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Hot Enough for You? Practicing Summer Heat Safety

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A recent report released by The Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2015 indicated that although Texas had the most heat injury cases that year, Kansas had the highest rate of heat injuries: 1.3 per 10,000 workers. Luckily, 鶹 Group's record has not followed that trend. So what do 鶹 field associates...

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Spring 2018 Corporate Sponsorship Awards Benefit Two Great Causes

Native Sons Pictured, top: Bryan Miller (second from right) with Native Sons sponsorship recipients

The Native Sons Motorcycle Club and a regionally-ranked Taekwondo competitor are the recipients of the Spring 2018 鶹 Group Corporate Sponsorships. Twice each year, in the spring and fall, 鶹 associates are invited to apply for a Corporate Sponsorship award. The sponsorships allow 鶹 to serve our communities through the organizations...

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鶹 Group Included in Bluebeam Guidebook

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鶹 Group’s document management system has been featured in “The Bluebeam Guidebook: Game-Changing Tips and Stories for Architects, Engineers, and Contractors.” Black & Veatch engineers Rachel Atteberry and Jason Hascall wrote the guidebook and included a five-page case study on 鶹 Group’s work with Bluebeam Studio Enterprise. 鶹 Group's Vanessa Taylor,...

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鶹's Grit Award Goes to Carey Minihan

Carey Minihan Grit award Carey Minihan (center) with Kollin Knox (left) and Bruce Belcher (right).

Carey Minihan is the recipient of the April 2018 Grit Award, which is part of 鶹’s Commitment to Excellence award program. Kollin Knox presented Carey with the award at the All Office Annual Meeting on Friday, April 27th. Carey, a senior project manager for Team Synergy, has worked at 鶹 Group...

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鶹 Charity Bracket Challenge Raises $1,160 for the American Heart Association

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LENEXA, Kan. -  Ron Schwatken, the father of 鶹 associate Sonja Raye, won 鶹 Group’s March Madness Bracket Challenge. Each year, 鶹 Group associates, family and friends are invited to fill out NCCA Tournament brackets for ten dollars per bracket. The winner receives half of the proceeds while the other half...

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鶹's Pipe Shop Completing Unique Panel Fabrication Job

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LAWRENCE, Kan. – 鶹 Group‘s fabrication shop is taking on more panel fabrication work and recently landed a significant contract to build room pressure reference panels for a lab client. These panels track the pressures in a room space versus a neutral space and/or an adjacent room’s space for the building...

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鶹 Charity Golf Tournament Raises $12,260

YTOP check 鶹 Golf Tourney 2017 Paul Smith, 鶹 Group, presented the tournament proceeds to Cynthia Randazzo, CEO (left) and Rose Simone, Director of Development., The Research Foundation.

LENEXA, KS – The 15th annual 鶹 Group Charity Golf Tournament raised $12,260 for The Young Traffic Offenders Program (YTOP) of The Research Foundation. Paul Smith of 鶹 Group presented the check recently to Foundation staff. “We are extremely grateful for this generous donation from 鶹 Group,” said Rose Simone, director of...

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鶹 Group Named a 2017 Top 600 Specialty Contractor

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鶹 Group has been named a 2017 Top 600 Specialty Contractor by the Engineering News-Record (ENR). 鶹 Group was ranked 110th among all specialty contractors and also placed 38th on the “Top 50 Firms in Mechanical” list. The ENR list combines 16 categories of specialty contractors and ranks them by annual...

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Smitty Belcher Makes Ingram's Business Leader List

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Smitty Belcher, 鶹 Group CEO, has been named to the Ingram’s 2017 list of the 250 most powerful business leaders in the Kansas City area. In its profile of Smitty, Ingram’s said: “Well-known across the country for safety and craftsmanship, 鶹 is under the leadership of a one-time certified welder for...

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鶹 Awards Fall 2017 Corporate Sponsorships

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LENEXA, Kan. - An outdoor learning area at an elementary school and a competitive softball team are the recipients of the Fall 2017 Corporate Sponsorships. The 鶹 Corporate Sponsorship program provides financial contributions to selected organizations nominated by 鶹 associates. The sponsorships provide a way for 鶹 to serve the community...

