The Complete Contractor: Meeting Market Demands

“TODAY’S MARKET REQUIRES A COMPLETE ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR. IN PARTICULAR, THERE IS INCREASING DEMAND FOR ALL THE TECHNOLOGIES, LIKE ACCESS CONTROLS, SMART BUILDINGS, AND LOW VOLTAGE.”

Marvin Loecker, Executive Vice President

THE COMPLETE CONTRACTOR

ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION MEETS MODERN MARKET DEMANDS

EExecutive Vice President Marvin

Loecker has watched the Electrical division at P1 go through some experimental structuring, from separation to integration.

Today, Marvin notes Electrical Construction has come full circle, once again standing on its own - with one difference: a stronger focus on building comprehensive solutions to meet market demands.

“Today’s market requires a complete electrical contractor,”

Marvin said. “In particular, there is increasing demand for all the technologies, like access controls, smart buildings, and low voltage.

“Capabilities in electrical prefabrication and virtual design and construction will also be critical to our projects.”

That’s why the department has made some personnel changes, including putting Operations Manager Danny Farnan in place to lead the Building Technologies Department.

“Being an electrical contractor is not just providing the power and lighting, it’s supporting all the systems,” Marvin said. “Smart buildings are becoming more dependent on lowvoltage systems, and that’s only going to grow in the future.” “Senior Project Manager Jeff Dallas, Project Manager Mike McClammer, and Superintendent David Becerra are our resident experts, focusing on network cabling and fiber, while Danny focuses on other offerings,” Marvin said. Some of the effort to find those other offerings will fall to the new Client Development Manager, Mark Rau. Mark will use his 30 years of experience with securities and low voltage technologies to pursue opportunities with existing customers as well as seek new customers on a local and national level. “Mark will focus on the high-growth areas of business technologies, like audio/visual, security, CCTV and access controls, seeking bigger opportunities for P1 to put our existing capabilities to work,” Marvin said. In addition to mission critical work, Marvin says Operations Manager Casey Walsh will also help grow our electrical footprint by pursuing opportunities outside the region, including those generated by BCTS.

“Operations Manager Rick Drake will continue focusing on regional electrical opportunities. P1 has made great strides here, increasing market share and changing the perception of P1 as a mechanical-driven contractor,” Marvin said. “With help from Electrical Construction Senior Project Manager Mike Hutchison, we have made significant in-roads in the electrical healthcare market.” Marvin also notes that the changes in Mechanical Construction create a greater collaboration with Electrical. “We’re now structured more alike, with one go-to person for Mechanical and one for Electrical,” Marvin said. “I think Glenn Shain and I will have a better shared vibe on what’s going on, and can collaborate better.” “Electrical Construction is ready to take on new opportunity, and grow with a technology-heavy market,” Marvin said. “We have all the talent and capability, and look forward to bringing that to existing and future customers.” 

STEVE SMITH PHOTO “P1’S HISTORY OF SUCCESSFULLY PERFORMING WORK IN MANY DIFFERENT ELECTRICAL MARKETS HAS PROVIDED AN INVALUABLE RESOURCE OF HISTORICAL DATA THAT ALLOWS US TO QUICKLY AND EASILY MEET THE FAST-PACED DEMANDS OF OUR CLIENTS.”

STEVE SMITH/14 YEARS WITH P1 Vice President

“The construction industry as a whole, especially electrical construction, is moving at light speed as we engage with new technologies. Estimating and preconstruction are no different. P1 has taken an aggressive step forward to implement systems which let us meet the demands of our clients in a very short time frame, without compromising accuracy. P1 was on the front lines when we identified the need for a Construction Technologist, a role JEFF PETERSON took on a couple years ago. Jeff knows our industry and serves as a bridge between technology and our internal processes. He has been immensely valuable to our entire organization as he helps to streamline multiple functions. This is a great example of P1’s commitment to staying in front of the pack. P1’s robust history of successfully performing work in many different electrical markets has provided an invaluable resource of historical data that allows us to quickly and easily meet the fast-paced demands of our clients. Whether it is institutional, industrial, commercial, or mission critical projects - such as large hyper-scale data centers - facilities have integrated new technologies into the design. The electrical group as a whole has embraced the change and we are a true leader in this market due to our diversity and unwavering commitment to embracing new technologies.”