P1 Connection November 2023 by P1 Group

NOVEMBER 2023

P1 C NNECTION

Associate Newsletter

Let's Talk Turkey!

Thanksgiving is a holiday with so much tradition connected to it, and our P1 associates are no exception. This year we asked YOU about your Thanksgiving preferences and traditions.

How

key? r u t u do yo

72%

85%

Cook My OWN

as opposed to buying it ready-made

47% 16% 37% Oven

Fried

Brine fun fact

Smoked

The salt in the brine dissolves some protein in the muscle fibers, allowing the meat to absorb the brine and retain moisture.

"Growing up, my mom didn't know how to cook a turkey “Thanksgiving" style, so she made turkey posole, tamales, and mole - traditional Mexican dishes." - Laura Gomez, Project Coordinator. Check out this recipe.

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"Does wine count? If not, homemade stuffing, but definitely NOT made by me." - Jennifer Kohl, FMO Program Administrator was the orginal name of "green bean

brine

28% Mashed potatoes 22% Stuffing 17% Sweet potatoes

Green bean casserole". The recipe was invented by Dorcas Reilly in 1955 and is viewed over 4 "bake" million times on Thanksgiving every year.

33%: homemade noodles,

creamed corn, mac 'n' cheese, rolls, deviled eggs, and broccoli cheese casserole

Let's Talk Turkey!

Continued

Or Pie F M O

Did you know that the FIRST pumpkin pies were actually WHOLE BAKED PUMPKINS stuffed with assorted spices and apples?

43%

25%

32%

pumpkin

apple

Other

PECAN PIE is the favorite of the "other" category.

Pie of my Eye

Pumpkin pie might be the popular pick for P1, but nationally, apple pie is the overwhelming favorite!

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e cranb n e v ue Do yo

For an extra kick, IT Support Technician Trevor Payne suggests adding jalapeno to your cranberry sauce.

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36% CANNED

HOMEMADE

40%

EWWWW

Manager Victoria Hoffman likes to make this  Marketing citrus sangria cranberry sauce.

Did you know

Thanksgiving The first NFL ed in 1934. game was play

12% Parade

88%

football 2

24%

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It Began as a Zoo The first two years of the Macy's Day parade 1924 1926, saw handlers marching the route with animals borrowed from the Central Park Zoo. Learn more here.

Let's Talk Turkey!

Continued

day?

fri black

Brown Friday?

For residential plumbers, the day after Thanksgiving is their busiest day of the year, with a record volumen of house calls regarding clogged drains and broken garbage disposals (NOT clogged toilets, despite the name). Learn more here.

54% YES

46%

These days, a lot of people prefer to do their Black Friday shopping online, like Payroll Manager Melissa Weixeldorfer, who said " YES!" to Black Friday, "But online only!"

Nope

What are you THANKFUL for? "Waking up each morning with a roof over my head and food on the table."

Kathy Smith, Project Coordinator

"Family, friends, health, and P1!"

Cheri Totta, Safety Coordinator

"My health, cancer free!!"

Kelly Masters, CARE Coordinator "Quality time with family and friends – lots of belly laughs."

Diana Korbe, Project Coordinator

"The newest member of our family, Ellie, and our health! Also, the opportunities we have with friends, family, and work."

Dustin Thorne, Mechanical Estimator "I’m thankful for the liberties this country affords each of us, a loving family, great friends and a place called P1."

Kollin Knox, President

"I am thankful for the amazing Millwright team I get to work with every day."

"I am thankful for my family, friends, and health. I appreciate the accomplishments achieved by the P1 companies this year. It’s been exciting to watch everyone reach their goals and achieve milestones in 2023."

Marques Nisely, Project Manager

Gloria Keating, CFO

"I’m most thankful for having a loving & supportive spouse of 38 years, our beautiful daughter and "bonus" son who live close, and all the fun adventures we’ve had this year."

"Starting my career at a good company that makes coming to work easy."

Kathy Wacker, Service Coordinator "I’m thankful for the same things I am thankful for every day: Our P1 associates, my team, and the fact that we can provide employment for so many families. Even when the size of the company makes it challenging, we must never lose sight of being a family-first company. P1 will continue to foster a culture of caring and support for one another this year, next year, and for years to come."

Smitty Belcher, CEO

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Greg Murphy, Project Engineer

"Kids sleeping through the night! We have Irish twins so it’s been a couple years since we consistently got sleep through the night."

Erik Woods, Purchasing Coordinator "Being financially stable enough to move into an apartment closer to work."

Josie Vestal, Lead Service Coordinator "My husband, son, mom, sister, and other family members, who are healthy; also P1: I work with great people and it’s a great company."

Vicki Jesse, Project Coordinator

BIG JOB FOR A VENUE Building Technologies Performs T-Mobile Center Controls Upgrade

Imagine the size and scope of mechanical and electrical systems needed to serve a 700,000 sq. ft. sports and entertainment venue. The T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, MO, is that venue, and a team of electricians from P1’s Building Technologies division was awarded the building automation upgrade, allowing all these systems to work and communicate seamlessly. You’d never know it looking at the compact control panels, but these upgrades throughout the facility perform a very big job. Some of the major equipment controlled by the panels include boilers, chillers, and large air handling units (AHUs), all of which are critical to the functionality and comfort of the Center. Project Manager and Electrical Foreman Michael Green said P1 won the job through competitive bid. 

