Our Very Own Brian Cook Awarded General Superintendent of the Year by Subcontractors Association of Delaware Valley!

Last week we celebrated our very own Brian Cook at the 2024 Annual SADV - Subcontractors Association of Delaware Valley Professional Showcase as they honored the Best of the Best in Philadelphia Construction. Brian was the recipient of the 2023 GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT OF THE YEAR!! 👏 👏 👏

Congratulations to you Brian, what an incredible honor and very well deserved! #mcdonaldbuildingcompany #buildingontrust #sadvphilly

MBC Participates in Giant Jenga Tournament Hosted by ACE Mentor Phill

Last Thursday, the ACE Mentor Program of Greater Philadelphia hosted 64 teams for its annual Giant Jenga Tournament at the Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum. MBC was not wildly successful and toppled over the Jenga tower in the first round...but what an enjoyable night for team building and networking with Philadelphia's finest in the AEC industry. Special thanks to our resident referees Shawn Philipps and Harrison Lownes! We are so proud to support the ACE Mentor Program who links up local high school students with mentor companies to learn and experience careers in the architecture, engineering, and construction industry. #ACEmentorship

Happy Thanksgiving from MBC!

🦃🍁Our MBC crew enjoying our annual Friendsgiving luncheon tradition…Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃🍁

MBC Returns to Winning Golf!

Nothing is better than the camaraderie and friendly competition that comes along with the one and only Winning Golf TV! 📺 MBC was proud to return to the small screen to host a perfectly unFOREgettable day on the green over at the Blue Bell Country Club LP. ⛳ The team was so par over the moon to compete in several short game skills challenges and to learn alongside the pro himself, R. Douglas Hendricks. We had some exciting highlights with a few contestants sinking a few extraordinary long putts for a playoff to the Survivor Round! Episodes aired live on Comcast SportsNet and NBC Sports Philadelphia but you can still catch it here https://lnkd.in/eFgtvWSv. Tune in to watch one of our contestants putt 60 feet for a chance to win a truck or $20,000 in cash 💰 ! You won't want to miss it...Winning Golf "Where Everybody Wins!" Shout out to our captain for leading the charge, Laura Clevenger, and our exuberant cast of contestants for starring in a very momentous day of golf - Michael Fluehr, Nicholas Ofak, Sr., Gerard Leib, Jeff Porter, Noah Tolson AIA, LEED AP BD-C, FABC, LeanGreenBelt, Douglas DeLong, Paul McDonald, Erick Tripp, Matthew Kreft, Shawn Philipps, and Dylan Robertson. Thank you Winning Golf TV and the inimitable R. Douglas Hendricks, fore one putt-tastic day! #mbccares #buildingontrust #winninggolf #thatswinninggolf #holeinone #footjoy #bluebellcountryclub

Major Milestone NewCourtland Saint Bart’s Phase II!

Last week, McDonald Building Company proudly checked another momentous milestone off the list over at New Courtland Saint Bartholomew’s “Saint Bart’s” Phase II project with their Topping Off Celebration. Batman, the drone, was thrilled to capture the crane onsite as the skies echoed with achievement when the final precast concrete plank was placed. Huge thank you and kudos to the NewCourtland Team, the artistic design minds at Blackney Hayes Architects, Independence Steel, Boccella Precast, Dale Construction, and Thackray Crane Rental for all their efforts to perfectly top off one incredible day! Also, a BIG round of applause to our MBC Project Team - Erick Tripp, Matt Kreft, Anthony Galati, and Valerie Schell. Senior Project Manager Erick Tripp is eager to watch the site progress. “A special shout out to Independence Steel and Dale Construction, who provided and erected the structural steel, concrete planks, and prefabricated bearing walls. We look forward to the next project celebration in March of 2024!” MBC honors and thanks the dedicated trade teams onsite who ensure safety and precision on the field - day in and day out. #mbcmilestone #buildingontrust #batmanthedrone #newcourtland #mcdonaldbuildingcompany #mbcbuilds #seniorhousing #philadelphia

NewCourtland Blackney Hayes Architects Dale Construction, LLC INDEPENDENCE STEEL, INC. Thackray Crane Rental, Inc.

MDSA Friends and Family Event in July was a great way to send off summer by building a legacy!

