Presidential candidate Barack Obamatalked about a Seattle member of the Mechanical Contractors
Association of America recently.
A member of the Mechanical
Contractors Association of America was mentioned in a recent interview and
television appearance by U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama as a “model
for the nation.”
The Democrat Illinois
senator made the comments about Seattle’s McKinstry Co., a large mechanical
contractor that works on projects across the country.
Obama mentioned the company in an interview with Time
magazine columnist Joe Klein and in a nationwide political television special.
In the October special,
Obama said McKinstry was “retrofitting schools and office buildings to make them
energy efficient … As president, I’ll use companies like McKinstry as a model
for the nation.”
The mention was gratifying,
said company CEO Dean Allen.
“This national recognition
validates the great work we do here at McKinstry,” Allen said. “We take great
pride in our contributions as a leader in the green economy, and our efforts to
have a positive impact on the environment.”
