To celebrate Construction Safety Week, we spoke with Matt DeShong about creating lift and rigging simulations, collaborating with engineers in the design process, and managing seamless product delivery and installation of complex systems. Under DeShong’s leadership and specialized lift and rigging expertise, the M.C. Dean rigging department has expanded by an impressive 250 percent in the last 18 months.

About M.C. Dean

M.C. Dean is Building Intelligence®. We design, build, operate, and maintain cyber-physical solutions for the nation’s most recognizable mission critical facilities, secure environments, complex infrastructure, and global enterprises. The company’s capabilities include electrical, electronic security, telecommunications, life safety, automation and controls, audio visual, and IT systems. M.C. Dean is headquartered in Tysons, Virginia, and employs more than 5,800 professionals who engineer and deploy automated, secure, and resilient power and technology systems; and deliver the management platforms essential for long-term system sustainability.