MDSA (McDonald Dale Strategic Alliance) was proud to host a special and extra sweet "Friends & Family" event on the last Thursday of July down at 3.0 University Place on the Green Roof Terrace. Those who worked on the project gathered with their families to visit the site for a tour and see the incredible work their loved ones put into this build over the last few years. Although the day was a summer scorcher, the shaded terrace provided the perfect, breezy spot to showcase the outdoor amenities 3.0 University Place provides. Guests and kids enjoyed some cotton candy, putt putt, giant jenga, and Lil Pop Shop popsicles to stay cool. Thank you to HELM Creative Studio and Lil Pop Shop for a joyous and memorable afternoon. We are proud to be part of this one-of-a-kind construction and proudly share all this building has to offer with the generations to come. The day was perfectly timed out too, as it just so happened to line up with receiving news 3.0 passed all site inspections! Founder and CEO of UPA, Scott Mazo, couldn’t have said it better, “We’re at a great moment moving forward towards lease up and fitouts. Great job to both Dale Corp & McDonald Building Company...we’re looking forward to the potential of the entire 3.0 building!”

#mdsa #dalecorp #mcdonaldbuildingcompany #buildingontrust #universityplacephl #celladelphia #helmcreativestudio #lilpopshop University Place UPA | University Place Associates DALE Corporation

Batman the Drone visits NewCourtland Apartments to see the progress on Phase II!

Where in the MBC world is Batman now?!? Batman flew on over to the site at NewCourtland Apartments in Northeast Philadelphia and things onsite are moving quickly. The first level of precast planks are being set and the wall panels on the third level are getting secured. Shout out to Independence Steel & Dale Construction for their handy work onsite these last few weeks. Phase 2 of this project will ultimately offer 48 one-bedroom apartments for seniors and support space along with convenient covered parking. Keep up the great work team! #flybyfriday #buildingontrust #batmanthedrone #newcourtland #mcdonaldbuildingcompany #mbcbuilds #seniorhousing #philadelphia

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Dale Construction, LLC INDEPENDENCE STEEL, INC

Thank you Revolution Recovery for hosting MBC’s SQP July Meeting!

This month, our SQP Education Committee arranged a staff field trip to Revolution Recovery in NE Philly for a site tour to get an up close look into their waste management & recycling sorting facility. Revolution Recovery receives 500-600 tons of scrap and waste each day at their primary hub in Philly and recently expanded their sorting facilities to Newark, DE and Allentown, PA. MBC has been partnering with Revolution Recovery or "RR" since 2010 and we are proud of our combined accomplishments of diverting significant percentages of construction waste from landfills to recycling centers, regardless of LEED or funding requirements. We also got to learn about RR's RAIR program (Recycled Artists in Residency) - a residency program that provides artists with a studio space to produce one-of-a-kind meaningful art with on-site access to recovered materials. We ended the morning with some delicious lunch from Sweet Lucy’s just down the street. Revolution Recovery is one well-oiled machine – many thanks to Casey, Fern, Jamie, and the entire team for one SWEET SQP day! #buildingontrust #safetyqualityproduction #sqpatmbc #revolutionrecovery #rair_philly Revolution Recovery

MBC's newest SQP Committee is well underway and hitting the ground running with incredible training sessions!

The torch has officially been passed, and our Safety, Quality, and Production (SQP) education committee has been well underway this year, providing monthly training sessions to benefit the MBC staff. The 2023 SQP Education Committee draft picks include: (shown left to right) Jeff Graef as Committee Chair, Ali Perkey as Coordinator, Kevin Rose as Vice-Chair, and James Cameron as Treasurer. This fantastic four has been tirelessly assembling fun & informational meetings complete with trivia on topics such as CHC testing, manpower reporting, mass timber, project scheduling and a particularly fun & interactive Color Code communications workshop. Thank you to our new SQP committee - keep up the great work. We love to watch everyone bring their own personal touches to boost our MBC knowledge base. We’re just built for this! #buildingontrust #safetyqualityproduction #sqpcommittee #mbcares #welovembc

Thank you HFMADV for hosting a real hole-in-one Golf Outing!