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QUICK FACTS 9 miles of cable 24 AHUs/varying sizes 160 Fan Coil Units 110 Variable Air Volume

Systems (VAVs)

John also notes that upgrading someone else’s work presents its own challenges, which P1 was able to meet. From a hands-on perspective in the field, there’s also the challenges that come with following up on someone else’s work,” John said. “We can’t always use the exact paths as the previous electricians, so we have to investigate and then quickly decide whether to follow in their footsteps or create our own new pathways through the space.” Despite the obvious challenges, Michael says it’s been a really cool project to work on.

From massive AHUs to boiler and chiller rooms, the upgraded control panels are critical to the systems functioning well.

 “Johnson Controls was the existing controls contractor for the Center, and P1 was able to come up with a number that met their bid criteria,” Michael said. “We also partnered with Max Electric, which helped us secure the bid.” Both Michael and project Foreman John Ciesiensky agree the biggest challenge has been working around the busy T-Mobile Center schedule. “In an event center with so much going on, there’s no shutting down, and disruption has to be kept to a minimum, so we have adjusted our own hours and worked hard to ensure we get the work done around T-Mobile’s busy schedule,” Michael said. “We’ve studied the event calendar carefully, and coordinated with the T-Mobile Facilities team to ensure the controllers and units we’re changing over are either non-critical for the upcoming events or back online in the new system prior to it,” John explained.

“Everyone knows the arena, and even though most people will never think about what goes into keeping an arena this size running, it’s rewarding to know our P1 team is playing a major role in the functionality of the building, supporting the performances and events that happen there,” Michael said. “Seeing the behind-the-scenes areas of the arena and everything that goes into preparing for events is a unique VIP perspective most people will never get to experience,” John added. “For me, the challenges are the fun part,” John said. “I enjoy solving problems and finding solutions, so any challenges are like real-life puzzles and logic problems. The results of solving them make it worthwhile!” The team has approximately one-third of the controls upgrade project complete, with an estimated completion date of February 2024. 

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”We get little to no cell service so my favorite part is getting to unplug and spend quality time with my family.”

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Colorado “We did a lot of hiking, went to Pike’s Peak, Garden of the Gods, Can-Am tour of the mountains, art festival, and of course we ate lots of good food.”

Houston

“I got my Tex-Mex fix, went to an Astros game and spent time with family and friends.”

Coming Home to P1 Diana grew up in Tecumseh, KS, with one sister and four brothers. She stayed very busy during high school with tennis, soccer, track, and basketball, all while working part-time at Dairy Queen. She was hired as a Human Resources assistant in the P1 Lenexa office, but after a few months wanted to move back to Topeka to be closer to her family, including her aging grandmother. She was able to transfer to the P1 Topeka office as Service Coordinator. During this time, she started taking classes at Baker University and received her degree in Business Management in May 2022. She moved to Houston for a couple of years and worked as a flight dispatcher. When she decided to move back to the Kansas City area, the first thing she did was look for open positions at P1. “I really enjoyed working at P1 due to the people and the culture,”Diana said. “It’s kind of like a family and I wanted to go back to that.” Diana currently works out of the Lawrence office as an Electrical Project Coordinator, reporting to Operations Manager/Team Leader Rick Drake.

Thanks for letting P1 live vicariously through your travels, Diana! 8

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SPEAKING SAFETY: DO YOU KNOW WHAT CAUSES THE MOST SERIOUS INJURIES ON THE JOB? OSHA developed the Focus Four Initiative to target the top four safety hazards in construction, which include: Falls from Heights; Struck By; Caught In-Between; and Electrical Shock.

Safety Specialist Bry Grame recently attended a presentation with the Kansas City OSHA Area Director covering OSHA’s update on the construction industry. Here are some highlights: Fatalities from the OSHA Focus Four Nationally for FY 2023

“P1 has been stressing the importance of situational awareness heavily,”Bry added. “The statistics support the importance of this not just for P1, but for the industry as a whole.” OSHA’s National Emphasis Program OSHA has a temporary National Emphasis Program (NEP) which will focus OSHA’s resources on particular hazard(s) that are trending negatively. Existing and potential new emphasis programs are evaluated and decided on by reviewing inspection data as well as injury and illness statistics. When a hazard enters the NEP, it enables OSHA inspectors to open an investigation just by driving by and seeing the work being performed. EXCAVATIONS were recently added to the NEP, and Bry says it has been very successful. "On average, over the last decade, there have been approximately 20 fatalities per year involving excavations," he said.

263: Falls from Heights; 346: Struck By; 122: Caught in Between; 64: Electrocutions

"By June of 2022, there were already 22 deaths – just that year - from excavations. At the end of the year, it had reached a record 39."

