MJ Daly hosted a 2-day Lunch-n-Learn for all Fire Protection (FP) designers, estimators, and project managers from both MJ Daly and Arden Engineering Constructors (AEC).

Day-1 included a Victaulic product presentation and a review of Revit sprinkler design training. Day-2 comprised a review of FP estimating best practices as well as a presentation from Reliable on their new products.

Chris Lowen, Sr. FP Project Manager at AEC; Paul Evon, VP of FP, and Ed Carvalho, President of MJ Daly were instrumental in putting the event together and encouraging participation.

Monica is a Safety Logistics Manager at MJ Daly and recently completed her Construction Safety and Health Official (CSHO) certification. This will put greater emphasis on safety and health regulations including liability, training requirements, loss control, program development, and implementation.

Monica indicated, “The learning never stops in the safety industry, there is always more to learn”. Her next goal is to take the Associate Safety Professional (ASP) board exam and eventually the Certified Safety Professional (CSP) national board exam.

Monica joined MJ Daly in 2016, but her interest in safety goes back to her childhood. She saw first-hand how OSHA developed and affected her father’s job – a union electrician for 35 years – and made it safer, reducing injuries for him and his coworkers. It was a powerful experience for a child to visit her father at the hospital after an accident. Monica said, “You don’t ever forget that, and if I can do even a little bit to prevent someone from going through that, I’m happy.”

After two years of construction, the SoNo Collections, a new South Norwalk Connecticut mall, is now open. The three-story super complex features 725,000 sqft of retail space, three atriums, office space, dining, rooftop gardens, and fire pits.

MJ Daly, furnished and installed all the Mechanical and HVAC infrastructure to provide the mall and many of its tenants – including Pinstripes, Apple, and Lillian & August, a comfortable shopping experience. 

MJ Daly also designed and installed all the Fire Protection Systems including wet pipe sprinkler systems throughout the mall, dry pipe sprinkler systems throughout the garage, as well as fire pump and standpipe systems.

Earthwise Energy Technologies, also an Arden Building Company, installed all the Building Automation Controls at SoNo. This includes all tenant space temperature/energy usage monitoring, alarming and electrical/water metering. Earthwise also installed the entire parking garage’s carbon monoxide and nitrogen dioxide detection/exhaust system.

MJ Daly, a local Waterbury Mechanical Contractor, joined Bucks Hill Elementary school for a basketball game of support, comradery, and fun. Five children from three third grade classes ran the court with MJ Daly employees from a variety of job functions.

Dan Nelson, VP of Mechanical, spoke to the children before the game about the importance of goals while growing up and working towards the occupation they want. Edward Carvalho, President of MJ Daly presented Dr. Bello-Davila, Principal, with a $2,000 donation to help fulfill their current needs. They also provided 25 basketballs so they can now continue to play the court. Special thanks to 3rd-grade teacher Ashley Sanzone for the opportunity and event coordination.

MJ Daly team players included: Dan Nelson, VP of Mechanical, Karl Jasulavic, Project Manager, Frank Pisano, Project Manager, Chris Hallenbeck, Project Engineer, Frank Bainer, Fire Protection Estimator, Kevin Bartlett, Mechanical Estimator, and Eduardo Fontaine, Mechanical Apprentice.

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MJ Daly receives appreciation award from Victaulic for their continued contributions toward their years of success. MJ Daly was the first contracting and stocking distributor for Victaulic 100 years ago.

(L to R) Brandon French, Regional Sales Manager, Dan Nelson, VP Mechanical, MJ Daly, Ed Carvalho, President, MJ Daly, Mike Belanger, Regional Sales Manager, Jeff Harlow, Fire Protection Specialist, Andrew Danna, Territory Sales Manager.