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Timelapes Tuesday 3.0 University Place
Today’s Timelapse Tuesday features 3.0 University Place located at 41st and Market in Philadelphia. We’ve mentioned 3.0 University Place on our Flyby Friday, but we just couldn't wait to show you the time lapsed progress this site has made in a few short months. The amenity-rich site when finished will serve as an eight story, 250,000+ sq. ft. of Class A, commercial lab and office space perfectly tailored for tenants in the biotech and R&D industry. McDonald Dale Strategic Alliance (MDSA) has been working hard to make continual progress at the site.
Tuesday also means just TWO MORE DAYS until 3.0 University Place has their official Steel Topping Off ceremony! We can’t help but BUILD up the excitement to this huge milestone. We’re excited – are you?!? #timelapsetuesday #upaphila #mdsa #dalecorp #mcdonaldbuildingcompany #buildingontrust #steeltopping #finalcoundown
MBC takes on 2022 Giant Jenga Tournament hosted by ACE Mentor Program of Greater Philadelphia
Giant Jenga is back! Members of the MBC team made their way down to the Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum in Philadelphia with hopes to repeat history as the team had managed to climb their way to the finals in 2020.🙌🏆🙌 It was a pleasure to enjoy a night STACKED with friends, food, drinks, live music and of course giant Jenga! A towering thank you to ACE Mentor Program of Greater Philadelphia for hosting this awesome event as well as allowing MBC the opportunity be a proud sponsor. 🤝#mbccares#acementorphilly#buildingontrust#giantjenga
MBC Team for 400 West Elm Street "steels" a visit to SteelFab Alabama Plant
The MBC team took flight (literally) down to Alabama to visit the SteelFab plant for our 400 West Elm project in Conshohocken, PA. 🛫👷♀️🛫 Project Manager, Iliana Limon, and Project Engineer, Anna Lucas, for the project enjoyed visiting the plant to inspect progress on the steel erection for the jobsite slated to begin in late April. A whopping 1,807 tons of steel will be fabricated for 400 West Elm! SteelFab, Inc will be using Boccella Precast LLC for plank and XLE for steel erection. 🏗🤩🏗 400 West Elm’s steel is coming from various plants in America including several sites in Alabama, Blytheville, Arkansas and Petersburg, Virginia. At SteelFab’s Alabama plant they recently broke their own record of producing just over 1000 tons of steel in a single week. 💪🙌💪 Talk about incredible – it steels our hearts to be part of this kind of progress. MBC couldn’t do this without the amazing talents of our project partners at Equus Capital Partners, Ltd., JDAVIS Architects, O'Donnell & Naccarato, Girder-Slab Technologies LLC, and of course, SteelFab, Inc. Thank you for hosting us! We can’t wait to see this all come together in a few short months. #buildingontrust#mbcbuilds#steelfab#welovesteel#steelfabrication#metalfabricator#progress
MBC Ladies got HEART and Wear Red on National Wear Red Day
Today is National Wear Red Day for Women’s Heart Health! The MBC Ladies sported their best red to show their support and help raise awareness about heart disease in women. Did you know the entire month of February is heart month? Well, one things for sure… we heart seeing the Main Office ladies supporting a fantastic cause! 😍🙌😍 #mbccares#WearRedDay#WearRedandGive#GoRed#NationalWearRedDay#ourhearts ❤️💪❤️
Batman (MBC’s Drone) heads over to Market Street in Philadelphia for a Flyby Friday of 3.0 University Place
TGIFF everybody…Thank Goodness it’s Flyby Friday! 🙌🤩🙌 Today we’re flying high in the sky over at 41st and Market in Philadelphia to take a peek at 3.0 University Place. 📸🚁📸This incredible site will become 250,000+ sq. ft. of Class A, commercial lab and office space tailored for tenants in the biotech and R&D community later this year. MDSA, McDonald Dale Strategic Alliance, started construction on this 8-story build early this summer and soon enough this amenity-rich site will feature ground floor retail, a 16,000 sq. ft. green roof mezzanine, LED lighting, a chilled beam heating & cooling system, and a high-performance building envelope including VIEW Smart Glass (no blinds, heat or glare). For now, we get to “steel” a glance at the amazing tower crane and steel decking going up, enjoy! 🏗👀🏗 #flybyfriday #mdsa #buildingontrust #batmanthedrone #steel DALE Corporation
Happy Holidays and Happy New Year from all of us at McDonald Building Company
Wishing you all a very happy holiday season from the McDonald Building Company crew! ❤️🤩❤️ As we look forward to 2022, may the next year be extra merry and bright. Cheers to a happy holiday and a happy New Year from all of us to you! 🥂🤝🥂 #mbccares#buildingontrust#holidaygreetings#holidayseason#cheersto2022
MBC Decks the Halls and Enjoys Holiday Cheer at Main Office in Norristown
Oh deer, look at the MBC staff getting into the holiday spirit and donning our ugly sweater best! 🎄🎁🎄 #mbccares#buildingontrust#uglysweaters#sleighallday#elfie 🤩🦌🤩
