TOPEKA, Kan. – ĢAv is committed to helping customers improve heating and cooling efficiency and save money. Westar Energy has taken note and named ĢAv the 2016 Heat Pump Dealer North Region Leader. To win the honor, ĢAv installed the most commercial heat pump tons in the area...
OLATHE, Kan. – ĢAv has been awarded work for the first phase of a $200 million headquarters expansion for Garmin International, near 151st Street and Ridgeview Road in Olathe. ĢAv will complete the plumbing, pipefitting and sheet metal work for a new 720,000 square-foot manufacturing and distribution center. McCown...
Smitty Belcher, ĢAv CEO, has been named to the Ingram’s Magazine list of the 250 most powerful business leaders in the Kansas City area. In its article, Ingram’s said of Smitty: “This one-time member of Pipefitter Local 50 in Toledo, Ohio, has never forgotten the value of getting every detail...
LENEXA, Kan. – This year ĢAv proudly participated in Operation Gratitude’s Halloween Candy Give-Back Program, which encourages local communities to gather and donate leftover candy to send to deployed troops and first responders. Thanks to efforts of employees and two local schools, Wolf Creek Elementary and Leawood Elementary, P1 was...
LENEXA, KS. – The annual Kevin Lane scholarship has been awarded for the second time to University of Kansas student, Patrick Canny. The scholarship is in honor of the late Kevin Lane, who worked as an electrical foreman at ĢAv for more than 27 years. As a sophomore this year,...
LAS VEGAS, Nev. - An article in the NEMIC News (National Energy Management and Institute Committee) recognized ĢAv and Las Vegas Sheet Metal Local 88 for their efforts to educate building owners about fire life safety. Kennedy Sanders, P1 start and test manager, and his team inspect and maintain fire and...
LENEXA, KS – The 13th annual ĢAv Charity Golf Tournament raised $11,594 for The Children’s SPOT (Speech Physical and Occupational Therapy) of Saint Luke’s Health System. Dennis Chenowith, the retired Saint Luke’s Health System Director of Facilities and Construction, thanked the golfers when they gathered after the tournament, informing them that...
AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. – Tom Crumrine, Vice President at ĢAv, Inc., was invited to speak as a panelist at the 2016 Utility Working Conference & Vendor Technology Expo held by the American Nuclear Society (ANS). The three day event is held annually in Amelia Island, Florida. It has grown since...
LENEXA, Kan. – Two non-profits nominated by ĢAv associates have been awarded the Fall 2016 P1 Corporate Sponsorships. Larry Bigus, Executive Director of the Johnson County Christmas Bureau Holiday Shop with Karen Boyd, Toy Department Director, left, and Vanessa Taylor, P1, right. The P1 Corporate Sponsorship program provides financial contributions...
LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Liz Ferguson is the recipient of the August 2016 PRIDE Award, which is a part of ĢAv’s Commitment to Excellence program. She is a Project Engineer who has worked out of the Las Vegas office for almost two years. Whether she’s assisting project managers with their daily...
LENEXA, Kan. - ĢAv Lenexa office associates had their first Quarterly Safety Meeting this week, providing them with the opportunity to learn more about ĢAv’s commitment to a “Safety First, Quality Always” culture. Greg Sweeney, Safety Director, gave a brief update on ĢAv’s safety statistics to date for...
ĢAv Hosts KC Bluebeam Users Group LENEXA, Kan. – ĢAv hosted the Kansas City Bluebeam Users Group (KC BUG) on July 27, to showcase the innovative ways ĢAv is using Bluebeam software. Bluebeam is a PDF solution that includes mark-up tools and a platform to manage and share...
Lawrence, Kan. – ĢAv has been awarded the plumbing, electrical, sheet metal and telecommunications work for the new Earth, Energy & Environment Center at the University of Kansas. Located adjacent to Lindley Hall, the EEE Center will bring together geology and engineering faculty and students for energy and environmental research. The...
Ingram’s, a Kansas City business magazine, has ranked ĢAv 62nd on its 2016 list of the 100 Top Private Companies in the Kansas City region. The list was published in Ingram’s June issue. To compile the list, Ingram’s ranked companies by 2015 revenues. P1 was ranked 62nd in 2015, 64th...
Contractor magazine’s annual Book of Giants has ranked ĢAv, Inc. 24th among the nation’s top 100 mechanical contractors. ĢAv also made the list of ten largest mechanical contractors in the Midwest. By comparison, in the overall Book of Giants rankings in 2013, 2014 and 2015, ĢAv ranked 24th,...
KANSAS CITY, Kan. – ĢAv was an exhibitor at the Garden City Ammonia Program 2016 Region 7 Ammonia Safety Day, held at Kansas City Kansas Community College on June 2. Industrial ammonia refrigeration is typically used by food processors and other manufacturers whose products must have cold storage in large...
LAS VEGAS, Nev. – ĢAv recently completed the core and shell for The Park. P1 was also awarded three tenant spaces and completed working on all three simultaneously. The Las Vegas team showed their expertise and knowledge of how to build quality restaurants in a short amount of time and...
LENEXA, Kan. – Three non-profit organizations nominated by ĢAv associates have been awarded the Spring 2016 P1 Corporate Sponsorships. The P1 Corporate Sponsorship program provides financial contributions to selected associate-nominated organizations. The sponsorships are awarded twice each year as a way for P1 to serve the community through the organizations...
BASEHOR, Kan. - Two high school seniors received $500 scholarships from ĢAv recently at the Basehor-Linwood High School Academic Awards and Scholarship Recognition Program. ĢAv hosted a drawing to award three $500 scholarships at the Kansas Association of School Boards convention in December. Two Basehor-Linwood school board members won the...
LAS VEGAS, Nev. – ĢAv was hired by TAB Contractors Inc. to relocate a gas line that was in the middle of a new tunnel being constructed and was a main 40 PSI service line for the D Gates at McCarran International Airport. Mark O'Rourke, P1 Foreman, was instrumental in...