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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.
MBC Crew honors furry friends for National Pet Day on 4/11
Happy National Pet Day from some of our furry friends that make up the MBC crew! 🐾❤️🐾 Over the last few weeks, staff have been sending us pics of them with their fur babies. While getting a picture together with your pets can be like literally herding cats (but actually 😅)….We are paws-itively over the moon with how purrr-fect these turned out. MBC is happy to showcase our furever friends in honor of National Pet Day.
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No animals were harmed in the making of this collage, but we have a feeling many treats and belly scratches were required. #badpuns#nationalpetday#mbcfamily#mbccares
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MBC congratulates Kayla Dajnowski as she completes her Fall/Winter Drexel Co-Op with MBC
Drexel Co-Op Appreciation Post! Our Fall/Winter co-op, Kayla Dajnowski, started with us six months ago and she is finishing up her last few days here at MBC this week. Stationed at the Main Office, she was a HUGE help to our Preconstruction Department supporting the team with several responsibilities including sub bids & database management, Procore deep diving, and even jumping into cost takeoffs. Fortunately, Kayla will maintain working with MBC part-time (yay!) as she continues on with her courses, we are thrilled to keep her on board! Kayla plans to graduate Spring of 2023 with a degree in Architectural Engineering. MBC is proud to participate in Drexel’s Co-Op Program offering undergrads the opportunity to have hands-on experience in the AEC field. Thank you so much for your service, Kayla! #drexelcoop#mbccares#buildingontrust
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McDonald Building Company turns 11 years old today!
Cheers! 🍻🥂🍻 🥳🥳🥳 #buildingontrust#cheerstoelevenyears#mbcproud🍾🤩🍾
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McDonald Building Company celebrates Women in Construction Week
This week we celebrate all the fierce ladies of MBC! We feel beyond fortunate to have an incredible team of smart, innovative and dedicated women onboard…they keep our jobsites moving along strong and efficiently. Congratulations to all the accomplished women in this industry as we celebrate Women in Construction Week! #WIC#wicweek2021#buildingontrust#womeninconstruction
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MBC celebrates completion of gym expansion for Ray and Joan Kroc Community in Camden, NJ
Drum roll please…it’s time for the big reveal! A few weeks ago we gave you a little sneak peek at our work down in Camden, NJ and the gymnasium expansion at the Ray and Joan Kroc Community Center is now officially complete. 🥳🥳🥳 The space is immediately being put to good use by serving the Camden community as a COVID-19 vaccine center. Congrats to all who worked hard to bring this long-awaited project to fruition! 👷♀️👷👷#buildingontrusttt #mbcbuilds#welcometothembcfamily#mbccaresKitchen & AssociatesThe Salvation Army
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Construction starts at latest MBC Project, Woodlawn Storage Facility
And just like that…MBC is excited to have another project starting up. Construction has officially started at the Woodlawn Life Storage Facility in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia! Stay tuned to watch this tight site turn into a beautiful 6-story,131,000 square foot self-storage facility. The site formerly served as a parking lot and a long time ago was an autobody shop. Site excavation is set to start later this week, while the project team is prepping diligently on a safety plan for the surrounding community. JKRP Architects is serving as the Architect-of-Record and the build is expected to last about a year. We can’t wait for you to see what’s in… store-age (get it?!?) for this great project! #buildingontrust#mbcbuilds#newprojects#lifestorage#dadjokes#jkrparchitectsLife Storage
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MBC celebrates finishing touches on Kroc Center and retirement of Superintendent, Bruce Jones
MBC is proud of this beautiful build for the Salvation Army, Ray and Joan Kroc Community Center in Camden...we are jussssst about complete. This 4,500 sq. ft. steel-framed addition is an expansion for a larger gymnasium and multipurpose room for visitors primarily from the Camden Community. MBC was happy to take on this expansion to only enhance the remarkable work that Kroc Center provides! Stay tuned for a view of the inside when they officially open. 🙌👀🙌
Kroc had a MBC all-star team with the best of the best, including our own, Bruce Jones, as the Project Superintendent. Bruce has given two fantastic years to MBC serving at John Brooks Recovery Center in South Jersey and is now leaving Kroc Center as his last project before he starts his retirement. We wish you nothing but the best, Bruce! We feel pretty fortunate to celebrate another grand opening and an incredible Superintendent!🥳🥳🥳 #buildingontrust#mbcbuilds#mbccares#welcometothembcfamily#brucerocks#retirement
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MBC celebrates final touches on Honickman Learning Center for Project HOME
McDonald Building Company is starting February on a great note as renovations over at the Honickman Learning Center are just about wrapped up! In less than a year, MBC partnered with Project HOME to replace the roof, spruce up all finishes including flooring & walls, as well as new MEP systems to enhance the services Honickman provides. Located in North Philadelphia, these fresh upgrades will further serve residents of the community to utilize a modernized building for their technology needs and instructional classes. We can’t help but share the love for this building and all that it stands for. Thank you to Project HOME for trusting us with your vision, we are thrilled with how this turned out. Congratulations! #buildingontrust#mbcbuilds#projecthomephl#newprojects
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MBC Spotlights healthcare talent to meet demands
MBC is proud of our staff and collective achievements. Connect with us as we take a moment to highlight our strength in the healthcare market… #healthcareconstruction#hospitalconstruction#buildingontrust#mbcbuilds#ourteam
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McDonald Building Company and Girder-Slab collaborate on Hamilton II Short Feature
As we look forward to a healthy and prosperous 2021, we had the opportunity to reflect back during the early days of the pandemic and appreciate some positive notes of a historic year in construction. One of the silver linings of 2020 was a vital partnership we had with Girder-Slab Technologies in the build of Hamilton II’s superstructure.
