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MMY here to help

MMY has always tried to help Homeowners and Residential Contractors provide safe, professional and reasonable structural solutions to new construction and remodel work. Over the years we’ve assisted in structural reviews for sellers and buyers of homes, remodeling from a single beam or header to large scale additions, attic remodels and “getting rid of that column” so the pool table can fit in the basement.  Take a look to the left for some helpful information about Residential Structural work. We’ll continue to add to this, so be sure to visit us again.

If you have questions, please contact us, we’d love to help.

Kirk Davis joins full-time 

Kirk Davis became a full time employee after finishing his engineering degree. Now that he’s graduated, we’re no longer going to refer to him as intern. The jury is still out on whether he can be referred to as “indentured servant”.

Homes by Architects Tour

Mattson Macdonald Young was pleased to be a contributing sponsor of the Homes by Architects Tour, produced by AIA Minnesota.

See how Mattson Macdonald Young was involved in the design of some of the homes on the tour, which includes Dave and Ellen Macdonald’s home:Homes by Architects news.

The tour took place at the end of September and was a great success.  Dave and Ellen’s house had a little over 300 people walk through in the two days!

MMY awards

This year, Mattson Macdonald Young is proud to have won an Adaptive Reuse Award from the Preservation Alliance of Minnesota for our involvement in helping to preserve the first Beaux-Arts style building built in Minneapolis, MN. The former Pillsbury Library has been revived into an office building that met ADA-accessible entrance requirements, preserved original stained glass skylights, and provided an environmentally green building. The new ADA entrance was a steel frame addition that needed to match existing architecture while creating new openings into the existing 100 year old building. Other structural analysis and design included reinforcing existing wood roof beams and clay tile/concrete floor arches to meet current load requirements.

We also received a Restoration/Rehabilitation Award for our involvement in the restoration of the Warden’s House in Stillwater, MN for the State of Minnesota Correctional Facility – Stillwater. This work was a large undertaking to restore decades of deferred maintenance in the over 150 year old building. Structural work was also needed to meet new use conditions while keeping the existing architecture intact. Many structural challenges were abound when melding bygone wood frame construction methods to today’s methods.

MMY Summer 2008 recap

There are some new faces around MMY lately.  Kerry Rauschendorfer, Shannon Pierce, Philip Cici and Kirk Davis have all been working hard since they came on board.  We’ve tried keeping them busy, but being young they tend to need more than “just engineering” to keep them busy.

  • Shannon ran in Grandma’s Marathon this summer, finished in 4 hours, 9 minutes — and still showed up at work on Monday.
  • Kerry spent a month traveling in Africa this spring.  The trip sounded incredible, but we’re still waiting to see the photos.
  • Phil managed to get engaged at the end of this summer.  He even performed it in a unique way that has most of the guys swearing Phil against telling their wives.
  • Kirk began as an intern last summer and has opted to remain.  In the meantime, he’s gotten married, is the proud daddy of Maylee and is finishing up his Civil Engineering degree at the U of M.  Sleep is optional for Kirk at this point.

St. Paul Western District Police Station

St. Paul’s Western District Police Station, designed by Roark Kramer Kosowski/DESIGN, was awarded LEED Gold Certification.  LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design and recognizes sustainable design and construction practices.  MMY is proud to have been involved.