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鶹 Group Recognized in Aquatherm Case Study

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LAWRENCE, Kan.  - Aquatherm Pipe has published a case study on a project at Berry Global, which was completed by 鶹 Group. Berry’s Lawrence plant produces food-grade plastic cups and containers, operating 24/7 all year long. The plant uses an injection molding system and the steel piping that circulated cooling water...

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鶹 Group Honored with Bluebeam eXtreme Award

Bluebeam Extreme Award Some of 鶹 Group's Bluebeam team are (back row, from left) Bo Wempe, Cody McCray and Patrick Loecker; (front row, from left) Vanessa Taylor, Matt Damon, Sarah Garcia , Laura Adkins and Cameron Cooper.

LENEXA, Kan. - 鶹 Group, Inc. was recently awarded a Bluebeam eXtreme Award (bXa) for Advanced Use of Bluebeam Revu. The award was presented in August at the Fifth Annual Bluebeam eXtreme Awards in Los Angeles, during the 2017 Bluebeam Conference, attended by more than 1000 people. The eXtreme awards recognize...

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鶹 Group Awarded Work at Wolf Creek Generating Station

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BURLINGTON, Kan. – 鶹 Group has been awarded the Essential Service Water (ESW) / Containment Area Coolers (CAC) Replacement Project at Wolf Creek Generating Station. The scope of the project will include prefabrication of piping assemblies prior to the refuel and the replacement of approximately 540 feet of ESW pipe. Additional...

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More Efficient by Going Paperless

鶹 Group is more efficient by going paperless

To reduce inefficiencies and utilize new technologies, 鶹 is replacing stacks of paper drawings at many project sites with electronic plan documents that can be viewed on tablets in the field. 鶹 has also integrated our SharePoint project management system with Bluebeam, a PDF solution that is used by construction, architecture...

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鶹 Group’s Flexibility Helps Magna Continue Production Through Project

Magna work in Excelsior Springs by 鶹 Group

鶹 Group’s millwright project at Magna Excelsior Springs involved the demolition of three existing storage and retrieval systems and replacing them with new structures. The towers weighed 9,000 pounds and each one had to be operating before the next system could be removed. 鶹 provided flexible labor hours to work with...

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鶹 Group’s Medical Gas Solution for Expanding Hospital

Obstetrics and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) building at Olathe Medical Center

鶹 Group Inc. is completing the mechanical, plumbing and sheet metal work for the new Obstetrics and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) building at Olathe Medical Center. The  “Umbilical Phase” of the project – when the new building’s medical gas system was connected to the old building – presented a challenge....

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The Earth, Energy and Environment Center at KU

University of Kansas work by 鶹 Group

LAWRENCE, Kan. - Work is well underway at the new Earth, Energy & Environment Center at the University of Kansas. 鶹 Group is completing the plumbing, electrical, sheet metal and telecommunications work. Adjacent to Lindley Hall, the EEEC Center will bring together geology and engineering faculty and students for energy and...

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鶹 Group Awarded Saguaro Distillation Facility Project

Saguaro Distillation Facility Project

LAS VEGAS, Nev. – Recently, Schultz Industrial awarded 鶹 Group with the Saguaro Distillation Facility Project in Henderson, Nevada. The facility produces distilled water utilizing steam generated by the power plant, which will supply distilled water for local businesses’ use. The project scope consists of the installation process, utility piping, and...

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2017 Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day

2017 Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day

LENEXA, Kan. – More than 50 kiddos descended on 鶹 Group on April 27, 2017 to see where their parents work and learn a little bit about the construction industry! The day started out with a stop by the 鶹 Photo booth to capture a commemorative shot, then the festivities kicked...

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鶹 Awards Spring 2017 Corporate Sponsorships

KC Elite Fastpitch The KC Elite Fastpitch team

Two non-profit organizations nominated by 鶹 Group associates have been awarded the Spring 2017 Corporate Sponsorships. Twice annually, the Corporate Sponsorship program provides financial contributions to selected associate-nominated organizations. The sponsorships allow 鶹 to serve the community through the activities, events and organizations that are meaningful to 鶹 associates. The most...

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