WICHITA, Kan. – P1 Group, Inc. has won mechanical and plumbing work for a new addition to Mid-Continent Instruments in Wichita, Kan.

P1 Group was awarded this project in August 2011 and expects to complete it by February 2012.

Scope of Work

• Plumbing
• HVAC
• AAON RTU
• VAVs
• Compressed air piping
• Humidification
• Hot water reheat coils

Congratulations to the following associates who were integral in securing this work for P1 Group:

• Phil Nehring, Vice President
• Tom Wasinger, Division Manager
• Drew Schon, Estimator/Project Supervisor
• Lydia McElwee, Operations Coordinator
• P1 Service Department

Mid-Continent Instruments is an existing service customer for which P1 Group has provided quality service to for the past six years.

KINSLEY, Kan. – P1 Group, Inc. has won a mechanical project to improve energy efficiency at Edwards County Hospital in Kinsley, Kan.

P1 Group was awarded this project in August 2011 and expects to complete it by November 2011.

Scope of Work

• Replace (2) steam boilers with (3) condensing boilers
• Replace the steam domestic water heater with (1) 120-degree domestic boiler and (1) 180-degree kitchen and laundry boiler
• Install steel mezzanine to raise the boilers above the flood zone
• Complete work while keeping existing heating system intact for hospital use

Congratulations to Drew Schon, project supervisor, for securing this work for P1 Group.

PARK CITY, Kan. – P1 Group has won structured cabling work for ThyssenKrupp. The 300,000-square-foot facility is relocating from Wichita to Park City. This project is in conjunction with the Siemon Co. Global Project Services (GPS) Group, a structured cabling systems partner of P1.

P1 Group was awarded this project in December 2011 and expects to complete it by April 2012.

Scope of Work

• Installation of structured cabling
• Wireless access points for networking
• CCTV
• Paging system

Congratulations to the Jeff Dallas, project manager, for securing this work for P1 Group.

ThyssenKrupp is a German multinational conglomerate corporation. The corporation consists of 670 companies worldwide. The Park City facility manufactures airplane aluminum sheet metal for Boeing and other airplane manufacturers.

WICHITA, Kan. – P1 Group, Inc. has been awarded a three-year facility maintenance contract for three office buildings in Wichita, Kan. These properties are owned and operated by Behringer Harvard, a national commercial real estate company.

P1 Group will be in charge of preventive maintenance and general maintenance on all HVAC equipment.

Epic Center
The Epic Center is a 22-story office tower located in Wichita’s central business district. The building stands at 326 feet, making it one of the tallest buildings in Kansas. The Epic Center has approximately 289,154 rentable square feet.

One & Two Brittany Place
One & Two Brittany Place are located in northeast Wichita. Together, the buildings feature 115,229 rentable square feet. These four-story office buildings are comprised of healthcare, insurance and hospitality businesses.

Congratulations to the following associates in the Wichita office who were integral in securing this work for P1 Group:

• Scott Johnson, Operations Supervisor
• Adam Collier, Service Manager
• Lydia McElwee, Operations Coordinator
• Dave Sanders, Service Sales Manager
• Drew Schon, Project Supervisor

P1 Group will hire three full-time employees to manage the facilities.

WICHITA, Kan. – P1 Group has been awarded a full-coverage service contract at Brittain Machine in Wichita, Ks.

Scope of Work

Under the agreement, the following work will be performed on all HVAC equipment:

• Preventive maintenance
• Test and Inspections
• Repairs

Congratulations to the following associates who were integral in securing this work for P1 Group:

• Dave Sanders, Contract Sales Manager
• Scott Johnson, Operations Supervisor

Brittain Machine, Inc. is an aviation machine shop that manufactures and distributes machined parts for major aircraft manufacturers. It was founded and 1965 and is located in Wichita, Ks.

GREAT BEND, Kan. – P1 Group has won a design-build project at CPI Qualified Plan Consultants in Great Bend, Ks. P1 Group will renovate the cooling system for a 500-person call center.

This project was awarded in May 2012 and is expected to be completed in July 2012.

Congratulations to the following associates who were integral in securing this work for P1 Group:

• Phil Nehring, Executive Vice President
• Drew Schon, Project Supervisor
• Clinton Gechter, Project Engineer
• Talor Jinks, Pipefitter Foreman
• Mike Serl, Sheet Metal Foreman
• Jake Schneider, Service Technician

Drew Schon, project supervisor; Mike Serl, sheet metal foreman; and Talor Jinks, pipefitter foreman, will oversee this project.

