When the Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation requested a proposal for the Essential Service Water and Containment Area Cooler Replacement Project scheduled for Refuel 22, P1 Group was the natural choice. According to Tom Crumrine, nuclear division vice president, the project was competitively bid out to four or five contractors. P1...
A recent report released by The Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2015 indicated that although Texas had the most heat injury cases that year, Kansas had the highest rate of heat injuries: 1.3 per 10,000 workers. Luckily, P1 Group's record has not followed that trend. So what do P1 field associates...
P1 Group’s document management system has been featured in “The Bluebeam Guidebook: Game-Changing Tips and Stories for Architects, Engineers, and Contractors.” Black & Veatch engineers Rachel Atteberry and Jason Hascall wrote the guidebook and included a five-page case study on P1 Group’s work with Bluebeam Studio Enterprise. P1 Group's Vanessa Taylor,...
Carey Minihan is the recipient of the April 2018 Grit Award, which is part of P1’s Commitment to Excellence award program. Kollin Knox presented Carey with the award at the All Office Annual Meeting on Friday, April 27th. Carey, a senior project manager for Team Synergy, has worked at P1 Group...
P1 Group has been named a 2017 Top 600 Specialty Contractor by the Engineering News-Record (ENR). P1 Group was ranked 110th among all specialty contractors and also placed 38th on the “Top 50 Firms in Mechanical” list. The ENR list combines 16 categories of specialty contractors and ranks them by annual...
Smitty Belcher, P1 Group CEO, has been named to the Ingram’s 2017 list of the 250 most powerful business leaders in the Kansas City area. In its profile of Smitty, Ingram’s said: “Well-known across the country for safety and craftsmanship, P1 is under the leadership of a one-time certified welder for...
LENEXA, Kan. - P1 Group, Inc. was recently awarded a Bluebeam eXtreme Award (bXa) for Advanced Use of Bluebeam Revu. The award was presented in August at the Fifth Annual Bluebeam eXtreme Awards in Los Angeles, during the 2017 Bluebeam Conference, attended by more than 1000 people. The eXtreme awards recognize...
BURLINGTON, Kan. – P1 Group has been awarded the Essential Service Water (ESW) / Containment Area Coolers (CAC) Replacement Project at Wolf Creek Generating Station. The scope of the project will include prefabrication of piping assemblies prior to the refuel and the replacement of approximately 540 feet of ESW pipe. Additional...
To reduce inefficiencies and utilize new technologies, P1 is replacing stacks of paper drawings at many project sites with electronic plan documents that can be viewed on tablets in the field. P1 has also integrated our SharePoint project management system with Bluebeam, a PDF solution that is used by construction, architecture...
LAWRENCE, Kan. - Ben Gannaway is the recipient of the 2017 Virtue Award, which is part of P1’s Commitment to Excellence award program. Ben is the Warehouse Operations Manager and works out of the Lawrence office. Ben was nominated for the award by three fellow associates. Ben is described as being...
TOPEKA, Kan. – P1 Group is committed to helping customers improve heating and cooling efficiency and save money. Westar Energy has taken note and named P1 Group the 2016 Heat Pump Dealer North Region Leader. To win the honor, P1 Group installed the most commercial heat pump tons in the area...
Smitty Belcher, P1 Group CEO, has been named to the Ingram’s Magazine list of the 250 most powerful business leaders in the Kansas City area. In its article, Ingram’s said of Smitty: “This one-time member of Pipefitter Local 50 in Toledo, Ohio, has never forgotten the value of getting every detail...
LAS VEGAS, Nev. - An article in the NEMIC News (National Energy Management and Institute Committee) recognized P1 Group and Las Vegas Sheet Metal Local 88 for their efforts to educate building owners about fire life safety. Kennedy Sanders, P1 start and test manager, and his team inspect and maintain fire and...
AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. – Tom Crumrine, Vice President at P1 Group, Inc., was invited to speak as a panelist at the 2016 Utility Working Conference & Vendor Technology Expo held by the American Nuclear Society (ANS). The three day event is held annually in Amelia Island, Florida. It has grown since...
LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Liz Ferguson is the recipient of the August 2016 PRIDE Award, which is a part of P1 Group’s Commitment to Excellence program. She is a Project Engineer who has worked out of the Las Vegas office for almost two years. Whether she’s assisting project managers with their daily...
LENEXA, Kan. - P1 Group Lenexa office associates had their first Quarterly Safety Meeting this week, providing them with the opportunity to learn more about P1 Group’s commitment to a “Safety First, Quality Always” culture. Greg Sweeney, Safety Director, gave a brief update on P1 Group’s safety statistics to date for...
P1 Group Hosts KC Bluebeam Users Group LENEXA, Kan. – P1 Group hosted the Kansas City Bluebeam Users Group (KC BUG) on July 27, to showcase the innovative ways P1 Group is using Bluebeam software. Bluebeam is a PDF solution that includes mark-up tools and a platform to manage and share...
Ingram’s, a Kansas City business magazine, has ranked P1 Group 62nd on its 2016 list of the 100 Top Private Companies in the Kansas City region. The list was published in Ingram’s June issue. To compile the list, Ingram’s ranked companies by 2015 revenues. P1 was ranked 62nd in 2015, 64th...
Contractor magazine’s annual Book of Giants has ranked P1 Group, Inc. 24th among the nation’s top 100 mechanical contractors. P1 Group also made the list of ten largest mechanical contractors in the Midwest. By comparison, in the overall Book of Giants rankings in 2013, 2014 and 2015, P1 Group ranked 24th,...
LENEXA, Kan. - Twice a year, P1 Group employees come together to nominate for recognition those that best exemplify P1 values. This week we are proud to announce the recipient of the Innovation Award, Jeff Peterson. Jeff is a Mechanical Estimator that has been with P1 Group for almost 15 years....
