Positioned and Ready

With our current economic volatility, 2009 has been a very challenging year. With a large portion of our “niche” products related to the automotive market, we have seen a slow-down in production. As the credit markets experienced setbacks, we saw jobs delayed and even cancelled. After experiencing a strong and productive year in 2008, our 2009 has been quite humbling. However, it has given us a chance to evaluate our business and make changes where needed.

We are leaner and more versatile as we prepare for the economy to get some upward momentum. We feel strongly that ACM is more popular and readily used in the architectural community more than ever before and will continue to grow. ACM is now a prime product in Corporate Identity Programs and ever so popular in institutional applications.

Through three generations and over 70 years of our family-owned business, McDougall has a strong history of ebbing and flowing with the changing markets and economy. While continuing to grow with the ever-evolving ACM, we will be announcing new products and systems in the coming few months and are excited about the possibilities those will bring. Whatever the future holds we are well positioned and ready for growth.

–Alec McDougall, President

Cleaning Pittsburgh’s Convention Center For G-20 Summit

John McDougall Company did its own part in helping the city of Pittsburgh prepare for the G-20 Summit today and tomorrow. A McDougall field crew and local Pittsburgh laborers spent the past few weeks cleaning the Alucobond insulated wall panels that cover the exterior of the massive building – these are the same panels that McDougall engineered, fabricated and installed over six years ago. An extensive process of trial and error yielded a surprising winner in the cleaning agent finally chosen to complete the job. See the crew in action in this Trib Total Media report for the Pittsburgh Tribune.

John McDougall Company Named “Safety Subcontractor of the Month”

John W. McDougall Company was just named “Safety Subcontractor of the Month” at the Fort Belvoir NCE project in Springfield, VA. The general contractor, Clark/Balfour Beatty, awarded McDougall the honor out of 50 on-site contractors for “excellence in safety.” A lunch will be held in honor of our company and employees on Sept. 16th at the jobsite. Congratulations to Joey Laxton, Billy McFall, Darryl Skelton and all of our guys for a great accomplishment!