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Whether it's a new project, construction industry updates, an employee teaming event or an opportunity to celebrate the best in our community - there's always something to talk about at McDonald Building Company.
Congratulations, Carpenters Company, on its 300th Anniversary! MBC sponsored and proudly attended their anniversary bash!
McDonald Building Company was proud to sponsor and attend The Carpenters' Company 300th Anniversary over the weekend! What a wonderful time celebrating a historical milestone in Philadelphia with fellow members, AEC colleagues and guests from The Carpenters’ Company of London. While 300 years is certainly a long time, The Carpenters' Company of London dates back over 700 years and both Companies remain the only two existing craft guilds in the world.
Formed in 1724, The Carpenters' Company is the oldest existing craft guild in North America and calls Carpenters Hall museum home, where the first Continental Congress meeting was held in 1774. Lots of history! #mcdonaldbuildingcompany #buildingontrust #carpentersco
MBC STAFF: Paul McDonald Tom McDonald Laura Clevenger
MBC attends the Fall Membership Meeting hosted by GBCA!
This Wednesday night, MBC was proud to attend the 2024 General Building Contractors Association (GBCA) Fall Membership Meeting. It was an excellent evening of networking, member awards and an interview with Jeremy Grey, EVP of HRP Group, to hear all about their ambitious land acquisition of Philadelphia's refinery yard and the vast development of the new Bellwether District. #mcdonaldbuildingcompany #buildingontrust #thegbca
MBC STAFF: Kelly Giuliani (McGettigan) Erick Tripp Laura Clevenger Jeff Graef
Thank you to our Drexel Co-Op, Michael Simankin, for a job well-done!
Shout out to our Drexel student, Michael Simankin, who has been working with us since the spring and will be wrapping up his 6-month co-op next month. Michael has been learning the ins and outs of the preconstruction department and it has been a pleasure having Michael assist MBC in the early building stages. He's been helping out with material sourcing and learning square footage takeoffs as well as drafting scopes of work, accompanying our crew on site visits, and interpreting architectural specs & documents.
We asked "What fascinates you about the construction industry?" Michael responded, "The construction industry requires the combined efforts of dozens of individuals with different specialties to work together in order to effectively complete projects. It is fascinating to me how well people can overcome their differences to build big infrastructure." We agree Michael!
Michael returns to Drexel in September and is pursuing a DUAL degree in which he will receive his Bachelors in Civil Engineering and Masters in Geotechnical Engineering AT THE SAME TIME in the Summer of 2026. Thanks for all your hard work Michael...we are here to support you in your AEC career ahead! #buildingontrust #mbccares
Suffolk Avenue Warehouse Project is now fully turned over to Holt Logistics Corp - check out the finished results!
The Suffolk Avenue Warehouse Project has officially been turned over to Holt Logistics Corp. and we are proud of the finished result. About 50k square feet was added to the already existing 100k+ square foot warehouse to make ample space to store and transport cocoa beans. It was a pleasure partnering with Holt Logistics on this project as well as PJA Architects. Congratulations to our MBC team - Sam Cellucci Erick Tripp John Weiland on a job well done. 👏 #mbcbuilds #buildingontrust #holtlogistics #pja_arch
Happy Fourth of July! Fireworks and fun - wishing you all a safe holiday to come!
Happy Independence Day from all of us at MBC!#buildingontrust
MBC Joins Together for Our Quarterly Staff Meeting
Last week, we gathered together for our Quarterly Staff Meeting...we had discussions surrounding the current construction market outlook, project updates, a sneak peak of our new website (stay tuned!), company happenings, and several staff celebrations over the last few months. Look at this fine crew!! #buildingontrust #mcdonaldbuildingcompany #mbccares
Spring Events are In Full Swing at McDonald Building Company!
Our folks were quite busy last week few weeks out and about supporting various industry organizations that are near and dear to MBC. Last week, we attended Project HOME's 35th Anniversary Gala as a Silver Sponsor and Atlanticare Foundation's 63rd Annual Gala as their annual Corporate Healthcare Champion sponsor, both fantastic organizations and ones we proudly support. And this week we were out on the golf course ⛳ to support the 25th Anniversary Matthew Koenig Memorial AIA Philadelphia Golf Outing as a Course Sponsor as well as the AMFP Greater Philadelphia - Association of Medical Facility Professionals Annual Golf Classic - also both exceptional organizations that we enjoy networking with those in the AEC community and markets we build in. 🤝 Whew...what a fun few weeks for us at MBC! Cheers! #buildingontrust #mcdonaldbuildingcompany #mbccares #buildingoncommunity #projecthomephl #atlanticarenj #aiaphiladelphia #amfp-philly
MBC Introduces our 2024 SQP Committee!
📢 A special shout-out today to our 2024 SQP Education Committee members - Erick Tripp Shawn Philipps Valerie Schell and Sam Cellucci. 📚 Our MBC education team this year is focused on providing monthly continuing education trainings to our staff with a focus on Safety, Quality, and Productivity. And this year the team will be instrumental in memorializing these trainings by further refining and documenting company procedures the "MBC way". In this month's training, the SQP team facilitated an "Insurance for Contractors 101" and partnered with American Global, our marvelous insurance and bonding partners. Thank you to Gerard Leib Anastasia Fleckser, Victoria Gorelick, and Stephanie Bitman for lending your time and expertise on the latest in the construction insurance world. 🙌 #buildingontrust #mcdonaldbuildingcompany #american_global
In Preparation of Project HOME’s 35th Anniversary Gala, Let’s Check in on Kates Place!