Widely because of this collaboration, Hamilton II persevered through weeks of shutdown and remains on track to open later this year on the original timeline. Here’s a sneak peak of our invaluable partnership with Girder-Slab on this project.
A special thanks to FreshFly Productions for producing this superfly video and capturing some sweet footage of the hard work our crews put in every single day.
MBC Norristown Site undergoes Office Expansion - New Year, New View!
New Year, New View! 🙌🤩🙌 MBC is expanding our main office to the lower level of our Norristown headquarters. As we continue to grow, we are in the midst of building out “The Bunker” (as we fondly like to call it) to better support our growing staff and priority training needs. 👷👷♀️👷♂️ Equipped with several more offices and an expansive training room, we are thrilled to start the New Year with a big change. The Bunker should be complete by early Spring and we can’t wait to share this beautiful new space with you all soon. Take a look at our progress so far! 🥳👀🥳 #newyearnewview#mbcbuilds#buildingontrust#officeexpansion
Lead Superintendent, Pete Perri, retires after 9+ years at MBC!
It’s a bittersweet day at McDonald Building Company. We have the great fortune to watch our very own, Pete Perri, move onto his next great chapter as he retires from MBC after 9+ years! 🥳🥳🥳 Pete served as our General Road Superintendent and Lead Superintendent on several projects (and part-time superhero) as one of our very first employees. Pete has worn so many hats day in and day out that it’s near impossible to sum up all his accomplishments at MBC throughout the years. Pete was our main man when MBC built our current Norristown office in 2015, and he is now vital in transitioning his lead on our office bunker expansion project here in just 6 weeks. Not only was he the “funny guy on campus” with his sarcastic humor, he always had his “Pete” way of making everyone feel part of the MBC family. ❤❤❤ We will miss seeing Pete in his MBC truck as he visits the jobsites and we will certainly miss his classic ugly Christmas sweaters. While we’re sad to see Pete go, we know that he’s going to enjoy retirement in the beautiful Kill Devil Hills of Outer Banks. We heard the Outer Banks may be a great spot for our MBC Vacation Home…right, Pete?!? 😂😅😬
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President, Paul McDonald said, “We will miss you so much, Pete! From the entire MBC family, we wish you all the best and enjoy everything that retirement has to offer.” #peteofalltrades#retirement#mbcfamily#mbccares#bestwishes
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Delaware County Housing Authority and Pennrose Partner on upcoming MBC project, Kinder Park IV
Congratulations and great work to Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency (PHFA) , Delaware County Housing Authority, and Pennrose for their recent partnership on financing Kinder Park Phase IV! McDonald Building Company is beyond thrilled to be building the fourth and final phase of the Kinder Park project in Woodlyn, Delaware County for Pennrose Properties. This final phase will add a six-story, 96-unit building with several amenities to further support independent living for seniors and individuals with disabilities. Sitework has begun and we are expecting completion by Spring of 2022. 👷♂️👷♂️👷♂️ #buildingontrust#mbccares#newprojects#pfha#dcha#pennrose
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Hamilton II dismantles Tower Crane marking huge milestone for project
What goes up must come down! 🏗🎶🎵🏗 #mcdonaldbuildingcompany #buildingontrust #hamilton #towercrane
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President Paul McDonald says, “A year ago last Friday we presented a schedule to RPG indicating crane dismantle on 12/4/2020. The tower crane came down on 12/5/2020. In the face of COVID-19 challenges delays, both on-site and off-site, and the normal Herculean efforts required in our industry to meet our commitments, we missed it by a day. There are many to thank, but a HUGE shout-out to Brian Cook and Chris Pili. Without their tireless efforts, this does not happen. Congrats to the entire Hamilton II team and to Radnor Property Group for their support.”
