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These Are a Few of Our Favorite It’s that time of year and we were curious: what’s your favorite holiday tradition?

These P1 Group associates shared theirs.

Phil Van Hoecke, Pipe Fitter Foreman The Van Hoecke family, including my brothers that are in town, have a standing golf tee time to golf at least nine holes no matter what the weather is like. This can get pretty crazy!

Tim Moore, Business Development Manager We play family football the morning of Thanksgiving every year.

The winner gets the traveling trophy. After we eat, we all walk down to watch the Plaza lighting ceremony. At Christmas, we always have a big brunch then go bowling. There’s also a traveling trophy for the winner and loser.

Vicki Jesse, Project Coordinator Christmas is my favorite holiday, I’m already listening to the music [this was on November 8]. My husband and I host the annual Jesse Christmas party every year to get all the family together.

We also love to bundle up and go look at all the Christmas lights and displays.

Steve Hinshaw, Industrial Operations Manager We attend the Candlelight Christmas Eve Service at 11 pm (Church of the Resurrection). The service concludes with singing silent night by candlelight and every person in attendance holding a candle. When the service is over you can turn to those with you and wish them a Merry Christmas! The service lasts just over an hour so it is Christmas morning when it ends. continued, next page

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Things A Very Foodie Holiday Check out the fantastic foodie adventure Vice President Glenn Shain and his family embark upon together each year.

As the kids around the table became adults and started to request an expression of adventure in the menu planning, Sue and I decided to venture out into the culinary world to ensure the kids would keep coming home for the holidays. The first year, we went overboard with a Tuscan Thanksgiving. It was a full seven-course meal prepared to feed an army. We put an Italian twist on the traditional Thanksgiving meal and paired each course with an appropriate wine from the old world. The next year we created a Southwestern Fiesta Feast complete with pork tamales, vegetable enchiladas, green chili stew and sweet potato succotash.

Of course that feast was served with margaritas, Mexican beers and sipping tequilas.

The year I spent in Maine we chose to host Christmas as a Lobster and Seafood Extravaganza. We have done a Montana Mountain Chuck Wagon dinner, a Prairie Meets the Sea dinner and an Italian Pizza Shoppe complete with S’Mores Pizza for dessert. It has been a lot of fun selecting a theme, researching how to interpret that from a culinary aspect and pairing the alcohol with the meal. There has become a real anticipation throughout the family waiting for the announcement of the theme.

As the family has grown we honor our new members with the theme. Last year we produced an Hawaii Christmas for our new daughter-in-law who lived in Hawaii in her youth. This year we are hosting a Campfire Thanksgiving to recognize our future son-in-law who loves adventure and camping. The wines will be from Spain this year representing the Camino I walked this Spring.

The publication of the menu has become a keepsake. The meal preparation has become a team event. There is a lot of joy in the kitchen working together. 

These Are a Few of Our Favorite Things (continued) Andrew Tate, Proactive Solutions Consultant Since my wife and I have been married (three years now) and are hosting a holiday, we mix it up and try a new food theme. Something out of the ordinary. So far we’ve done a French and Italian Christmas and a German Thanksgiving. This year we’re doing a Mexican Thanksgiving that will include a smoked chili lime turkey and plenty of cervesas!

Pam Frazey, Receptionist Since I was a small child my Mom and Dad always bought us new PJs to wear on Christmas Eve. That was the only gift we got to open on Christmas Eve. I continued the tradition when my own children were born. My granddaughters’ ages are 9, 2.5 and 2, and their parents all receive PJs on Christmas Eve now. The men race to see who can open theirs first. In the past their PJs have been wrapped in saran wrap, or found by way of a scavenger hunt, or had to be opened with only their teeth. Every year is a new way. It makes for a lot of laughs and memories for the four generations who gather each Christmas Eve. Victoria Hoffman, Marketing Communications Specialist My favorite part of the holidays is Black Friday, but not for the shopping. With all the holiday hustle still before me, I spend the Friday after Thanksgiving putting up our Christmas tree, listening to holiday tunes, sipping nog, watching my favorite holiday movies and just keeping things chill. As a rule I don’t get out of my pajamas that day.

