P1 Service Performance Solutions Team Goes to the Head of the Class When a vendor working with Paola USD 368 discovered sludge and other performance issues with the high school’s 30-year-old hydronic piping system, he thought P1’s Performance Solutions group might be just the team for the job. As a prestigious...
P1 Service Hosts Great Plains NEBB Technicians for TAB Training We’re proud of the P1 Service Training Facility at our Lenexa headquarters for good reason. It is both unique to P1 Service and useful to our professional community. Our Training Facility is a resource that goes beyond keeping our own service...
By P1 associate average tenure, Warehouse Driver Jeremy Heim is a short timer - he's only been here about 1.5 years. But Jeremy has already found a good fit with P1 Service’s Wichita team and enjoys the work. His responsibilities include taking care of everything coming and going from the warehouse, including...
Talented technicians are just one of the ways P1 Service excels at customer service. That’s why P1 put together a service technician training committee. The committee was assembled over the summer with the goal of developing a technical training curriculum that will address the topics most vital to our associates. The...
Tanner H., a P1 Service plumber who finished his apprenticeship in June, placed a very close second at the 2018 UA National Apprentice Competition in Ann Arbor, Mich., August 11-15. A member of Local 8 Plumbers and Gasfitters, Tanner went to nationals after placing first at state and then winning his...
If you have any involvement with your facility’s HVAC, chances are you’ve been hearing about the R22 phaseout. But be warned: simply Google searching your options could lead you down a path of misinformation. P1 Service Service Manager Brian H. is here to set the record straight. Q: What is the...
When class is dismissed for summer, P1 is working fast to complete school projects. Main image: One of the most significant changes in Lakin Elementary's kitchen will be unseen by most people - the new kitchen hood exhaust and makeup air unit, which will alleviate air leakage issues. Each summer, P1...
Congratulations to Kyle Cullen and Andrew Maginness on winning state craft competitions in pipefitting and HVAC, respectively. The purpose of these competitions is to see how well unions across the country are learning different skills and to improve skills overall as a trade. Kyle, a five-year apprentice, was top three out...
TOPEKA, Kan. – Kaleb Palmer, a fifth-year apprentice for P1 Service, was awarded apprentice of the year for Local 226 by JATC. Palmer participated in an apprentice contest, which consisted of a hands-on and written portion. Palmer has primarily worked on projects in central Kansas with P1 Service. His work was...
LENEXA, Kan. – P1 Service is responding to new OSHA regulations by providing customers with updated information on how to proactively convert and replace HVAC systems. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a phase-out of the production and importation of ozone-depleting substances under the Clean Air Act. The act calls for...
LENEXA, Kan. - New and aspiring Kansas school superintendents spent time at P1 Service’s Lenexa office this week, learning about procuring and funding facility improvements. The superintendents are participating in the BOLD (Business Operations Leadership Development) program of the Kansas Association of School Boards. Members of P1 Service’s Performance Solutions team...
LENEXA, Kan. - The recent addition of Critical Environment Certification (CEC) services is allowing P1 Service, LLC, to better serve our healthcare and laboratory clients. P1 Service CEC technicians visit controlled environments in hospitals, pharmacies and labs to test, repair and certify equipment. John Cobb, P1 assistant service manager, is leading...
Chase Serrault, a P1 apprentice, won top honors in the HVAC portion of the UA District 4 contest earlier this month in St. Paul, Minn. He is the first Local 441 apprentice and the first from Topeka Service to place first and move on to the International Contest, which will be...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Paul Nickell, a P1 apprentice, won the UA Missouri State Plumbing Contest on April 29 at the Plumbers and Pipefitters Apprenticeship Training Center of Missouri/Local 8. Also competing were Tanner Hansuld, a P1 apprentice, and Chris Dieckman, an apprentice with Rand Construction Co. Paul will represent Missouri at the...
TOPEKA, Kan. - P1 Service apprentices won three of the four top spots last month at the state competition of the Plumbers and Pipefitters Apprenticeship Training of Kansas/Local 441. The winning fifth year apprentices were Jeremy Alexander, Plumber; Kyle Babcock, Pipefitter; and Chase Serrault, HVAC-R. All three are eligible to compete...
LENEXA, Kan. - Five P1 ammonia refrigeration technicians have been trained to respond to ammonia spills and other emergencies through the HAZWOPER (Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response) 40 Hour training developed by OSHA. Dan Shoemaker, Dan Holloway, Jamar Jackson, Ricky Rohaus and Chad Moreland attended the training along with Lewis Ellington...
WICHITA, Kan. – P1 Service presented “How Three Districts are Producing Solutions to the Deferred Maintenance Issue” at the Kansas Association of School Boards (KASB) Convention December 3-4 in Wichita. Dana Dunn and Rusty Roderick of P1 Service hosted the session with a panel of three Kansas school superintendents: Andi Williams,...
And not only did Darin Mason win the contest on March 21 in Tucson, Ariz., he set a record. Mason is an apprentice with IBEW 226 Topeka. He is currently working with P1 Service on Wefald Hall, the new dormitory under construction at Kansas State University. At the NECA contest, Mason...
TONGANOXIE, Kan. - On average Kansas public school districts spend 9.85 percent of their annual operating budgets on facilities, maintenance and utilities. With available resources shrinking, administrators face a daunting challenge maintaining school facilities. Tonganoxie schools recently utilized the P1 approach to save the district money. After switching from the previous...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A chilled water system at The Saint Luke’s Hospital Energy Center went into operation in 2007 but was not meeting performance standards. Last year, Saint Luke’s and P1 Service did an extensive review of the system’s design, then completed an energy audit and worked together on an...