About CPI
CPI Qualified Plan Consultants, Inc. is a leading provider of record keeping and administrative services for retirement plans. It serves over 3,700 retirement plan clients.

Photo by T&J Studios

WICHITA, Kan. – On September 20, 2012 P1 Group served as the Presenting Sponsor of the Exposure business networking and trade show at Century II Expo Hall located in downtown Wichita.  The annual Wichita Exposure is Wichita Chamber of Commerce’s premier networking event.

To engage participants, P1 Group hosted a tailgate party-themed booth. The 20×30 booth was transformed into a P1 football field which included a football toss that gave participants a chance to enter a raffle to win a TV, Chiefs tickets, 1 of 2 charcoal grills or P1 tailgate chairs. To add to the fun, P1 gave away other promotional items including P1 footballs, yo-yos and fans.

In total, the event drew approximately 1,500 business professionals and 200 exhibitors from the Wichita area.

At the end of the day the Wichita Chamber of Commerce awarded P1 Group with the “Best Customer Service Exhibit.”

P1 Group would like to thank the following associates that participated in Exposure 2012:

• Phil Nehring, Executive Vice President
• Pete McCall, Executive Vice President
• Rusty Roderick, Vice President
• Adam Collier, Service Manager
• Thomas Kepka, Marketing Manager
• Dave Sanders, Sales Manager
• Drew Schon, Project Supervisor
• Randy Presley, Service Supervisor
• Scott Johnson, Operations Supervisor
• Jeff Schneider, Service Consultant
• Lydia McElwee, Operations Coordinator
• Joshua Helm, Service Technician
• Ryan Mitchell, Service Technician
• Ben Gannaway, Truck Driver/Crane Operator
• Nicole Lane, Marketing Coordinator

P1 Group has hit a safety milestone once again as the company reached 3 million hours worked without a lost-time incident on December 5, 2012. This ongoing achievement started in 2010, and comes on the heels of a streak of over 3.5 million hours that ended in 2010. In other words, within a five-year period, P1 Group has had TWO streaks of 3 million hours without a lost-time incident, giving additional credit to the company’s reputation as one of the safest contractors in America.

“It’s an amazing testament to the people of our company to reach a milestone like this, not just once, but twice,” P1 Group Vice President of Safety Don Campbell said. “Our company expects results like this, but to achieve those results is still rewarding.”

P1 Group would like to thank all of its associates for embracing the company’s safety-first culture and encourages everyone to keep up the great work.

As a part of P1 Group’s annual holiday charitable tradition, associates recently helped out with some great causes. Here’s a brief recap:

Giving the Basics
Giving the Basics is a local non-profit charity organization that provides those in need with the necessities of life that most take for granted. Giving the Basics immediately impacts four groups of people with their deliveries: senior citizens, the homeless, the working poor and the unemployed.

P1 Group collected items in the Lawrence, Lenexa, St. Joseph, Topeka and Wichita offices. To ensure that P1 Group met the specific needs of the charity, each office was given a “wish list.” Associates donated items like toothpaste, toilet paper, diapers and other personal hygiene products.

Toys for Tots
Toys for Tots is a program that donates toys to children whose parents cannot afford to buy them gifts for Christmas.

P1 Group participated in its annual collection of toys for children in the Kansas area. P1 Group and its associates had another successful year of donations.

Nevada Childhood Cancer Foundation (NCCF)
Throughout the month of December, P1 Group Las Vegas associates and vendors teamed up to contribute items to the Nevada Childhood Cancer Foundation. NCCF is a non-profit organization that strives to improve the quality of life for critically ill children and their families. Associates and vendors donated canned goods, toys and financial assistance to children and their families in the Las Vegas area.

US Builders Review has featured P1 Group in its Spring edition, which you can read here. The article discusses the company’s rich history as well as the varied capabilities offered to a wide range of customers.

WICHITA, Kan. –  On September 19, 2013 P1 Group participated in the Exposure business networking and trade show at Century II Expo Hall located in downtown Wichita.  The annual Wichita Exposure is Wichita Chamber of Commerce’s premier networking event.

To engage participants, P1 Group hosted a baseball-themed booth. The booth was transformed into a P1 baseball field which included a pitching game that gave participants a chance to enter a raffle to win an iPod, Galaxy Tablet or Bose headphones. To add to the fun, P1 gave away other promotional items including P1 baseballs, sunflower seeds and mini baseball bats.

In total, the event drew approximately 1,500 business professionals and 185 exhibitors from the Wichita area.