The “Non-tradition Tradition” Collections Caller Amanda Cox says her family tradition happened by accident.

Growing up we learned it is very cost effective to reuse boxes/containers. A couple items that were in abundance at all times were the cylinder oatmeal cans and Velveeta boxes.

When I was a freshman in high school the drug store in town always ran a coupon on the Santa figurine they were selling that year. On my way home from school, Mom would have me get four of the Santa figures each year (three siblings and myself).

Most of these Santa figures fit into the Velveeta box perfectly so after a couple years it became a tradition for there to be four rectangular boxes under the tree each containing a Santa figurine.

Mom would say, “This is not a tradition, don’t expect a Santa every year.”

So after about five years, it was called the “non-tradition, tradition” when the Velveeta boxes were found and the Santa item was opened.

Some years the Santa did not fit in the Velveeta box so it was more of a hunt while we wondered “is this the year that the Santa tradition ends?”

Nope, there he is!

But the Velveeta box still needed to be in there somewhere with a different trinket inside, sometimes a single gift sometimes four similar items.

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These Are a Few of Our Favorite Things (continued) Trevor Payne, Helpdesk Technician There is a limited release seasonal beer by Samuel Smith’s. Brewed at Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, England, it is called Winter Welcome Ale and comes out around Thanksgiving. It is fun to look forward to because each year the artwork is different. Some say the art on the label is a reflection of the taste and alcohol content of each batch. I enjoy it with family at Thanksgiving Dinner and sometimes Christmas if there is any left. Along with the artwork is a quote from William Shakespeare: “Blessing of your heart you brew good ale.”

Cliff Pray, Project Manager One of our holiday traditions is consistently setting off the smoke alarm in the middle of the night from the turkey! Oh, and lots of Pillsbury Cinnamon rolls while watching the Macy’s day parade.

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P1 100-Year Logo: You'll Be Seeing This Mark A Lot in 2019

P1 Group has developed and finalized the 100-year anniversary logo and you can 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 a multitude of mediums including apparel, decals, promotional materials, digital assets, print materials, etc.

“We worked with an outside designer to arrive at something that reflects our 100-year history but also speaks to our future - something modern and functional,” Victoria Hoffman, Marketing Communications Specialist, said. “Specialty mark designs, like anniversary logos, must be considered from many angles as it will have many uses.”

Special anniversary marks are typically only used during the anniversary year, after which we return to use of the standard P1 Group logo.

Stay tuned for more information about use of our new mark!

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Project Profile: St. Luke's South

Greg Sweeney, David Wright and Steve Cole on site at Saint Luke's.

Allen Kluender installs duct work during construction.

Steve Cole, Vice President, is on familiar ground at a major project that is underway at Saint Luke’s South Hospital. He was the Project Manager for the original building on that campus, when AD Jacobson, Inc. built it in 1998.

The Saint Luke’s South Hospital Rehabilitation Addition and Renovation project includes:

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a new, four-story building that will house rehabilitation services and will also include overflow inpatient rooms. a significant renovation of the physical therapy area a phased remodel of an active kitchen the addition of a 550-ton water cooled chiller in the existing chiller room

On any given day, about 35 P1 Group field associates are on site, led by foremen Nate Christensen, Dave Wright and Todd Sprague.

Completion will be in June 2019 but the ground floor will be turned over to Saint Luke’s in January 2019 so one challenge with this project, Cole said, is "the extensive planning involved to enable two of the AHUs and finish all the plumbing and ancillary HVAC piping systems by that deadline."

Also notable on this project was the planning and execution of the ductwork. The project was the first for which the sheet metal fab shop used the new Iowa Precision Coil Line to fabricate the duct.

The project has had tight laydown constraints, Cole said, so after it was fabricated it was loaded on leased trailers and hauled to the jobsite to be used as needed – there was no waiting for material to be delivered.

