P1 News

OLATHE, Kan. - In February 2015, the Kansas State Olathe campus conducted an Energy Optimization Assessment with P1 Group Inc. The assessment was a comprehensive energy audit of the heating, ventilation and air conditioning, or HVAC, system on the campus. Energy expenses were surpassing those built into the campus' operating budget after just two years of use with the HVAC system and the campus at only half occupancy. P1 Group and Kansas State Olathe used a retro-commissioning approach to evaluate the campus' HVAC system.

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LENEXA, Kan. - P1 Group showcased the new corporate headquarters building at an Open House on January 14. Family, friends and P1 associates from other locations attended the event, which featured informal tours of the building and refreshments in the building’s Gathering Space.

P1 Group moved into the new building, located at 13605 W. 96th Terrace in Lenexa, on November 16. It is a modern, non-traditional office space that was designed as a hybrid of traditional sheetrock wall construction and open office planning.

Patrick Canny and Karen Lane

LENEXA, Kan. - Patrick Canny, a University of Kansas freshman, is the first recipient of  the Kevin Lane Memorial Scholarship. Patrick recently visited P1 Group’s Lenexa office to meet with P1 Group associates.

Kevin Lane, an electrical foreman, passed away nearly three years ago after working at P1 for more than 27 years. The P1 Group executive team wanted to honor him with a scholarship in his name and asked Karen Lane, Kevin’s surviving spouse who also works at P1, where she would like the scholarship to be set up. She asked that it be designated for students at the KU School of Engineering.

WICHITA, Kan. - P1 Group gave away three $500 scholarships and presented “Plan for The Future and Reduce Risk” to school administrators and Board of Education members at the 2015 Kansas Association of School Boards (KASB) Convention on December 4-5 in Wichita, KS.

“Plan for the Future & Reduce Risk” Presentation P1 Group’s Dana Dunn and Dr. Penny Hargrove, Hiawatha School District Superintendent, presented the importance of reducing risk through facilities planning, and most importantly, how to do it.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Rusty Roderick, Vice President at P1 Group, Inc., was a presenter at the recent Constellation Energy Conferences in Wichita and Kansas City.

Conference attendees were primarily building owners or managers interested in developing strategies for saving energy. Roderick leads the Performance Solutions division at P1 Group, which provides building and energy solutions to our clients.

P1 Group has been named a Top 100 Specialty Contractor by the Engineering News-Record (ENR) for the third consecutive year.  P1 Group was ranked 86^th this year, surpassing the company’s 88^th and 100^th place rankings in 2014 and 2013.

The ENR list combines 15 categories of specialty contractors and ranks them by annual revenue. The contractors listed had combined revenue of $93.20 billion, up 5.6% from $88.13 billion last year. The mechanical and electrical trades accounted for 52 percent of the total revenue.

P1 Group associates and storyteller Priscilly Howe, (front row, right) hosted a Partners in Play event at Children's Mercy Hospital.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – P1 Group hosted a Partners in Play event at Children’s Mercy Hospital on November 16.

The Children’s Mercy downtown location offers Partners in Play for their inpatient children on Monday and Wednesday evenings. The Child Life staff at CMH invites businesses, community groups and organizations to take turns providing a special activity for the children.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – P1 Group has been awarded the mechanical, electrical and plumbing work with Epstein Global at a new Daily’s Premium Meats facility in St. Joseph.

The 100,000 square-foot facility will produce Daily’s sliced-to –order smoked bacon. Daily’s currently has plants in Missoula, Mont., and Salt Lake City, Utah.

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. - The annual P1 Group Charity Golf Tournament raised $10,624 for the McPherson Hospital Foundation.

P1 Group has hosted a Charity Golf Tournament each year since 1993, designating a variety of charities as recipients over the years. P1 office associates, field associates and their guests enjoy the chance to get together and help out a worthy cause.

The Groundup Team (Tom Abrams, front left) with the Siuna Health Center department leaders and Groundup volunteers, displaying donated supplies.

LENEXA, Kan. - A foundation that provides medical supplies and a Kansas City Catholic school are the recipients of the Fall 2015 P1 Corporate Sponsorships.

LENEXA, Kan. – As a single-source solutions provider, P1 Group is focused on catering to all facilities’ needs for Kansas schools across the entire state. It is this dedication to exemplary service that led the Kansas Association of School Boards (KASB) to select P1 Group as a Prestigious Partner.

Through the partnership, P1 Group will offer services to schools that reduce the total cost of ownership associated with operating school facilities. This will enable educators to spend their resources on what matters most - the students and their education.

MANHATTAN, Kan. – The annual P1 Group Construction Science Scholarship at Kansas State University was recently awarded to Joseph Lohmann, a K-State senior from Seneca, Kan.

Lohmann, a graduate of Nemaha Valley High School, is a Construction Science major who plans to graduate in May 2016. He is the son of Jim and Michele Lohmann. He is a member of Sigma Lambda Chi, the international construction honor society, and is also an Eagle Scout.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – P1 Group, Inc., was recently ranked 34^th on the Kansas City Business Journal’s list of the Top 150 Private Companies.

The list ranked Kansas City-area private companies by 2014 gross revenue. P1 Group reported record revenue in 2014 – $223 million. Last year, P1 Group ranked 39^th on the list.

HIAWATHA, Kan. – When P1 Group first made contact with the Hiawatha School District nearly two years ago, it was with the intention of helping the district reduce operating cost while improving school facilities. What P1 Group learned from this inquiry was that Hiawatha’s three primary school buildings were aging and the new superintendent was proactively searching for ways to lower the operational cost of their facilities.

Through a five year capital improvement master plan, P1 Group was able to diagnose the current school facilities’ weaknesses and estimate what resources would be required in the future. Onsite evaluations done by P1 Group also identified that safety and technology improvements were needed in order to maintain a productive learning environment for students. Many who worked within the school district on a daily basis such as teachers, staff, and board of education members were also involved in this process and provided valuable input on the state of the facilities.

St. Joseph Christian School

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – A P1 Group customer recently rewarded our St. Joseph staff with some kind words.

The Augusta Shock U10 softball team.

LENEXA, Kan. - A girls’ softball team and a Kansas City walk that benefits the Huntington’s Disease Society of America are the recipients of the Spring 2015 P1 Corporate Sponsorships.