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MacMiller’s Filter Shop
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…
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Bellefield Office Park
Bellefield Office Park is a 16-building business park on the southern edge of downtown Bellevue. Talon Capital Properties selected MacDonald-Miller to complete a retrofit of the building automation and control systems for this eastside urban oasis. Project scope included converting, upgrading, and integrating 16 existing separate buildings into versatile and communicating high tech office space….
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Red Wind Casino Expansion
The Red Wind Casino, a longtime customer of MacDonald-Miller, had their grand opening of their newly expanded non-smoking casino in spring 2015. The original casino, which first opened in 2005, partnered with MacMiller to design, build and install the mechanical HVAC and plumbing systems. With project management on site after completion of the new construction…
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FLIR
This Energy Trust of Oregon project was originally envisioned by Mike Smith of Energy 350, an outfit contracted by the industrial arm of the Energy Trust to ensure utility clients have easy access to quality energy consulting. Mike introduced the concept of Catalyst rooftop optimization to FLIR, which led to the discovery of additional efficiency…
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Columbia Sportswear
Our partnership with Columbia Sportswear began with a dynamic interplay between our Service Department, Building Performance Group (BPG) and Service Special Projects (SSP) teams, which made serving this client a seamless, enjoyable undertaking. MacDonald-Miller launched the adventure in 2015 with a service agreement, and immediately recognized that Columbia Sportswear had other needs. We called in…
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8th & Howell: A complex project
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…
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Tons of teamwork: Lincoln Square Expansion Central Plant
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…
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Our machines are telling us something
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…
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In the mix with BASF
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…
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9th & Lenora: Adding expertise to the expansion
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,…