The McDonald Building Company crew swung by the HFMADV’s 41st Golf Outing last Thursday over at Ramblewood Country Club in Mount Laurel, NJ. MBC proudly had two tee-rific foursomes represent us on an enjoyable day that was a real hole-in-one! Thank you, and big congratulations to the Healthcare Facilities Management Association of Delaware Valley (HFMADV) on another memorable outing. We can’t wait fore next year! #buildingontrust #hfmadv #mbccares #funforeall #golfouting #golfpuns 

MBC team attends ASHE regional All-Day Training ICRA 2.0 hosted by HFMADV

Yesterday, several members of the MBC crew attended the American Society for Health Care Engineering (ASHE) all-day regional ICRA Class 2.0 hosted by the Healthcare Facilities Management Association of Delaware Valley (HFMADV). ASHE and this course aim to offer a full understanding of the Infection Control Risk Assessment Program to perform specialized construction in a hospital setting. Great job, fellas! Thank you, HFMADV for hosting. #buildingontrust #mbccares #healthcare #mcdonaldbuildingcompany #hfmadv #ashe #buildingoneducation #healthcareengineering #healthcareconstruction #training

American Society for Health Care Engineering (ASHE)

Thank you to our Inaugural SQP Committee for an incredible year!

Our inaugural Safety, Quality, and Production (SQP) Committee officially passed the baton to our new 2023 team earlier this year and we couldn’t let them hand over the reins to the new crew without a proper celebratory dinner sendoff! MBC would like to thank this inspiring crew for all the innovative, thought-provoking, and creative trainings they hosted for our staff last year. Each month, the committee picked a training topic to focus on within the SQP realm to educate our staff and bring that knowledge to our jobsites and beyond. Filled with fun, leadership, and great guest instructors, this committee set the bar high, so hats off to you all. We appreciate all your efforts this past year - Iliana Limon - Committee Chairwoman; Matthew Coleman - Vice Chair; Blair Biggin - Treasurer; and Kelly Giuliani (McGettigan) - Committee Coordinator. #buildingontrust #safetyqualityproduction #sqpcommittee #mbcares #sqpatmbc #thankyou #welovembc

MBC Masters Partee 2023 was par for the course as one great time fore all!

And just like that, the MBC Masters Partee 2023 came and went too quickly. This year's attendance was stellar and included special appearances from Eldrick Tont (aka Tiger!) Woods and Mike Paldino, mentalist & magician. To make the one and only Jim Nantz proud here’s our best recap, “The office gleamed with green and gold, the pimento and PB, bacon & jelly sandwiches were in full force, magic was in the air, all while our boldest golfers prepped for the longest drive competition and our new perfect putt trick shot. This is Opening Day at the MBC Masters Partee”. MBC is thankful fore all who could attend our 13th annual tradition unlike any other! #buildingontrust #masterspartee2023 #tigerandme #eldricktont #mbcmastersopeningday #mbccares #jimnantz

Clear Skies and smiles ahead over at aka Alexandria!

“Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.”

— Henry Ford

Spring is in the air and the weather down in Alexandria, VA is pointing to clear skies! Our excellent team onsite is diligently plugging away as they prepare to reopen the 22,000-square-foot Hotel aka Alexandria. In the meantime, we’ll proudly congratulate this tremendously dedicated and talented team. Great work down there MBC crew - we’re almost to the finish line. Stay tuned for final photos of this remarkable hotel renovation coming soon… #buildingontrust #mbcbuilds #sunshineandsmiles #mcdonaldbuildingcompany #stayaka #alexandriavirginia #hotelresidences AKA Hotels+Hotel Residences

St. Bart's Phase 2 Project wins award for Philadelphia Business Journal’s Best Real Estate Deals and Dealmakers of the Year !