 PHOTOS:

Engineering News-Record (ENR) named P1 Group one of the nation’s top 100 specialty contractors in the magazine’s annual Top 600 listing that came out in October. Unlike many published rankings that are broken down by specific trade, the ENR list combines 15 different categories of specialty contractor and ranks them by 2012 revenue.

While not listed last year, P1 Group checked in at No. 100 this year for its work as a mechanical and electrical contractor. The mechanical and electrical trades were the two largest sectors represented on the list accounting for 56 percent of the total revenue of the 600 companies.

The rankings breakdown:

• 100thin the nation as a specialty contractor
• 4th in Kansas as a specialty contractor
• 33rd in the nation as a mechanical contractor

The listing encompasses the following trades: asbestos abatement, concrete, demolition, electrical, glazing/curtain wall, mechanical, masonry, painting, roofing, sheet metal, steel erection, utility, wall/ceiling and excavation.

See the full rankings on the ENR website.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – P1 Group has been awarded the largest preventive maintenance (PM) contract in our company’s history, at the HollyFrontier Corporation’s Cheyenne, Wyo., petroleum refinery.

P1 Group’s Wichita office has been providing HVAC maintenance and project work at the HollyFrontier refinery in El Dorado, Kan., for several years. HollyFrontier recently asked P1 to complete a design-build HVAC project at the Cheyenne refinery, which led to additional opportunities, including the new, five-year maintenance contract. Under the new PM contract, P1 Group will provide all of the daily maintenance, repairs and system upgrades.

P1 Group associates who were instrumental in the sales process to secure the PM contract include Tony Whited, Adam Collier, Kevin Woods, Sharon Haycock, Phil Nehring and Mike Belcher.

P1 Group’s maintenance work on the HVAC systems at the plant will keep control rooms in classified areas in optimum running condition, which is essential to the refinery’s work. The refinery has a crude oil capacity of 52,000 barrels per day, which is purchased from producers in the Cheyenne area and also imported from Canada.

Dave Pate, P1 Group Service Manager, is in Cheyenne and is currently working to set up the processes and procedures. Eric Williams, Service Technician, has re-located to Cheyenne from Wichita. Andy Dunbar, Wichita Service Manager, will manage the PM contract with assistance from Operations Coordinator, Lydia McElwee.

Casey Rohaus (left), Allen Eastridge and Andy Dunbar (all of the Wichita P1 Group office) celebrate Eastridge’s recent NEBB Testing, Adjusting and Balancing Certification.

WICHITA, Kan. – In successfully passing the National Environmental Balancing Bureau (NEBB) Testing, Adjusting and Balancing (TAB) Technician exam, P1 Group Service Technician Allen Eastridge joins the ranks of P1 associates to have earned this prestigious certification.

NEBB is an independent certification agency that is dedicated to training professionals to measure the efficiency of building systems. Their function is to maintain high quality standards for the performance of environmental systems within a building. P1 Group has one of the highest numbers of NEBB certified professionals in the region and is currently certified in three NEBB disciplines; Testing, Adjusting and Balancing (TAB), Building Systems Commissioning (BSC), and Retro-Commissioning (RCx).

“There are many projects that require NEBB certifications,” P1 Group Executive Vice President of Service Phil Nehring stated. “Having these certifications helps us to win those projects, and gives P1 a distinct advantage over competitors.”

Eastridge has been with P1 for five years serving out of the Wichita branch, and studied the extensive course material for almost a year before tackling the grueling four hour written exam to become a certified TAB Technician.

“Out of 150 service technicians, only 10 associates in the whole company have achieved an NEBB certification and we are very proud of his recent accomplishment.” Nehring said.

Congratulations to Allen Eastridge on reaching this major milestone in his career.

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.

“There is a total cost of ownership associated with managing school facilities and it is our mission to teach districts how to reduce cost while also improving the learning environment,” said Dana Dunn.

$500 Scholarship Give-Away

Jeanette Klamm – USD 458

Lori Van Fleet – USD 458

Stacey Carswell – USD 392

During the conference exhibit hours, P1 hosted a drawing to award three $500 scholarships, which the winning school districts will award to the student of their choice.

“It makes me so proud to be a part of this because three kids are going to get some help for continuing their education,” said Andy Dunbar, P1 Wichita office.

A special thank you to Dr. Hargrove for sharing the USD 415 case study and to the P1 Group associates involved with the success of this event: Dana Dunn, Tom Abrams, Rusty Roderick, Tim Mense & Andy Dunbar.