Fatalities from the OSHA Focus Four in Local Region VII (MO, KS, NE, IA) for FY 2023

After OSHA added excavations to the NEP, the number for 2023 is down to TWO to date. Young Workers Covered under OSHA 1970 ACT

52: Falls from Heights; 83: Struck By; 43: Caught in Between; 19: Electrocutions “These stats represent a significant change, as falls regularly lead the list,”Bry noted. “But ‘Struck By’has taken the top spot for this year.”

OSHA also wants to continue spreading the notice that young workers (ages 15- 17) are also covered under OSHA 1970 ACT, and have the right to a safe working atmosphere. Young workers tend to get injured daily from: unsafe equipment; inadequate safety training; inadequate supervision; pressure to work faster; stressful conditions. 

THANK YOU P1 for participating in Suicide Awareness month. It was another successful year and continues to grow! There were 500 participating companies in 2023, up from 388 in 2022 and 107 in 2021.

A “STRUCK BY” incident could include being struck by either powered or moving machinery, a falling object or equipment, or by a discharged or flying object.

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N E W FAC E S/ANNO UNCEMENTS Please join us in welcoming our newest P1 associates. KEY: (C) = P1 Construction, (S) = P1 Service

(S) Amy Allen Accounts Payable Lead Lenexa

It's Benefit Enrollment Time

Smallest NEW FACES

The benefits open enrollment period is November 1-15. Check your email for in-person and virtual meetings.

Congratulations to Technologies Foreman Kyle Wilson and family on welcoming their newest member – Levi Thomas Wilson.

Benefit documents are located on the Hub.

Levi was born 7 lbs, 9 oz on October 24. Mom and baby are doing great.

HAPPENINGS

(S) Susanne Blaukat Administrative Assistant Wichita

HR will email when the Benefits Open Enrollment Portal is active.  TWO MILLION pounds of sheet metal! The P1 Sheet Metal Fabrication Shop recently surpassed this number, celebrating the milestone with lunch and cake.

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BI RT H DAYS + ANNIVERSARIES Office and field associate birthdays and work anniversaries

NOVEMBER BIRTHDAYS 1

WILLIAM CARRENO JEREMY MULICH BENJAMIN STITT KEVIN WARNECKE VINCENT KANE MICHAEL BROWN JOSE MORENO RICK ELLIS NICK LAWLESS BEN SCHRADER CHRISTOPHER HILBERT JOSHUA BROWNLEE LIZ LYON MICHAEL DEFOE ZACHARY REVER GARY JONES CHRISTIAN CASTEL NICHOLAS WEBER JONATHAN WRIGHT DAVE ROLLO JULIUS BROWN ISAAC HOEHN RISTON BREINER RICHARD CARBAJAL RYAN RAMIREZ-JENNINGS DENIS DE MATA SANTISTEBAN SARAH EDGINGTON GAGE HENDRIX JEREMY PRICE AARON STEFFENSEN

7 8

9 10 11

12 13

CODY WATSON DANIEL CLINESMITH JAMIE BURKE TIM HOOVER JUSTIN KOERNER STEVEN HOLLADAY MATT SCHNECK MARTIN STILL PETE SORENSEN DYLAN STUMP BILL FREDE JAMES JENKINS ADAM STEIN JOHNNY RUIZ CHRIS CARR PAT JOHNSON MICHAEL WESSEL JASON QUATTLEBAUM LARYN WILSON SHAIN BURK TERRY WHITSELL KENNETH WINGENDER JEN MORRIS ALEX VANLEEUWEN RYAN NEWELL DON CREASON CANDY BORTNIKER KIM CLARY COLLIN KEHL SHAWN OLWELL

14 15

18 19

CHAD FOSTER CASEY EVANS NICK MILLER TAYLOR STEELE TIMOTHY LOWE JOSH STEVENS JOE MARTINEZ JERRY GISHIE ERIC NOTT NICK ANGLIN NEIL NORMANDIN KRISTI ARMSTRONG CAMERON LAMKIN MICHAEL BRUNNING TAYLOR SUPPLEE DILLON CHRISTIAN JEFF SHAW JOE ROSETTI STEVE GRAY JERRY CAREY DANIEL KORP NICK MICCOLI CHRIS BROXTERMAN DAN FISCHER ELIJAH VERBICK JODIE SMALL DYLAN DUNBAR ERIC BAUGHER GARRETT FALK REBECCA VENABLE

WORK ANNIVERSARIES 5 YEARS: TODD ANDREWS, JARED BROWN, KEVIN WARNECKE, GREGORY KITTELSON, RON ISBELL 15 YEARS: CLINTON GECHTER

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21 22 23 24 25 26

27 28 29 30

JOSHUA LANDKAMER MINH THUAN NGUYEN JOHN CROPPER ABE MARTINEZ JACOB MARTINEZ MUNOZ RICH BREEZE JAY RENNER LACIE PALMER NOLAN ROBERTS JASON KLEINSORGE KYLE DILLINGHAM WYATT ALEXANDER CLIFF PRAY MICHAEL POWERS BRUCE HIGHT MADELINE NEISEN CHAD ANGST MATTHEW JACOBS CAMERON MOTEN KYNDEL PAULSEN KEVIN KIBBEE BELLE BURRISS

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