Setting a new standard in construction safety by blending rigorous physical safety training with proactive mental
= health support, P1 Construction of Lenexa, Kansas, earned SMACNA’s 2025 Safety Innovator of the Year Award.
The award, presented jointly by Vincent Neglia of Milwaukee Tool and Dave Szymanski of Federated Insurance, honors innovative ideas that significantly improve safety culture and outcomes in the industry.
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The Peer Connector Program offers voluntary, peer-to-peer mental health support, breaking stigma and ensuring judgment-free access to help. Trained employees serve as confidential resources, identified by special hard hats and branding, offering immediate assistance and connecting colleagues to professional support as needed. Inspired by a P1 safety specialist and military veteran, this program addresses suicide prevention in both construction and veteran communities.
Don Campbell, P1 Vice President, says, “We always remain focused on our most important resources: the human ones. Through rigorous daily checklists, mental health resources, training and mentorship, P1 leadership, from the top down, is committed to ensuring our associates show up mentally and physically prepared to make the best decisions every day.”
In addition to the award, SMACNA and its partners donated $2,500 to The Battle Within, a nonprofit organization supporting veterans and first responders battling PTSD, chosen by P1 Construction. Michele Orpin, Director at The Battle Within, expresses gratitude for the donation. “Our entire team thanks you for this opportunity,” she says.
Meet the 2025 SMACNA Safety Award Winners
The SMACNA Safety Awards Program celebrates the commitment and inventive efforts of members to provide secure environments for their employees. The awards recognize past accomplishments, as well as inspire a future marked by a dedication to safety and health within the HVAC and sheet metal industry.
There are two award categories: Top Safety Performer and Zero Injury and Illness Incidence. All members achieving an incident rate of 50% better than the U.S. Department of Labor BLS incident rate for sheet metal contractors in the U.S. and the adjacent rate for Canadian members will receive certificates as elite safety performers. All members demonstrating an outstanding safety record with zero reported incidents in 2024 receive certificates for safety excellence.
The 2025 winners are:
TOP SAFETY PERFORMER AWARD:
- Airco Mechanical Inc.
- Bel-Aire Mechanical
- Control Air Enterprises LLC
- Couts Heating and Cooling Inc.
- Dee Cramer Inc.
- General Sheet Metal
- Goyette Mechanical
- Harder Mechanical
- icon Mechanical
- JH Kelly
- Leo J. Roth Corporation
- MacDonald-Miller
- Marina Mechanical Services
- P1 Construction LLC
- Poynter Sheet Metal Inc.
- SSM Industries Inc.
- Streimer
- Tweet/Garot Mechanical Inc.
- U.S. Engineering Construction
- W.E. Bowers
ZERO INJURY AND ILLNESS INCIDENCE AWARD:
- A T Industrial Sheet Metal
- Accu Flow Balancing Co.
- Apollo Mechanical Contractors
- Crystal Heating & Cooling Service Inc.
- D|B Solutions LLC
- Dynamic Balancing Co.
- Evergreen State Heat & AC
- Fisher Balancing Co.
- G.E.S. Sheet Metal Inc.
- H & R Mechanical Systems Inc.
- Hays Sheet Metal Inc.
- Hunter Mechanical
- Intech Mechanical Co. Inc.
- Johansen Mechanical Inc.
- Just Right Heating & Cooling
- Leibold Inc.
- McGowne Ironworks LLC
- Modern Controls
- Neudorfer Engineers
- Optimum Performance Balancing LLC
- Ortiz Contracting Group
- PM Contracting
- Precision Air Designs Inc.
- Prime Sheet Metal Inc.
- Restaurant Ventilation Design
- S & Z Sheetmetal Inc.
- Scoggin Mechanical Industries Inc.
- TAB Systems Inc.
- Total Comfort Solutions, Inc.
- Tri-State Roofing & Sheet Metal Co.
- Van’s Industrial Inc.
