We are so inspired by our heroes in the field: The P1 Group personnel getting out there at a dangerous time, continuing to do their jobs so our customers can keep doing theirs, and our Safety team, keeping them safe while they do it. While our office associates are supporting from...
Not so long ago, Heather Richards-St. Clair headed off to the University of Central Missouri (UCM) with the dream of becoming a reporter and traveling the world. But when graduation came on the heels of a huge economic recession, she found herself following a different path. Armed with a Bachelor鈥檚 degree...
Even though we continue to provide our regular services during regular business hours, P1 Group has temporarily closed offices for those personnel not deemed 鈥渆ssential鈥� in compliance with government and state COVID-19 stay-at-home orders. Some of us have jobs that allow us to work remotely with very little change to our...
What happens when fabrication, project managers, VDC, manpower, and field experts in multiple trades get together on a committee? We do things better. 鈥淗ow can we improve what we do and how we do it?鈥� This is the question at the heart of the Productivity Committee, created with communicating new ideas...
You may not realize how much of what you learn, and the daily resources you use as a P1 Group associate come from Vanessa Taylor, IT Special Projects. Most of us have touched base with Vanessa at some point with an IT issue or task, and solving our various conundrums is...
Last year marked the inaugural P1 Group Safety Calendar made purely from art by kids related to our associates. And the calendar is back for 2020! Children ages K-8th belonging, or related, to P1 associates, entered their 8.5 x 11 hand-drawn artwork reflecting the theme 鈥渨hat does worker safety mean to...
Motivation and a 鈥渃an do鈥� attitude have never been a problem for Rachel Toney. And that is exactly what she summoned to make an unorthodox career move, creating a better life for her and her family. Even as a teenager she had a strong drive for success. Dually enrolled in both...
Maybe it鈥檚 the yellow car, the high heeled tennis shoes, or the cat ear headphones, but whatever it is, you can tell right away that Marketing Manager Victoria Hoffman has a flair for the dramatic. But it didn鈥檛 start out that way. As a child, she was painfully shy. In her...
Most people are familiar with P1 Group鈥檚 distinctive position as a single-source provider, and the recently added Controls department brings yet another advantage to owners and customers. The Controls department currently has staff operating out of the Kansas City (Lenexa) and Wichita offices, but supports all of the Kansas City metro,...
Personal Training Builds Career Muscles While trial by fire can be a good way to learn, no one likes the anxiety that comes with a brand new job, project deadlines, and all new software and systems to learn. That鈥檚 where P1 University comes in. P1 Group goes above and beyond to...
P1 Group happens to share our 100th birthday with an integral component of our industry: the hard hat. One of the earliest pieces of personal protective equipment (PPE), the hard hat paved the way for the safety innovations companies like P1 Group pursue every day. Where did the hard hat come...
鈥淚 didn鈥檛 know P1 Group did that!鈥� Being a single-source Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing (MEP) provider is P1 Group鈥檚 critical differentiator. It鈥檚 what sets us apart from competition and gives us the edge in providing enhanced capabilities and more benefits to our customers. MECHANICAL CONSTRUCTION Pipe, plumbing, sheet metal, controls ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION...
The rugged terrain of Wyoming is where Derby, Kansas, native Eric Williams finds himself these days. Eric has now been a Wyoming resident for five years, and it all started when he joined P1 Group as an HVAC technician. In May 2014, Eric was hired in the Wichita Division. In July 2014,...
Join us in welcoming the P1 Group summer interns! They come from a variety of backgrounds with diverse educational interests and we look forward to having them around our offices and jobsites. This year's interns represent Ottowa University, Kansas State University, University of Kansas, University of Missouri, Washburn University, Tabor College and...
Congratulations to Gloria Keating for earning the CFO of the Year honor from the Kansas City Business Journal. Only a select group of winners is chosen, representing the best and brightest in finance across the Kansas City Metro. By the 8th grade, P1 Group CFO Gloria Keating knew exactly what she...
May 1 is National Skilled Trades Day, so what better time to celebrate our own men and women in the trades. Labor Shortage There鈥檚 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鈥檚 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鈥檚 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鈥檚 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...