Project Scope General Contractor: JE Dunn Construction Co., Inc. Engineer: W.L. Cassell & Associates, Inc. Duration: 15 months, with projected June 2019 completion 89,951 square feet of new construction 17,861 square feet of renovated space Four Air Handling Units totaling 83,000 cfm/183 VAV boxes with hot water reheat 59,047 feet of piping and 956 valves 353 plumbing fixtures 109,050 pounds of sheet metal, including 93,650 lbs fabricated by P1 A majority of the copper piping systems were installed with Pro Press fittings

P1 Group's Long History with Saint Luke's Health System The current Saint Luke’s South project is one in a long line that P1 Group has completed for the health system. Our relationship with Saint Luke’s began more than 50 years ago with Herb Jacobson (who owned AD Jacobson – the company his father founded in 1919 – with his brother, Elliot). President Kollin Knox managed the first major expansion at Saint Luke’s Northland as a project manager for AD Jacobson in 1996 and he was also project manager on the building of Saint Luke’s East in 2003. Vice President Steve Cole took over the St. Luke’s Wornall campus when Charles Brandon retired.

Shortly thereafter, he managed the Saint Luke’s MAHI project, which completed in 2011. Steve and Senior Project Manager Eric Affolter continuously manage various projects for Saint Luke’s Health System. P1 Group performs service work at all St. Luke’s locations and, under the leadership of Vice President Dave Beebe, has long held FMO contracts to manage the facilities at all campuses, beginning with the Wornall campus in 2002 and the South campus since 2004. 

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Associate Spotlight on Jeremy Heim

Based on average associate tenure, Wichita Warehouse Coordinator Jeremy Heim is a P1 Group short timer - he's been here about 1.5 years.

But Jeremy has already found a good fit with P1 Group’s Wichita team and enjoys the work. His responsibilities include taking care of everything coming and going from the warehouse, including managing all aspects of tool requests/check-outs/repairs for construction or service.

“Everybody at the Wichita office is really nice. We’re a smaller branch so we all have to fill more roles,” Jeremy said. “I do a little bit for everybody – we all jump in and I’m happy to do whatever is asked.”

Jeremy’s people skills and helpfulness got him nominated by General Manager Andy Dunbar and Service Operations Coordinator Wendy Chapin for this month’s Associate Spotlight.

Through a former connection to Wichita Operations Supervisor Greg Geer, Jeremy learned of the warehouse coordinator position and Greg asked him to apply. The rest is history.

But even during his brief time at P1, it hasn’t escaped Jeremy’s notice that P1 Group has a great group of associates company-wide.

“Everyone is polite and great to work with,” Jeremy said. “The people here seem very willing to work together, even if it’s solving a problem.

For a big company that’s spread out, it’s still easy to work together.”

But there’s more to Jeremy than meets the eye. When he’s not with colleagues at work, Jeremy can often be found dirt-track racing in a mod-light (or modified light), a 5/8 scale race car powered by a 1,000cc stock 16-valve motorcycle engine.

“We buy engines out of wrecked bikes, like a Ninja, and put them into our cars,” he explained.

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of his four-wheeler. “As I got older I was starting to feel like I needed something with a whole cage around it for safety!”

Through an acquaintance, Jeremy had opportunity to drive a mod light and liked it so much he ended up buying his own car.

He’s now been racing for four years, has a couple cars and six sponsors (four silent and two advertising). His biggest sponsor is Auto House Towing & Recovery from his hometown of Canton, KS. Jeremy’s wife Micki and two children, Carley, 16, and Heath, 7, come to watch him race now and then. “They enjoy the races a little, but not as much as I do,” Jeremy said.

And Jeremy has done pretty well this year:

• 3rd in regular 81 speedway points

• 6th in NCRA points

• 6th in points at the Salina Speedway While the driving is fun, Jeremy says he’s found a great deal of value in the relationships he’s formed.

“I started out just knowing a few people in racing and now I know so many,” he said.

