DDC system. As that…
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Town Hall Historic Renovation
. Construction Special Projects: Making our mark at a landmark After a century of use, a Seattle landmark venue is getting an overhaul. Town Hall is a non-profit performance theatre that provides affordable accessibility for its programs and community. The historic building was built during the peak of the Christian Science movement between 1916-1922 for the…
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Rainier Square
The project consists of three quarters of a city block, located at 5th & Union, and will redefine the remaining block around the existing Rainier Tower building. When completed, the 58-story tower will become the second tallest tower in downtown Seattle, trailing only the Columbia Center’s 76 floors. Rainier Square will include over 1.2 million…
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Seattle Children’s Hospital
This initiative was regarding the Seattle Children’s Building Care Project, a 321,000 SF addition to the existing Seattle Children’s campus. The scope of the project includes the construction of eight stories above grade, a three-story 150,000 SF underground parking facility, connections to the existing Building Hope building, site work, and initial build out and commissioning…
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Killian Pacific
Through preventative HVAC maintenance, tenant improvement projects, and building controls upgrades, we’ve proven to be a great fit for Killian Pacific. With over a year of building relationships, MacMiller has been awarded 9 locations, with additional locations on the horizon, helping Killian Pacific grow their portfolio in a sustainable way. Utilizing many of the MacDonald-Miller solutions,…
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Big Fish Games
For this historical tenant improvement in the Maritime Building in downtown Seattle, MacDonald-Miller provided a new VAV system, DDC Controls and self-performed NEBB certified air balancing for Big Fish Games’ 5-story project. The plumbing scope included restrooms, hospitality bar and kitchenette, and MacMiller led a coordinated BIM process that included a highly collaborative detailing process…
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Boeing – Air Manifold
MacDonald-Miller recently refurbished two fuselage air manifolds for The Boeing Company. The existing refurbished manifolds provide full scale fatigue testing for Boeing’s 777-200 and 787-8 line of aircraft manufactured in Washington State. Each manifold supplies pressured air to aircraft fuselage that goes through a pressurization / depressurization cycle once per flight. The air will be…
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WeWork
For this 3-story tenant improvement project in Portland’s historic Power and Light Building, MacDonald-Miller had to respond quickly to propose, design and immediately start work to accommodate WeWorks’ tight deadline. Our HVAC scope of work includes a 4-pipe heating hot water and chilled waterfan coil units. We will implement in-house Honeywell controls, and the design…
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Take the Preventive Approach with Maintenance
Preventive Maintenance We know that high-efficiency equipment requires the execution of specific preventive maintenance tasks in order to operate at peak performance. Why wait for reactive service, when a preventive maintenance plan eliminates surprises and provides reliable comfort! Benefits Eliminates catastrophic equipment failures Extends the operation life of machine components Reduces the cost of parts and…