The Trimble XR 10 with HoloLens/Mixed Reality Technology has been available in the P1 VDC department for nearly two years, but has recently been able to really “strut its stuff” on job sites. According to VDC Specialist Richard Anderson, the first year was about learning how to properly use the technology....
Fleet Adds Semi Truck DayCab for Sheet Metal Transport When it comes to sheet metal fabrication, things can get pretty big - and transporting large items requires big trailers and big cargo space. So P1 went “big” with the addition of a new Semi Truck DayCab. P1 Corporate Fleet Manager Nick...
Tired of hearing us talk about how great P1’s single-source capabilities are? Too bad. “All trades under one roof” is exactly what’s turning a job with some challenging physical constraints into another P1 success story. According to Project Manager Casey Sheafer, the Kansas confidential mission critical data center expansion project had...
It seems like just yesterday we wrote this article about the Millwright Division of P1 Construction in 2018. And the Millwrights have come a long way, baby - with impressive project, personnel, and revenue growth. Most recently, the Millwrights' success was evidenced by numbers released by Local 1529 – the Kansas...
P1 Operations Manager Robert Bruegman grew up in Bloomfield, NE, with a family of farmers. And even though farming continued to run in the family for some of his siblings, Robert always enjoyed the art of “tinkering” with things. While still in Bloomfield, he worked as a full-time diesel mechanic and...
Operations Manager Chris Champagne recently celebrated his 28th anniversary at P1 Group. He was hired right out of college – to Huxtable and Associates at that time - and has spent his entire career here. He earned his degree in Mechanical Engineering and has the distinction of being the first graduate...
Just as the P1 internship program hits full swing for the summer, former intern and current P1 Project Engineer (PE) Silvana Alcantara is celebrating her one-year anniversary as a full time P1 employee. She came to the PE position armed with experience gained in the P1 internship program, and now both...
With the rising costs of…well…everything, energy efficiency is critical for our P1 customers. One long-time customer called on P1 to make major changes to their cooling in time for peak summer demand. P1 began a relationship with the Stowers Institute for Medical Research back in the 90s. “P1 has a long...
Ok, let’s just address the elephant in the room. What is Irish road bowling? If you read the March issue of the P1 Connection newsletter, you may have caught the term in the Associate Profile on Senior Project Manager Zack Kittle. Zach participates in Irish Road Bowling as a member of...
On May 7, 2022, 160 golfers and a crew of volunteers assembled at the Shamrock Hills Golf Course for the Annual Charity Golf Tournament FORE Safety. As usual, this year’s tournament provided an opportunity for a whole lot of fun all while raising money for a good cause. This year’s proceeds...
Finding and retaining talented employees is an ongoing challenge for any organization, especially in this current precarious job market. The need to grow a talent base has become even more necessary, and the P1 internship program is helping address some of these needs for the immediate future and beyond. In 2021,...
P1’s pipe fabrication often includes the production of polypropylene pipe, an alternative - in some applications - to traditional pipe material. Aquatherm is economical, faster to install, and corrosion free. P1 has forged a strong relationship with Aquatherm, a supplier of polypropylene pipe. “We’ve had conversations about P1’s capacity to fabricate...
When it comes to customer service, serving our internal customers is just as important as serving the external ones, and there are critical support groups within P1 without whom our associates couldn’t serve their external customers. One of those critical groups is our P1 Project Coordinators (PCs). A PC supports multiple...
Remember the artistic cows that used to pop up all over Kansas City? Well there’s a new installation in town - the “Parade of Hearts”. You may have seen some of the fiberglass hearts on the news or around town. The Parade of Hearts is a public art installation that celebrates...
You might say the “luck of the Irish” was with P1 Group when Senior Project Manager Zach Kittle came on board. A 2005 graduate of the Construction Science program at K-State, Zach joined P1 for what he thought was just a temporary job while he looked for work with a general...
It’s no surprise Virtual Design & Construction (VDC) Sheet Metal Specialist James Daugherty built a better way to enjoy cold beverages. His skill for building things and curiosity about how things work not only led him down an entrepreneurial path, it also helped him find his career at P1. When a...
The words “raw wastewater” might make you cringe, but the P1 crew working on the project at the Atherton WWTP were ready to take the plunge. When challenges arose, quick thinking on the team's part not only kept their feet (mostly) dry, but also resulted in a successful pump discharge valve...
In just the past few years, P1 Fabrication has come a long way. From increases in volume and manpower hours to the sheer size and complexity of the project we now fabricate, the increase of time and labor has been significant. It’s a good place to be, but in order to...
When we build and maintain the mechanics of a building, we don’t always get to hear the stories of how that facility impacts quality of life for the people who use it, benefit from it, or work in it. This is not so in the case of the Children’s Mercy Hospital...
There’s a First Time for Everything Such was the case in a major modular fabrication project P1 Group took on in partnership with Modular Design +. The project was for the The Los Angeles County + University of Southern California (LAC+USC) Restorative Care Village, and consisted of the multi-trade modular fabrication...