Norristown Office Celebrates MBC Tradition of Friendsgiving Potluck
Today the Norristown office team was turkin’ hard and came together for our MBC Friendsgiving potluck celebration! 🤩🦃🤩 From all of us here at MBC we wish you a happy and healthy holiday season. #mbcares#buildingontrust#mbcfriendsgiving#eatdrinkandcranberry#turkeytime ❤️🥂❤️
MBC's Friday Lunch Tradition with a well-deserved Local Restaurant Shout Out
Lunch is here! 🤩😋🤩 One our the many sweet treats at McDonald Building Company is a Friday lunch reward generously provided to our hardworking office staff. MBC has proudly supported many local restaurants for the past year and a half from all over the Norristown/Conshohocken/Greater Philadelphia area. 🙌💪🙌 What started as a means to keep folks safe and happily fed during the pandemic and a desire to support our local restaurants, quickly turned into a well-loved Friday tradition for the office. It’s hard to pick our favorites, but these restaurants deserve a lot of love and praise for overcoming everything thrown their way. Thank you to all our local foodie friends who kept us happy and fed with our large catering orders…😅😂😅Take a look at our brief highlight reel of some of these fabulous places as we continue to support these tasty local spots. Lunch is served as we dig into this grateful and appreciative season! 🥰🍽🥰 #mbccares#buildingontrust#eatlocal#fridaylunches#mbcstaffrocks#appreciationpost#foodies
Subs for Subs! MBC celebrates Sub Appreciation Day at the Jobsites
This October, MBC celebrated our subcontractor trade partners with our 1st annual Subcontractor Appreciation Month. 👷🏽👷♀️MBC visited the field sites each Wednesday throughout the month delivering sub lunches 🌯 (we know, we know…it’s a hoagie, but just go along with it for the namesake) to our awesome trade partners, all 250+ of them! Subcontractor Appreciation Month is our way to say THANK YOU to our dedicated working crews, we are grateful for all of your hard work each and every day. 🙌🏼🙌🏼 Jobsites included Rowan Judson Diamond, Woodlawn Storage Facility, Kinder Park IV, and last but not least, in conjunction with McDonald Dale Strategic Alliance (MDSA), we closed the month with 3.0 University Place. This couldn’t have been possible without the help of G&M Deli of Sewell, NJ and Jim’s Steaks in Philly. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 No matter how you slice it, there aren’t enough ways to thank every single subcontractor for all the work they put into building buildings. Lettuce take a moment to give some big cheers to our subs, they’re a pretty big dill. #mbccares#buildingontrust#subappreciationmonth#subsforsubs#mbclovesoursubs#weknowitsahoagie#g_and_m_deli#jimssouthstreet
We are Hiring for a Senior Project Manager! Join the MBC Team and apply today!
McDonald Building Company is seeking a Senior Project Manager for an 80 million mixed-use residential project in Phoenixville. 🙌👷🙌 NOW could be the beginning of a rewarding career at MBC, are you ready to build with us? Visit us mcdonaldbc.com/careers to view available positions, to learn more and apply today. 💪🤩💪 #buildingontrust#mcdonaldbuildingcompany#joinourteam#hiring
Beast is Back! MBC enjoys night out at Elmwood Park Zoo for Beast of a Feast
MBC had an absolute hoot as one of the presenting sponsors at Beast of a Feast last night hosted by the Elmwood Park Zoo! 🤩🦉🤩 There was plenty of food to go around and lots of grrreat activities to do at the Zoo. The MBC crew had a beary fun time, and we feel pretty koalafied to say it was a huge success! 🐨 Thank you to EPZ and all the vendors for an absolutely awesome evening. It makes us otterly overjoyed and proud to support the local Norristown community. 💪🙌💪 We can’t wait for next year! We ain’t lion, it was a blast. #beastofafeast#buildingontrust#elmwoodparkzoo#mbccares#beastisback#norristown 🙈🙉🙊
That's Winning Golf! McDonald Building Company hosts Winning Golf at Hartefeld National Golf Course
Winning Golf! Come one, come all! McDonald Building Company had the honor of hosting Winning Golf TV at Hartefeld National Golf Course alongside Winning Golf’s superb host - Doug Hendricks. 🏌️♀️⛳️🏌️ Doug spent the day sharing with our team some awesome tips and tricks that were a real hole in one. MBC’s host, Tom McDonald truly “stacked the deck with the BEST talent from Philadelphia’s construction industry.” Check out the show on YouTube here 👈 It’s safe to say it was a fun day fore all involved. Thank you to our talented team - Noah Tolson, Tony Naccarato, Doug Delong, Neil Donovan, Howard Lebold, Tom Shrier, Brad Springer, Greg Ondick, Jeff Graef, Danny McDonald, Tom McDonald, and our big round winner, Paul McDonald! Let’s be honest though, everybody wins when it comes to Winning Golf! 🏆🤩🏆 #mbccares#buildingontrust#winninggolf#funforeall#thatswinninggolf#holeinone#footjoy
Huge Kudos to Ed Swank, Superintendent, as McDonald Building Company attends Project HOME's Peg's Place Grand Opening!
