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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/CPM Joint Venture Celebrates Certificate of Occupancy at the Apartments at New Market West!
Look who just got their Certificate of Occupancy - The Apartments at New Market West! 🥳🤩🥳 This multi-phased complex in West Philadelphia has been a work in progress since 2018 and we are happy to celebrate the completion of such a successful project and long-standing partnership with Mission First Housing Group. A huge shout out is in order for New Market West’s project team - Project Superintendent - Sam Cellucci, Project Engineer - Kelly McGettigan, and Field Coordinator - Isaac Johnson. 🙌🙌🙌 This trio has gone above and beyond to make the magic happen at New Market West from start to finish. Our New Market West team faced several schedule challenges and always tackled them head on. They collectively pushed this project through to completion with ease and precision and all the while, remained on budget despite material increases. We are so proud to consider these three the “Dream Team”! President, Paul McDonald says, “The dedication from Sam, Kelly, and Isaac to this project over the last 3+ years, especially through Covid and beyond, has been nothing short of remarkable and all of them deserve a loud round of applause by us at MBC.” MBC thanks you Sam, Kelly, and Isaac…we couldn’t have done this without you. 💪🤝💪 #appreciationpost#buildingontrust#mcdonaldbuildingcompany#newmarketwest#dreamteam
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3.0 University Place receives last pour of mat slab foundation this weekend!
Last pour of the mat slab foundation at 3.0 University Place took place this past Saturday…Three pumps, two pours later, and over 3,800+ yards of concrete. 🤩🤩🤩 Awe yeah! 🙌🤝🙌 The Pietrini Corporation (dba B. Pietrini & Sons)
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Timelapse Tuesday heads over to Kinder Park IV in Woodlyn, PA
It’s Tuesday and you know what that means….Timelapse Tuesday! 🙌 This week we’re heading over to Delaware County to take a peek at Kinder Park Phase IV. The two floors of steel framing are complete as we move onto building up the wood framing on the 2nd and 3rd floors next. 🏗 The progress at the site so far has been tremendous (and on schedule). This 4th and final phase of Kinder Park will become a 6-story residential retirement community providing an additional 96 places to call home for seniors. Projected to finish up in Spring of 2022, we are eager to keep you posted on how this great build turns out! This couldn’t be possible without the irreplaceable partnerships of Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency (PHFA), Delaware County Housing Authority and Pennrose. 👷♀️🤝👷♂️ We love the progress we’re seeing! #timelapsetuesday #buildingontrust #mcdonaldbuildingcompany #mbcbuilds #pfha #dcha #pennrose
MBC is now hiring for multiple positions, apply today!
At McDonald Building Company, we are seeking incredible talent to become part of our fast growing team. 👷♀️🤝👷♂️ With several notable projects on the horizon, NOW could be the beginning of a rewarding career at MBC. Are you ready to build with us? Visit us @ mcdonaldbc.com/careers to learn more and apply today. 🦺🙌🦺 #buildingontrust#mcdonaldbuildingcompany#joinourteam#nowhiring
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MBC kicks off Flyby Friday with a visit down to Peg's Place in Philadelphia
If you like Timelapse Tuesday, then you’re gonna love Flyby Friday! 🤩🙌🤩 To kickoff Flyby Friday and end the week on an extra awesome note, we’re heading over to Peg’s Place in Philadelphia as the team is wrapping up the plush green roof. This 4-story energy-efficient building will provide affordable residential apartments to empower adults to break the cycle of chronic homelessness and addiction. Though the MBC drone can only flyby the outside, this freshly built project carries a variety of amenities for residents on the inside including a computer lab, laundry, exercise & community space, storage lockers, and a community courtyard. 📸🚁📸 Huge shout out to Project HOME, Kitchen & Associates and the construction team down at Peg’s Place on all their dedication and great work to finish this project up by the end of July. 👷♂️🤝👷♀️Stay tuned for final photos of the interior coming soon... #flybyfriday #buildingontrust #projecthome #kitchenandassociates #droneneedsaname #sneakpeek #mbcbuilds
McDonald Building Company attends groundbreaking ceremony for Trinity Health PACE at Kinder Park in Woodlyn, PA
McDonald Building Company was honored to attend the groundbreaking ceremony for the Trinity Health PACE Program project at Kinder Park in Woodlyn, PA today. This 15,000 square foot medical fit-out will finish about a floor and a half from our current work on the Kinder Park Phase IV project. Trinity PACE (Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly) offers seniors the support they need to live in their own home or with family as independently as possible. MBC would like to congratulate Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic, Mercy LIFE and Delaware County Housing Authority (DCHA) on this partnership and tremendous accomplishment. We’re looking forward to getting started! #buildingontrust#groundbreaking#mcdonaldbuildingcompany#trinityhealth#dcha#mbcbuilds
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MBC attends Virtual Cooking Class with Miss Allie's Kitchen for MBC/MAK Taco Night
Last night the MBC crew gathered over Zoom for a fabulous cooking class hosted by the one and only Allie Doran from Miss Allie’s Kitchen! 🤩 She walked us through making some delicious spicy margaritas and ground venison tacos all from scratch. 🌮🌶🍹 This tasty recipe was easy to make and a real crowd pleaser. The team thoroughly enjoyed every bit of it! In queso you’re interested in learning more about Miss Allie’s Kitchen or any of her deliciously well-crafted recipes, you can purchase her book Venison Every Day (it’s flying off the shelf!) or sign up for one of her virtual cooking classes. Taco bout one great treat! Thank you, Allie! 🙌 😍🙌 These tacos are a real GAME changer…#missallieskitchen#mbccares#cookingclass#venisontacos#spicymargaritas
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It's Timelapse Tuesday over at Hamilton Phase II!
It’s our favorite day…Timelapse Tuesday! 🙌 This week we’re featuring Hamilton Phase II in Philadelphia. Built from the ground up (literally)this 16-story urban high rise is well on its way to being almossst finished! Hamilton Phase II offers 228,000 square feet of market-rate apartments, retail & amenity space, a community plaza/garden and much more. Early leasing has already begun. Can we take a moment to just say, “WOW!”. Congrats to Radnor Property Group and the entire MBC construction team - you are not throwin’ away your shot! 🤩🤝🤩#timelapsetuesday #buildingontrust #radnorpropertygroup #mcdonaldbuildingcompany #mbcbuilds #hamiltonphaseii #nothamiltonthemusical
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
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
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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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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
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
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! 🎉🤝🎉
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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
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
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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
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Did you know? – If you’re working above 6 feet at the construction site…you NEED fall protection! 👷♀👷👷♂
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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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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
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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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