🏗 Progress is moving along at historic Kates Place on Sansom Street in Philadelphia - this 144-unit, fully-furnished, permanent supportive housing project undergoing extensive renovations and upgrades. Our construction team is halfway through room renovations and window replacements and the brick repointing on the exterior is now complete. Mechanical equipment was recently picked up to the rooftop with ease thanks to Thackray Crane Rental, Inc. and our team is preparing for lobby finish upgrades in the coming weeks. We are proud of our longstanding relationship with Project HOME and are excited to build for them once again on such an impactful project for the homeless and affordable housing community in Center City.
We look forward to next week where MBC will be participating as one of the lead sponsors in Project HOME's 35th Anniversary Gala to honor the retirement of founders Joan McConnon and Sister Mary Scullion. 🏬
Congrats to our project team on the excellent progress being made at Kate's as we reach the halfway mark! 👏 👏 Team Photo left to right: Project Superintendent Ed Swank, Assistant Project Manager Ali Perkey, CHC, Project Manager James Cameron, CHC and Carpenter Justin Lausch. #buildingontrust #mcdonaldbuildingcompany #projecthomephl #thackraycranerental
McDonald Building Company Celebrates Annual Opening Day at The Masters!
Opening Day at the Masters is an official holiday at MBC! We loved kicking off this tradition unlike any other last Thursday for the 14th year and commemorate by welcoming clients, colleagues, friends, and family. Always a tremendous celebration! ⛳ #buildingontrust #themasters #mbccares
Folks from MBC Enjoying Their Morning at HFMADV's 2024 Spring Conference
😁 All smiles this morning from the HEALTHCARE FACILITY MANAGERS ASSOCIATION OF DELAWARE VALLEY INC Spring Conference today, come say hello to our crew! 👋 Left to right: Blair Biggin Erick Tripp Andrew McDonald Stephen McDermott LEED AP, CHC
Construction Begins at Collingswood Department of Public Works Building
MBC was delighted to attend the groundbreaking ceremony for the Borough of Collingswood Dept of Public Works on Wednesday. The new facility will be a two-story, 12,000+ square foot office building along with a nearly 10,000 square foot five-bay equipment garage. The new modern design and additional space will meet the growing storage and equipment needs of the Collingswood community. Construction is anticipated to be complete in about 18 months. We are proud to partner with architect Thriven Design and Remington & Vernick Engineers on this project. We wish our project team a very successful build as construction gets underway... Valerie Schell Kelly Giuliani (McGettigan) Renee Ellick @Chris Pili Jeff Graef
#buildingontrust #groundbreaking #newbuilds
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Pictured (left to right): Geno Schiavo (Thriven Design), Cassandra Duffey (Borough Administrator) Steve DiOrio (Director of Public Works), Mayor Jim Maley, Camden County Commissioner Al Dyer, Collingswood Commissioner Rob Lewandowski and Jeff Graef (McDonald Building Company)
Pictured (left to right): MBC Team - Renee Ellick (Project Engineer), Kelly Giuliani (Assistant Project Manager), and Jeff Graef (Senior Project Manager).
MBC Ladies Enjoy a Day of Service with Habitat for Humanity in Lansdowne, PA
The women at MBC enjoyed a beautiful, sunny day last week spent on a cul-de-sac in Lansdowne to help lend a helping hand in support of Women Build Day for Habitat for Humanity of Montgomery and Delaware Counties. We secured attic insulation and attic framing, and the bulk of progress was outside building all the components of a perimeter fence surrounding the four homes. The day was uplifting, inspiring and GOOD FOR THE SOUL. A special shout out Patti Post and Paul Rihn, long-standing volunteers of Habitat who we've had the pleasure to partner with for several years now year after year at Women Build...these two are salt of the earth and are passionate about the communities they serve with their homebuilding skills. 🏡
Thanks to Kelly Giuliani (McGettigan), local Lansdowne resident Ali Perkey, CHC (baby Perkey too), and Michelle Healy for lending your heart and hard work to such a great cause. 👷♀️ 📐 💪 #buildingontrust #mcdonaldbuildingcompany #habitatforhumanity
McDonald Building Company Celebrates 14 Years!
McDonald Building Company celebrates 14 years this week, cheers to us! 🥂
MBC Celebrates 2024 Women In Construction Week!
It's Women in Construction (WIC) Week! 👷♀️ We are excited to celebrate the strength of our MBC women this time of year...especially the significant contributions they continuously provide to the future success of MBC and the construction industry as a whole. McDonald Building Company is proud to highlight the exceptional women at MBC and support the remarkable efforts and talents we experience at our jobsites and office EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. 💪
In honor of WIC Week, the women at MBC are once again partnering with Habitat for Humanity of Montgomery and Delaware Counties next week for 2024 Women Build - this time to volunteer build at a homesite in Lansdowne. We're looking forward to an enjoyable and uplifting day at Women Build to make a meaningful impact in our industry and the Lansdowne community. Interested in joining Women Build Day with us? We have a few spots left for Friday, March 15th! Contact us for more info or visit here: https://lnkd.in/eSaARDq2
National Association of Women in Construction
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!
MBC returns to Winning Golf for some more friendly competition on the course!
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!
NewCourtland celebrates a momentous milestone!
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.
