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Steve Friedemann 6/15/21 Steve Friedemann 6/15/21

Check out Timelapse Tuesday over at Woodlawn Storage Facility!

Guess what day it is?!? It’s Timelapse Tuesday! 🙌 Take a look at the awesome progress being made down at the Woodlawn Storage Facility. We’re just a few months in to the project and we’re seeing some towering results. This tight site will become a 6-story 131,000 square foot self-storage facility nestled in the Germantown neighborhood in Philadelphia. We’re thrilled with how quickly this project is moving along. Rain or shine this team is making it happen! Keep up the great work! 👷‍♂️🤝👷‍♂️ #timelapsetuesday #buildingontrust #mcdonaldbuildingcompany #mbcbuilds #lifestorage

Steve Friedemann 6/10/21 Steve Friedemann 6/10/21

Maguire Residences project in Kensington is honored by Preservation Alliance as Grand Jury Winner

We are getting close to wrapping up the renovations this summer at Ancillae Assumpta Academy’s Handmaid Innovation Center in Wyncote, PA. This complex “over-build” of the original Academy building includes an innovation lab, three science lab & prep spaces, a digital production studio, six new resource learning instructional areas, and patio space to further enhance the Academy’s outdoor classroom facilities. Final touches are being completed next week and brick pavers are almost complete!

#buildingontrust #mbcbuilds #mcdonaldbuildingcompany #welcometothembcfamily #ancillaeassumpta

Steve Friedemann 6/9/21 Steve Friedemann 6/9/21

MBC Digs special Networking Event hosted at Diggerland USA in South Jersey

Can you dig it?! 🚜👷🚜 MBC enjoyed soaking up the sun (and a few scattered clouds) yesterday for the Focus Four & More – Digging into Safety event hosted at the one and only construction theme park in America, Diggerland USA! It was a fantastic turn out filled with safety demonstrations and lots of awesome vendors down in South Jersey. This family-friendly event was well attended by MBC staff and families out to enjoy the day’s festivities. Thank you to the generous sponsors who made this event possible. 🙌🤝🙌 It’s SAFE to say, it was a pretty successful and fun filled event! We can dig it! #buildingontrust #mbccares #diggerland #safetyfirst #wecandigit

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Steve Friedemann 6/4/21 Steve Friedemann 6/4/21

McDonald Building Company ranks 23 on Top 25 Contractors List in Philadelphia Business Journal

CHEERS! 🎉🍾🎉 We landed at the #23 spot! McDonald Building Company is so excited and honored to make the Philadelphia Business Journal’s List of Top 25 Contractors in Philadelphia for the first time! Let’s keep the momentum going and building memories on this already strong foundation we proudly call MBC. ❤️🥳❤️Congratulations to all on this major accomplishment! #buildingontrust #mbcbuilds #phlbizjournal #mcdonaldbuildingcompany #congrats

Steve Friedemann 6/1/21 Steve Friedemann 6/1/21

Check out Timelapse Tuesday for the Apartments at New Market West

Timelapse Tuesday! 🙌 The Apartments at New Market West is moving right along and gearing up for opening this summer, check out our progress! The Apartments will round out this multi-phase complex in West Philadelphia and will soon provide additional homes for the surrounding community. Congratulations is also in order for New Market West as the project was recently awarded one of Philadelphia Business Journal’s Project of the Year 2020! 🥳🥳🥳 New Market West Core and Shell, a Joint Venture project with CPM Housing Group, started as a 1.5 acre abandoned lot in West Philly and now flourishes as a five-story Class A commercial office and retail building serving tenants such as Mercy Senior Center and Wonderspring Early Learning Center among others. Stay tuned this summer while we finish up the second phase for the Apartments. 👷‍♀️🤝👷‍♂️ #timelapsetuesday #phlbizjournal #buildingontrust #mcdonaldbuildingcompany #congratulations

Steve Friedemann 5/21/21 Steve Friedemann 5/21/21

MBC attends 3.0 project ground breaking and celebrates Scott Mazo’s Philadelphia Business Journal nomination

McDonald Building Company was delighted to attend the groundbreaking ceremony last week for 3.0 University Place in University City, Southwest Philadelphia. 🥳🥳🥳 This incredible 250,000+ square foot Life Sciences landmark is now underway adjacent to University Place 2.0 and will offer innovative lab and commercial space for pioneering tenants including Wistar Institute and Ben Franklin Technology Partners. MBC has joined forces with DALE Corporation to form the McDonald Dale Strategic Alliance (MDSA) as we embark on this exciting project. It was a beautiful day to celebrate the beginning of some remarkable accomplishments together! 🎉🤝🎉

