Black & McDonald

About

Black & McDonald is an integrated, multi-trade service provider that safely delivers high-quality construction, facilities management, and technical solutions to government, institutional and industry clients.

With more than 100 years of diverse market experience across North America, we are a forward-thinking organization with a strong track record of delivering customer-focused solutions and operational excellence.

We have the breadth of experience, capabilities and resources to oversee full project and asset lifecycles from design and build through to maintenance and management. Across all our lines of business, our mission is to “do it right” and build enduring relationships that stand the test of time.

Highlights

From concept through to delivery of your project, we help manage the planning, design and execution of project work to deliver successful solutions for you that manage risk, optimize costs, and perform as intended. Black & McDonald approaches project delivery through the application of tried and tested methods that leverage industry-leading tools, processes and quality standards and ensure we achieve the desired results for every project.
Whether it’s a mechanical / electrical project, the fit-up of a complex critical space or an energy conservation project, our project management professionals use a process-driven approach for your capital projects. We can manage the entire life-cycle of a project or plug in where you need us. We manage millions of dollars of projects for our clients every year and we are singularly focused on helping you achieve the best business outcomes, which means optimizing capex dollars and delivering the work safely, on time and on budget.

We have a wealth of experience from executing projects, both large and small, within commercial, institutional, industrial and critical spaces. We can deliver turnkey solutions that manage every aspect of a project, or work within integrated project teams to deliver superior results that take a holistic view of the entire life-cycle of your asset.

Services

  • Contracting
    • General contracting
    • Preconstruction
    • Virtual design and construction
    • Building envelope
    • Solar and renewable energy
    • Electrical
    • Smart controls & automation
    • Plumbing
    • Heating, ventilation & air-conditioning
    • Structural (mass timber)
  • Commissioning & operations
    • Commissioning
    • Building operation handover & training
    • Measurement & GHG verification
  • Assessments
    • Audits
    • Building condition
    • Modelling & simulation
    • Portfolio assessments
  • Feasibility
    • Life cycle & capital planning
    • Utility analysis
    • Renewables
    • Embodied carbon
    • Carbon offsets
  • Procurement, project delivery
    • Project management
    • Green building certifications
  • Design, engineering
    • Mechanical engineering
    • Electrical engineering
    • Building systems design

Service area

  • Central Alberta
  • Northern Alberta
  • Southern Alberta

Building types

  • Commercial
  • Municipalities
  • Universities & Schools
  • Hospitals

Project delivery experience

  • Integrated project delivery
  • Design-build
  • Progressive design-build
  • Construction management

Project certifications

  • BOMA BEST
  • LEED
  • Energy Star

Typical project value

$1 million – $10 million, $10.1 million – $20 million