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How St. Joseph Found Its Groove: P1’s St. Joseph Office Reaps the Seeds Sown During Challenging Times

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Over the past few years, the St. Joseph office staff and field personnel have worked hard to gain traction in the small community, and it hasn’t been without challenges. But recently, things have really begun to click. Heather Richards-St. Clair took over as General Manager of the branch in 2018, and...

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Finding A Second Family: Associate Profile on Misty McConnell

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“We are not a team because we work together. We are a team because we respect, trust, and care for each other.” These are the words Project Coordinator Misty McConnell shared with the St. Joe team at the end of 2020, and according to St. Joseph Office General Manager Heather Richards-St....

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鶹ӰƵ Interns Begin Hands-on Summer Experience

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It’s nice to see interns back at P1! Team leaders across the company are excited about the crop of talent working with us this summer. Corporate Trainer Sarah Garcia explained the implementation of new additions to the program this year. “Our goal is to ‘wow’ the interns this summer,” Sarah said....

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A Wealth of Wisdom: 鶹ӰƵ Vice President Paul Smith Reflects on an Illustrious Career

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Paul Smith is retiring after 38 years of service to AD Jacobson and 鶹ӰƵ. Vice President Paul Smith can recall his very first job at P1 (then AD Jacobson Company) – right down to the exact day. After nearly 38 years with the company, that’s pretty impressive. It was the...

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Kick Back with a Ridiculously Romantic Movie This Valentine's

Valentine Rom Coms

As much as I love a good cheesy Christmas movie (as witnessed here), Netflix’s “rom com” selection is pretty great too, and there’s no shortage of romantic shenanigans: assistants setting bosses up, kissing booths, absurd plots, and funny best friends. And what goes better with cheese than wine? Here are my...

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The 2021 鶹ӰƵ Safety Calendar is Here!

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Each year, 鶹ӰƵ challenges our youngest artists to share their interpretations of our Safety Culture for the annual Safety Calendar. The participants are all children or relatives of our associates. Out of a total 25 entries, we ended up with 13 winners and one cool calendar. We’d like to kick...

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So Many Holiday Movies, So Little Time

Cheesy Christmas Movies 2020

By Tiffany Oldham Hi. My name is Tiffany, and I am a Christmas movie addict. I don’t know what it is about those cheesy Christmas movies but they get me every time. I just can’t wait to see the new list of Christmas movies coming to Netflix every year. With all...

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Can't Keep Creativity Down: Associate Spotlight on Beth Martens

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“I’m pretty sure I have creative Attention Deficit Disorder because I want to do it all.”  These are the words of Marketing Proposal Specialist Beth Martens, and while those who know her work would never call it a “disorder”, we think she just might be able to do it all. Creativity is...

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鶹ӰƵ Creates Comprehensive Customer Solutions, One Trade at a Time

鶹ӰƵ TUKHS Single Source

鶹ӰƵ Brings Single-Source Advantage to University of Kansas Health System “Success favors the prepared.” This famous philosophy from biologist Louis Pasteur is the reason 鶹ӰƵ has all trades, including mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and technologies, working to create single-source solutions for The University of Kansas Health System (TUKHS). 鶹ӰƵ’s...

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鶹ӰƵ Earns Top Safety Award from Mechanical Contractors Association of America (MCAA)

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When every associate - from executives, to foremen, to project managers and field personnel – consistently dedicate themselves to the company’s safety culture every day, it gets noticed. Innovation and associate buy-in are just two of the reasons 鶹ӰƵ was recently awarded the highly competitive Safety Excellence Award from the...

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鶹ӰƵ Team Las Vegas: Meet Catalina De Leon

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This is the time of year some people might question their decision to live in Las Vegas, NV. “When I got up this morning at 5 a.m. for a walk, it was already 96 degrees,” 鶹ӰƵ Office Manager Catalina (Cat) De Leon told us at the time of this interview...

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鶹ӰƵ Welcomes Students to Kansas City and Las Vegas Offices

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Due to COVID-19, 鶹ӰƵ was not able to have our typical summer intern program, but we are excited to introduce you to the following students who have joined our Lenexa and Las Vegas offices for the summer. Here’s a little bit about who’s getting some hands-on experience at P1 this...

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鶹ӰƵ Optimizes Ventilation Rate to Increase Safety for Associates

鶹ӰƵ Clean Air COVID-19

You don’t have to be a an HVAC expert to guess that increasing your building’s intake of fresh outside air is beneficial during a pandemic like COVID-19. 鶹ӰƵ values safety above all, and in order to follow CDC interim guidelines, has increased outside air (OA) rates during the pandemic at...

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Safer Vacations Through Virtual Options

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With warm weather on the doorstep, attention is turning toward that time-honored tradition of the summer vacation. We plan, save money, look forward to new scenery and time with our family, and just plain relaxing. But with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic that has impacted the entire globe, many are opting not...

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Electrical Maintenance to Electric Guitars: Associate Profile on Jeff Gardner

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There’s just something about electrical things that appeals to 鶹ӰƵ Electrical Preventative Maintenance Manager Jeff Gardner. Jeff says he originally became an electrician because enjoys working with his hands. He finds great satisfaction in doing something tangible, so it is no surprise he also spends his leisure time in an...

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Happy Earth Day from 鶹ӰƵ's Green Team

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Celebrating Earth Day’s 50th Anniversary In the midst of social distancing and staying at home to slow the spread of COVID-19, it’s more important than ever to do our part to reduce, reuse, and recycle. In June of 2018, P1 Connection brought you a story about the recycling efforts of P1...

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Out There Every Day: COVID-19 Doesn’t Stop 鶹ӰƵ Field Personnel

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We are so inspired by our heroes in the field: The 鶹ӰƵ 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...

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Associate Profile on Heather Richards-St. Clair – Forging Her Own Path to Success.

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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’s degree...

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COVID-19: 鶹ӰƵ Office Workers Stay Motivated at Home

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Even though we continue to provide our regular services during regular business hours, 鶹ӰƵ has temporarily closed offices for those personnel not deemed “essential” 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...

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鶹ӰƵ Productivity Committee Improves Efficiency and Outcomes

鶹ӰƵ Productivity Committee

What happens when fabrication, project managers, VDC, manpower, and field experts in multiple trades get together on a committee? We do things better. “How can we improve what we do and how we do it?” This is the question at the heart of the Productivity Committee, created with communicating new ideas...

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