“I have developed a great friendship with Dustin Forsberg, an individual who has helped a lot by teaching me more about the car, what it needs to do and how to set it up to do what I want,” Jeremy said.

“He’s been awesome about taking me under his wing so I can get better at this kind of racing.”

“Even though we race against each other, there’s a great camaraderie that surpasses the competition aspect,” Jeremy said.

We’re glad to have Jeremy on our Wichita P1 Group team and wish him all the best with future racing. 

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Please join us in welcoming our newest P1 Group associates.

Michelle Oglesby Service Coordinator Wichita

Todd Andrews Service General Manager Lenexa

2019 HOLIDAY SCHEDULE •

New Years Day 1/1/2019 Closed

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Memorial Day 5/27/2019 Closed

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Independence Day 7/4/2019 Closed

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Labor Day 9/2/2019 Closed

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Day Before Thanksgiving 11/27/2019 Closed at noon

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Thanksgiving Day 11/28/2019 Closed

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Day After Thanksgiving 11/29/2019 Closed

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Day Before Christmas 12/24/2019 Closed

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Christmas Day 12/25/2019 Closed

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Day After Christmas 12/26/2019 Closed

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New Years Eve 12/31/2019 Closed at noon

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New Years Day 1/1/2020 Closed

Shannon Boer Project Coordinator Lenexa

Steve Farve Transfer to Office VDC Specialist Lenexa

Tammi Kent PROMOTION Accounting Specialist Lenexa

Win-Win-(Win) with the Employee Referral Program Over the past year, a whopping 26 P1 Group associates have received the $2,000 Employee Referral Award for bringing in a qualified person to fill an open position.

Shana Wallace, HR Manager, said the program has helped recruit excellent people to P1 and has been especially helpful in hiring qualified technicians, although several office positions have also been filled on the recommendation of P1 associates.

To receive the award, P1 associates can email Human Resources at newhire@p1group.com with the information outlined in the five easy steps (below).

“We recognize that word of mouth and networking can bring us great candidates but we need the referral to be a true recommendation, because the whole point is to give an applicant a step up by telling us why the person would be a good fit for the position,” Shana said.

FIVE EASY STEPS: 1) Provide your full name.

2) List the title of the open position currently posted on P1’s Career Site for which you are recommending the qualified person.

3) Provide your referral's full name and contact information.

4) A resume is not required but is preferred - attach if possible.

5) Your recommendation should include this information:

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How do you know the person (personal, business, etc.) ?

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How long have you known the person?

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Why would the person be an asset to P1 Group?

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How is the person qualified for this open position?

Referred employees must be successfully employed at P1 for 90 days before the $2,000 award is paid. To read more about it, including the fine print, read the Employee Referral Award Program document here.

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B I RT HDAYS + A NNIVER SAR IES + AWAR D ED Office and field associate birthdays and work anniversaries + awarded work

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Konner Walker Michael McCartney Mark Smelser Daniel Osborne John Ogden Scot Amos Zach Kittle John Ciesiensky Aaron Guth Brandon Long Shawn Sommers Kelly Murry Joe Chabot Jay Atchison Don Campbell Kollin Knox Marvin Reese Sharon Haycock Brian Spoerre John Stegner Nicholas Rhodes Chadwick St. Clair Branner Gordon Keith Uhrmacher

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Marvin Loecker Chris Champagne Barry Cole Lauren Titzman Rick Ferguson Jack Varns Don Dittrich Jeffrey Herbert James Daugherty Ted Thompson Daniel Georges Jamin Wayne Michael Hodges Michael Thomas Benjamin Kenshalo Todd Sprague Tommy Artzer Robert Paine III Brian Maginness Andrew Tate Robert Downing Chris Dowdall Sean Marconette Eric Williams

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Jeff Goodman Edward Jones Tracy Evans Jonathan Snapp Charles Vanderwerf Jacob Bellew Brett Bond Rick Drake Cindy Herkenhoff Cristine Douglas Gordon Smothers Julie Metzler Johari White Dominic Castro Joshua Rabourn Cole Mescher Ryan Rotterman Nicholas Heene James Stickford Brian King Terry Nickle Marcus Wright Jacob Yost Tennille Tegeler

