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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.
As a result, we accelerate the development of groundbreaking individualized therapies and treatments that transform the potential of all children, one child at a time.
This is not so in the case of the Children’s Mercy Hospital Research Institute tower. This is a story that makes the connection between what we do and why it matters.
Both Kollin and Carey note the profound impact the Institute’s work will have on children’s health, and how humbling it is to be part of its creation.
A flagship project for P1 Group, the mechanical scope of the project was awarded in 2018. The Research Tower project consisted of two phases, with final completion in early 2021.
“P1 gets to put our expertise to work installing complex HVAC and plumbing systems for a facility used to create cures and treatment for children. I cannot think of a more worthy cause,” Carey said.
Following this milestone, P1 recently announced our pledge of $50K over five years to the Research Institute. P1 President Kollin Knox and Mechanical Team Leader/Senior Project Manager Carey Minihan were able to tour the facility this fall.
“Most funding for medical research comes from the NIH (National Institute of Health)," Ruth explained. "Historically, 90% of those dollars go to adult medicine, not pediatrics.”
The tour was hosted by Ruth Gardner, Children’s Mercy Hospital Manager of Corporate Philanthropic Giving.
Ruth says research has been an integral part of the Children’s Mercy Hospital mission since its inception in 1897, serving as one of the
"90% of the funding dollars from the National Institute of Health goes to adult medicine, not pediatrics." Ruth Gardner “As the tour ended, I thought ‘this is why we do what we do,’” Kollin said. "It may seem difficult to describe P1 Group’s ‘why’, but the following description of the institute summed it up for me.” The Children’s Mercy Research Institute (CMRI) integrates research and clinical care with multidisciplinary teams at the point of care while bringing together nationally recognized expertise in genomic medicine, precision therapeutics, population health and health care innovation.
hospital’s three founding pillars: clinical care, research, and education. “In the past, pediatric medicine has mostly just treated children as small adults,” Ruth explained. “We’re learning kids metabolize things differently, their endocrine systems are very different, and they need different types of treatment, not just smaller doses of adult treatments.”