May 1 is National Skilled Trades Day, so what better time to celebrate our own men and women in the trades. Labor Shortage There’s a lot of information out there regarding the serious shortage of skilled laborers. Between Baby Boomers retiring and far fewer young people pursuing skilled labor careers, the...
P1 Group is in full-swing with its 100-year celebration, and Senior Estimator Joe Camren has been around for more than half of it. One of P1 Group’s longest-tenured employees, Joe started as a plumber apprentice in the field in 1966 (with founding company A.D. Jacobson) and is still going strong as...
The P1 Group Lawrence office is a big part of our history and our future. But the office space at the 220,000 sq. ft. warehouse facility was due for an upgrade. When P1 Group’s Lawrence office relocated to the current building 13 years ago, it was spacious, but in need of...
In celebration of our 100-year anniversary, we've been going through the family albums (so to speak). P1 Group’s founding company, A.D. Jacobson, began in 1919 and survived a lot during times of war, peace and even disaster. We found some of their remarkable stories in a promotional brochure published in 1954. In...
In the world of gamers, there are many who prefer to play board games, with thousands gathering at tabletop game conventions where they can meet game creators and play role, strategy or card games (to name a few) and watch live demonstrations. P1 Accounting Clerk Julie Metzler has been demonstrating games...
Safety has never been more colorful thanks to the first annual P1 Group Safety Calendar, a new idea this year from our Safety Department. In August, Safety Coordinator Cheri Totta put out the call for artwork from the youngest members of our P1 family. Children ages K-8 belonging to, or related...
Making sure conditions are safe for the 900+ people working at P1 Group jobsites on any given day is a huge task, but in a company where safety is the highest priority, no one takes shortcuts. Like any organization of this type, P1 Group is required by the Occupational Safety and...
While technically billed as a “support” department, there’s a lot more to P1 Group’s small-but-mighty five-person IT Department than meets the eye. In today’s digital age, the company simply would not survive without the dedication, strategy, proactive solutions and expertise of our “fantastic five.” Between headquarters, the field and additional P1...
P1 Group is gearing up to celebrate 100 years and we’ve added one more item to the list: our special anniversary “100” mark. Expect to see it on just about everything throughout 2019. The goal for the mark was something clean and classic that could be used at many sizes on...
It’s that time of year, and we asked P1 Group associates to share their favorite fun holiday traditions. We hope their stories help put you in the spirit of the season! Phil Van Hoecke, Pipe Fitter Foreman The Van Hoecke family, including my brothers that are in town, have a standing...
To help get everyone in the spirit of P1 Group's upcoming milestone 100-year celebration (1919-2019), we gave associates a chance to get in on the 100th anniversary fun by launching an employee tagline contest. A total of 90 taglines were submitted, and associates really got into the spirit of our milestone...
P1 Group has been named a 2018 Top 600 Specialty Contractor by the Engineering News-Record (ENR) magazine. P1 Group hit the list at number 122 among all specialty contractors and also placed 37th on the “Top 50 Firms in Mechanical” list. For more than 30 years, the Top 600 Specialty Contractors...
When P1 Group recruits interns, the company strives to find talent that will go on to do great things in a P1 career. Project Engineer Brady K. was one of those interns. Brady accepted his first internship at P1 Group following his third year at Pittsburg State University upon the suggestion...
. . . it might look like this. Walking through an art fair in Venice, FL a few months ago, Smitty and Donna Belcher happened upon some art they thought would be perfect for P1’s Lenexa lobby. The piece, “Metallic Weave” was created by Joseph Ferris, a metal artist. “We...
P1 Group had the chance to serve as a classroom this summer for a Pittsburg State University construction science professor who wanted to learn more about current trends and techniques in the industry. Associate Professor Shannon Nicklaus also had some advice for P1 on tactics for recruiting the best students from...
“I don’t have time for this.” That was P1 Group Proactive Solutions Consultant Hilary Edward’s first thought when she was diagnosed with Stage 3 Invasive Ductal Carcinoma on February 16, 2017. “I told my husband, don’t worry, I got this.” If anything, Hilary says, the whole thing seemed like an annoyance -...
Internship experiences vary from company to company, but one thing is for sure at P1 Group: our interns get real-world, on-site, project-specific experience. When you work at P1 Group, there’s not much copy making and coffee getting. We recently caught up with some of our P1 interns who shared their experiences,...
Hear that noise? The college recruitment machine is revving up at P1 Group. As summer winds down and college students are heading back to campus, P1 puts considerable effort into recruiting construction management and engineering students to fill next summer’s internships and full-time positions. Shana Wallace, Human Resources Manager, said P1...
“It’s not exactly what you think of when people say ‘Vegas’,” P1 Group Senior Project Manager Brian Maginness said of the scenery pictured above. From distant mountain peaks dusted with snow to the all-terrain outdoor scenery, it didn’t take long for Brian to embrace the western landscape. A native of the...
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...