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Bestoun Barawi Eugene Roland Martin Stephen Turner Brian Heinen Brady Houghtaling Ryan Mitchell Brett Johnson Darin Boggs James Patten Mitchell Stuercke Jr Bradly Taylor Jacob Wilson Timothy Doran Jeffery Luttman Theresa Alldredge Jade Little Aaron Hower Clay Anderson Wesley Young Michael Cates Nolan Glenn Mark Klamm Barry Willard

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Cindy Barnett Wade Wilson Robert Yarbrough Todd Lavinge Juan Meza Jesse Painter

AWARDED highlights

5 Years Timothy Mense 10 Years Ronald Rotterman

Children’s Mercy Hospital/Pipe Ray County Memorial Hospital/Pipe Wolf Creek/Pipe Certainteed/Millwright Crown Center/RTU replace Saint Luke's/Critical care monitoring

P1 Group offices are closed: Dec. 24 - 25 and Dec. 31 - Jan. 1 Enjoy very happy holidays and a happy New Year!

Louis Dreyfus Commodities/AHU replace Ray County Memorial Hospital/USP 800 upgrade Overstock.com/Liberty install Liberty Hospital/Air compressor

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Jeremy Price, Pipe Fabrication

Aquatherm pipe

Mike Wessel, Electrical Fabrication

Washburn Tech Students Explore Trades in Fab Shop Tour As is the case with many visitors to P1 Group’s fabrication shop in Lawrence, KS, students who recently toured the shop were drawn to the bright blue Aquatherm pipe awaiting delivery to a job site.

The students had several questions: “How much faster is it to use this?”“Does this pipe ever corrode?”“Do you need special certifications to weld this?”

Jeremy Price, Pipe Shop Manager, told the students that the pipe has been a great addition to P1’s fab shop line because it can be a faster solution for some projects, it does not corrode and, yes, the shop and welders have earned additional certifications.

“Everything is changing, constantly,” Jeremy said. “We need to keep up or we will be left behind.”

Students from the Climate and Energy Control Program at Washburn Tech, Topeka, spent part of the morning on November 15 touring all facets of the Lawrence shop – pipe fab, plumbing fab, electrical fab, sheet metal fab and the tool shop.

Besides Jeremy, the students also talked with Zach Knoll, Plumbing Fabrication Foreman; Mike Wessel, Electrical Fabrication Foreman;

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Tom Keating, Sheet Metal Foreman; and Ben Gannaway, Warehouse Operations Manager.

Their instructor, Joshua Thompson, said the opportunity to hear from representatives of various trades was invaluable. When students have the chance to be exposed to different crafts, it helps them make solid decisions on what trade to pursue.

“Also, it allowed the students to see some of the leaders they might work under. Relationships are important and this kind of visit helps to get those started” he said.

Thompson worked at P1 Group for three years as an HVAC technician, before he became a technical instructor about nine years ago.

He reached out to Mitch Campbell, Vice President, and Kyndel Paulsen, HVAC Lead Technician, to arrange the tour.

“I really enjoyed seeing all the changes that P1 is making and I’m encouraged to continue pointing students to a contractor that will continue to invest in their workers and challenge them to be the best,” he said.

Thanks for paying us a visit, Washburn Tech! 

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1 - Project Manager John Lundien and Project Manager QA/QC Rhonda Carter with a portion of the 200 lbs of food P1 Group and Parsons Electric collected for a local women's shelter in Pryor, OK; 2 - Electrical Foremen Mike Brown and Sean Conz from St. Joseph got a little dirty at Progress Rail, relocating conduit to allow the moving of equipment; 3 - P1 Group's Las Vegas team replaced four massive cooling towers at the Mandalay Bay Hotel, with: Jackson Pyper (Mechanical Project Manager); Rod Mickelson (field) and Jason Lee (Electrical Superintendent)

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