McDonald Building Company proudly attended last month's Philadelphia Business Journal’s Best Real Estate Deals and Dealmakers of the Year Award ceremony. As NewCourtland's building partner on their St. Bart's Phase 2 project, we were proud to attend and support as they accepted their award in the Affordable Housing category. Looking forward to watching this project’s progress this year. Congratulations to the NewCourtland Team on a well-deserved win! #buildingontrust #newcourtland #blackneyhayes #affordablehousing #philadelphiabusinessjournal #affordablehousingphiladelphia #bestrealestatedeals

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NewCourtland Blackney Hayes Architects Philadelphia Business Journal

MBC Ladies take March, Women's History Month, to a whole new LEVEL with Habitat for Humanity

McDonald Building Company is proud of our leading ladies who make a difference every day! The month of March marks Women’s History Month and we started off strong by celebrating Women in Construction (WIC) Week. To round out this memorable month, the MBC ladies volunteered over at Habitat for Humanity of Montgomery and Delaware Counties, PA as a sponsor in support of Women Build Week last Friday. Our MBC ladies learned some valuable and unmeasurably handy skills and had a "bolt" load of fun too. The framework makes the dream work…or is that teamwork? Way to represent, MBC, ladies – you NAILED IT! These wonderful women not only build each other up but build for an important cause! Thank you, Habitat for Humanity, for a wonderful day to finish out Women's Month. #buildingontrust #womeninconstructionweek #mbccares #thefutureisfemale #sponsors #marchiswomensmonth #herstory

The first week of March is WIC Week! MBC Celebrates our Lovely Ladies today and every day!

The first full week of March is a special celebration at MBC because it marks the start of Women in Construction (WIC) week! While we celebrate our incredible ladies on staff daily, this gives us one more reason to give them an honorable mention. We have some of the most innovative, caring, and overall INCREDIBLE women that we are so fortunate to rely on day in and day out at McDonald Building Company. Thank you to the National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) for advocating for this notable and important event that truly does represent how there are many paths but one mission for women in the construction industry. #BuildingOnTrust #wicweek2023 #womeninconstructionweek #MBCcares #thefutureisfemale

Towering Night of Fun at the ACE Mentor Program of Philadelphia's Giant Jenga Tournament!

What do you get when a bunch of talented AEC people gather in a room to play Giant Jenga for a good cause? A towering night of fun and LEAN competition that really levels the playing field. McDonald Building Company was well represented with two teams last week at the Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum in Philadelphia. Even though the odds may have been stacked against us this year, it was still a giant success and fun event for all involved. As always, thank you, Ace Mentor Program of Philadelphia and to their chair, Brian Rawlings, for this fantastic tournament – it really builds us up! #mbcares #buildingontrust #acementorphilly #giantjenga #dadjokes #nextyearweregonnawin ACE Mentor Program of Greater Philadelphia

Happy Holidays and a Very Happy New Year from all us at MBC to you!

With all the hustle and bustle that accompanies this season, McDonald Building Company would like to take a moment to give our warmest holiday wishes. Thank you all for a wonderful 2022 – it was a spectacular year, and we can only build up from here. Happy Holidays and looking forward to what 2023 brings. Cheers and a very happy new year from all of us to you! #MBCcares #BuildingOnTrust #holidaygreetings #cheersto2023

MBC enjoys Ugly Sweater Happy Hour and gives well wishes to one of our superintendents, Adam Blitchford, in his retirement!

‘Tis the season to be the jolly and MBC came out in full force with our best and ugliest sweaters this year for one festive happy hour. But these smiles are really just hiding our resting grinch faces over the bittersweet news of one of our superintendents, Adam Blitchford’s retirement. Adam was with MBC for over seven years and worked on a variety of projects during his time at MBC near and far. Most recently, he was down at 1315 Walnut Street overseeing their HVAC Systems Replacement. Other notable projects Adam led included Salvation Army's Kroc Center in Camden, Project HOME’s Honickman Learning Center in Phila, Ancillae Assumpta Academy's renovation in Wyncote, and Project HOME’s Rowan Judson Diamond in Phila – just to name a few. Adam will leave an everlasting legacy around here and we will miss his quick wit and reliable work ethic at our job sites. Thank you Adam for seven memorable years of service and for all you did to make the impossible…well, possible.
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#adamisawesome #buildingontrust #retirement #mbcfamily #mbccares #bestwishes #uglysweaters #uglycry

“Adam has been a trusted and reliable teammate of MBC for over 7 years. His willingness to roll up his sleeves and tackle the tough projects was instrumental in maintaining relationships with key clients. We wish Adam endless success in pursuit of a restful but productive retirement.”

— Brian Cook, General Superintendent and Corporate Safety Officer