McDonald Building Company was honored to attend the Peg’s Place Grand Opening on Monday morning. 🙌👷🙌 Featured on our Flyby Friday a few weeks ago, this 4-story 33,000+ square foot building provides 40 NEW affordable residential apartments to empower adults to break the cycle of chronic homelessness and addiction. MBC is proud to be part of another incredible Project HOME build. 🤝 We couldn’t have done this without the incredible team down at Peg’s Place, but we have to give huge kudos to our superintendent and the GOAT himself, Ed Swank! 🤩💪🤩 Ed was there rain or shine and brought his A game every single day. There was no problem too big or too small for him. We are so grateful to have Ed as one our amazing superintendents at MBC, he truly puts the Super in Superintendent! 🦸♂️ #buildingontrust#projecthomephl#grandopening#mbcbuilds#thanksed#edisthegoatProject HOMEKitchen & Associates
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MBC Goes to the Phillies Game for a Good Cause
Take us out to the ballgame! ⚾️🙌⚾️ McDonald Building Company had a great time this past Saturday at the Phillies vs. Pirates game in honor of Suicide Prevention Night at Citizens Bank Park. The weather was absolutely perfect, our seats were fun filled, jam-packed with action (holy foul ball, Batman!), and the crab fries were a nonstop staple in our section. Over 40 of our MBC family attended and no doubt everyone enjoyed the game, especially as the Phillies are in the running for playoffs! 🤩🏆🤩 And juuuuussssst to cover our bases, we should probably attend again next year… #mbccares#phillies#mlb#ringthebell#threestrikes#wereoutofcrabfries
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Flyby Friday heads over to Rowan Judson Diamond in Northern Philadelphia
It’s Fri-yay over here at McDonald Building Company because it’s Flyby Friday!! 🤩🙌🤩 Today we’re flying our nameless drone (come on, people we need help with some names here!) over at Rowan Judson Diamond in North Philadelphia. 📸🚁📸 Our team has been working hard finishing up the renovations and upgrades of these 40 residential units and common areas for Project HOME’s latest development. Set to complete in October, these phased rehab units were meticulously coordinated to minimize the day-to-day impact on residents. Project HOME provides housing and supportive care to those who are in the process of breaking the cycle of chronic homelessness and addiction…we are proud to be their building partner in this development. Kudos to Project HOME, CICADA Architecture/Planning, Inc. and our talented crews at the site for your continuous hard work. 👷♀️💪👷Congrats all! #flybyfriday #buildingontrust #projecthomephl #dronestillneedsaname #howdowefeelaboutdiscothedrone 🕺 #mbcbuilds
What a way to celebrate the Dog Days of Summer at MBC
MBC had one pawsome summer this year by celebrating our newest Friday fun activity…the Dog Days of Summer! 🐾🌞🐾 Each Friday our office staff brought their own furry friend to the Main Office. We put these pooches to work and it was ruff to wait the whole week for our Friday treat! These pups brought a tail waggin’ good time to the MBC Office Staff - it was truly happiness unleashed. Each doggo also got to wear the MBC Mascot of the Day bandana making their mamas and paw-paws very proud! The pictures turned out pretty doggone cute. Many treats and praises came their way and only a few run-ins with our glass window walls occurred…(no injuries, we promise!). 🐶😅🐶 Thank you MBC Team and our furry friends for the ultimutt best Fridays at the office. Howl can we stop here?!? Should MBC continue Dog Day Fridays furrrrrever? Vote below! ⬇️🤩⬇️ #mbcfurfamily#mbccares#dogdaysofsummer#doghoodofthetravelingbandana#officedog#woofwoof
MBC Mascots of the Day Proudly Furrrreatured (left to right starting at top): Decker Halloran, Maya Terpoilli, Obie & Benji Schell, Mayzie Grace Wills, Tucker Moats, Tillie Currie, Peat Springer, Bogie Pellegrino, the oh so serious Dolly Rock, Gus Clevenger, and Bella Rose.
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)
#petriniconcrete#upaphila#mdsa#dalecorp#buildingontrust#mcdonaldbuildingcompany
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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