Speaking of accomplishments…we have to give a huge shout out to Scott Mazo from UPA who took home TOP HONOR as Philadelphia Business Journal’s 2020 Real Estate Dealmaker of the Year! MBC is thrilled to work alongside Scott and the UPA | University Place Associates during the 3.0 project! Let’s get started! 👷👷‍♀️👷‍♂️ #upaphila #mdsa #dalecorp #phlbizjournal #mcdonaldbuildingcompany #buildingontrust #groundbreaking

Steve Friedemann 5/7/21 Steve Friedemann 5/7/21

MBC finishes up National Fall Safety Stand-Down Week with important jobsite Stand Downs

As National Fall Safety Stand-Down Week comes to an end, MBC hopes that the lessons learned from this week are long lasting. Take a look as MBC Superintendents, at their jobsites citywide hold Safety Stand-Downs. 🙌👷‍♂️🙌 Let’s keep spreading the knowledge even after this week to keep each other safe. 👊⚠️👊 Thank you to all of our participating trade partners and their workforce for taking the time to Stand-Down and address the leading cause of deaths in the Construction Industry. #StandDown4Safety #safetyaboveallelse #fallprotection #buildingontrust #spreadtheknowledge

Steve Friedemann 5/6/21 Steve Friedemann 5/6/21

MBC kicks off National Fall Safety Stand-Down Week with a training at the Main Office

McDonald Building Company honors National Fall Safety Stand-Down Week with an awesome and informative Fall Protection class. 🚧 MSA’s Andy DeLair (and their volunteer, Woody) paid a visit to the Main Office in Norristown to share the knowledge all about Personal Fall Arrest Harness training. Our superintendents were happy to try out their new MSA branded/MBC issued gear including these nifty new harnesses. Love the green, fellas! 🤩🙌🤩 #StandDown4Safetyy #safetyaboveallelse #fallprotection #buildingontrust #weloveoursupers

Did you know? – If you’re working above 6 feet at the construction site…you NEED fall protection! 👷‍♀‍👷👷‍♂‍

Steve Friedemann 5/3/21 Steve Friedemann 5/3/21

MBC attends AtlantiCare's 33rd Annual Golf Outing and proudly participates as Golf Cart Fleet Sponsor

Nothing can rain on our parade! ☔️ McDonald Building Company was happy to support Atlanticare today as the Golf Cart Fleet Sponsor “fore” the 33rd Annual AtlantiCare Golf Outing. Paul, Tommy, Brian and Kyle represented MBC for the day. 🏌️🏌️‍♀️🏌️‍♂️ Thank you so much for having us AtlantiCare!! #ForeAGreatCause #buildingontrust #mbccares #golfday #mbcevents

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Steve Friedemann 4/27/21 Steve Friedemann 4/27/21

MBC announces newly expanded office space , The Bunker!

Movin on Up! 🤩🤩🤩 We are thrilled to announce that our newly expanded space, The Bunker (as we now call it), is now OPEN! Folks already started the move down there and we’re beyond thrilled with how it turned out. In what feels like a blink of an eye, we were able to get the space up and running to better serve the needs of our growing staff. This additional space will only help further fuel the expansion of McDonald Building Company. 🙌🙌🙌 It was a team effort, but we’d like to give a big thank you to our very own, Danielle Terpoilli! She was crucial to this project’s success. From coordinating wall colors to compliment the new flooring, her expert décor eye and interior design skills made this space all it is and more. She did all of this in addition to her regular day-to-day duties as Assistant Estimator - talk about superwoman!! 🦸‍♀️🦸‍♀️🦸‍♀️ We can’t thank you enough, Danielle! Now, who needs a moving box?!? #mbccares #buildingontrust #danielleisaunicorn #movingonup

Steve Friedemann 4/11/21 Steve Friedemann 4/11/21

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.

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

Steve Friedemann 3/24/21 Steve Friedemann 3/24/21

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

Steve Friedemann 3/16/21 Steve Friedemann 3/16/21

McDonald Building Company turns 11 years old today!

Cheers! 🍻🥂🍻 🥳🥳🥳 #buildingontrust #cheerstoelevenyears #mbcproud🍾🤩🍾

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Steve Friedemann 3/12/21 Steve Friedemann 3/12/21

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

Steve Friedemann 3/4/21 Steve Friedemann 3/4/21

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 #mbccares Kitchen & Associates The Salvation Army

Steve Friedemann 2/19/21 Steve Friedemann 2/19/21

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 #jkrparchitects Life Storage

Steve Friedemann 2/12/21 Steve Friedemann 2/12/21

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

Steve Friedemann 2/3/21 Steve Friedemann 2/3/21

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

Steve Friedemann 1/26/21 Steve Friedemann 1/26/21

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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Steve Friedemann 1/13/21 Steve Friedemann 1/13/21

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.