Upcoming MBC and Dale Corp. project, 3.0 University Place, receives recent press in Philadelphia Business Journal
McDonald Building Company along with our Strategic Alliance Partner - DALE Corporation, is proud to be partnering with University Place Associates in the development of 3.0 University Place as they announce funding for their upcoming project. 3.0 University Place, a sprawling life sciences building in West Philadelphia, will feature 250,000 square feet of innovative lab and office space and plans to break ground early 2021. More to come on this exciting development, stay tuned! 🥳🥳🥳
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MBC spends morning onsite at Hamilton II with FreshFly Productions for upcoming broadcast
What a day with the talented crew of FreshFly Productions! We spent some time this morning capturing footage and interviews for an upcoming broadcast of the Hamilton II project and our partnership with the Girder-Slab Technologies, LLC super-structure system. 🎥🏗🎥 The top floors of Hamilton II naturally offer sensational skyline views making for a killer back drop, here’s a sneak peek of what’s to come. 👀👷👷♀
#sneakpeek#freshfly_films#girderslab#mcdonaldbuildingco#buildingontrust#mbcbuilds
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John Brooks Recovery Center expands to South Jersey Community
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McDonald Building Company is proud to join in the celebration of the grand opening of John Brooks Recovery Center - the nonprofit's latest residential treatment facility in Mays Landing, New Jersey. The opening of JBRC has expanded their continuum of care allowing the organization to now serve over 1,200 individuals in need of outpatient and inpatient care, primarily for those recovering from opioid addiction.
Located on a five-acre wooded site in the Hamilton Business Park, this new $15 million facility features 48 short-term beds, 48 long-term beds, and 24 detox beds. The building features an outdoor courtyard space, medical exam rooms, a fitness room, dining areas, group therapy rooms and several counseling offices. The 59,000 square foot Recovery Center is now able to comfortably provide individualized treatment integrating primary care, behavioral health and recovery support services for their residents.
“There is so much I would like to say, our AEC team has played an integral role in helping John Brooks fulfill what was a dream,” says Alan Oberman, Retired CEO of John Brooks Recovery Center. “It was about four years ago when we moved into our new outpatient sites and now we are in this magnificent site. Finding the McDonald team has been terrific, solution-focused despite the challenges and in turn, an impressive result."
Construction began in 2019 and JBRC opened for residents this Fall of 2020. KDA Architectsserved as the Project Architect and The Carlin Collaborative served as Owner's Representative.
Congratulations to the entire MBC project team for a job well done - Bruce Jones as Project Superintendent, Gardner Halloran as Project Manager, Dawn Goudreault as Project Coordinator, and Jack Kenney as Project Engineer.
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Major Milestone at MBC Site, Peg's Place, lays Strong Foundations for work ahead
Today was a great day for our team over at our project, Peg’s Place, in downtown Philly. The team worked hard in the early hours this morning to get this slab-on-grade completed for the foundation. The team has dealt with quite the hurdles in the last three months (because 2020 amiright?!?), but the finishing touches on this foundation is a huge milestone for the project. Well done to our team and big shout out to Andrew, Ed and Ali for all their work. #mbcbuilds#buildingontrust#strongfoundations
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MBC Celebrates recent Drexel Co-Op, Alex Torres, on all his accomplishments!
MBC is so proud of Alex Torres, our Drexel co-op who recently finished up his first year co-op experience last week...AND it just so happens to also be his birthday today too (Happy Birthday, Alex!). 🎉🎁🎉 Alex started his six-month co-op this past spring and was stationed full-time at our Hamilton II site. He spent the majority of his co-op supporting the team with various tasks including daily manpower reporting, Covid-19 & safety compliance, and field supervision support. Although his co-op is officially complete, we are thrilled to announce that he will be continuing with MBC at Hamilton II on a part-time basis while he continues his classes at Drexel. 🙌 How lucky are we?!? MBC’s partnership with Drexel University’s co-op experience offers the opportunity for undergrad students to balance classroom theory with practical, hands-on experience in the AEC field. Brian Cook, Hamilton II Lead Superintendent, says…“Alex is an integral member of our team. His growth from the start has been nothing but impressive. In today’s environment especially, his fearless approach to tackling the daily tasks has propelled him to the front line. The project runs better because of him.” Alex (or “Koala” as our hoist operators onsite like to call him) set the bar pretty high and we are so thankful to have him continue as part of the MBC team. Congrats to you, Alex! 🥳🥳🥳
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McDonald Building Company Donates Truck Loads of Books for Project HOME Book Drive
Are you looking for a place to donate your gently used books?! McDonald Building Company proudly delivered literally a truckload of books to HOME Spun Boutique in Philadelphia in support of Project HOME Books. For the past week, MBC organized a book drive to encourage staff to donate their own gently used books - courtesy of one of our very own Project Managers, Matt Currie. Big thank you to Matt for inspiring the staff to donate (and delivering all those books!) to a more than amazing cause. These donations help Project HOME by furthering their mission and support jobs for people who have experienced homelessness. Check out their website to see how you can sponsor your own book drive today!
#projectHOME#mbccares#mattrocks#bookdrive#truckloadofbooksProject HOME
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