We mentioned in other posts that Linear Pipeline Projects have been the focus of discussion this past year with several of our engineering and construction clients.  The conversation focuses on improving the specification requirements for this scope of work, from what is currently circulating to wording that more clearly describes what is desired.  We often encounter outdated specs that request products or procedures that are either no longer available at all, or no longer in current use by ... Read More about LINEAR PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS

Just how expensive is the transition to Wide Format Touchscreen electronic management of electronic documents?  It is NOT expensive – it is a cost saver!  That said, most consider the up-front cost of purchasing a workstation to be the biggest obstacle.  To be clear – we’re talking about one of the many iPlanTables models available thru P-Tn.  Let’s put that myth to rest. The actual cost of obtaining an iPlanTable Desktop Commander is $5500.  Surprised?  How does that number compare to the ... Read More about AFFORDABLE CONNECTION to iPlanTables

Linear Pipeline Projects have been the focus of discussion this past year with several of our engineering and construction clients.  Conversation has centered around photo or video documentation of expansive projects, where the construction zone is extended over large areas and is constantly moving.  Unlike a single site for building construction, linear projects are much more challenging to document.  P-Tn delivers Pre and Post-Construction photos & videos, progress, and final completion ... Read More about AERIAL PANORAMA PROJECT DOCUMENTATION

No, I don’t think spring is around the corner – no way!  Well, maybe.  However, the Turner High School Building Trades residential home construction project IS on the final stretch of completion this spring … when spring does finally return.  Our P-Tn ProgressWEBCAM has been patiently monitoring jobsite activities and construction work for nearly two years now. Completed by both students in training, and professional contractors.  The Time-Lapse video we’ve been ‘building’ along the way is ... Read More about SPRINGTIME! … Is coming, sometime.

Early this month, P-Tn pushed a new PROJECT PAGE live on the L.G. Barcus & Sons website. This is the second new PROJECT PAGE for 2024 at Barcus.com.  The first featured their work on the unique Rock Island Bridge Project right here in the Kansas City Metro.  The latest write-up focuses on a recent Barcus project at Pelican Island (in the Gulf of Mexico) near Galveston, Texas.  Their work involves installation of auger cast piles for the foundation of a new central utility plant for Texas ... Read More about NEW BARCUS WEBSITE PROJECT PAGE

It’s a new year, and we have NEWS about iPlanTables!  Contact our staff for a 2024 iPlanTables Catalog. We’ll send one right away and we’re happy to schedule a 30-minute online webinar or arrange a hands-on DEMO at your location.  Let P-Tn take care of the scheduling details. We’ll thank you with a $100 CASH ‘Shavings’ off your initial iPlanTables order! Call us right away at 913-384-9369 or email [email protected]. What’s new for iPlanTables in the New Year?  Don’t put off converting ... Read More about NEW iPlanTables CATALOG for 2024

We’re sharing more posts about the return of large color METAL Wall Display photographs in offices.  You may notice that the one in this post has an unusual feature; this unique color print is bonded directly onto an ALUMINUM base!  Unlike anything else … a high gloss finish delivers a high-end industrial feel, along with vibrancy and exceptional quality of detail and resolution, creating a true focal point for your wall décor displays.  P-Tn professionally created METAL prints go far beyond ... Read More about METAL! WALL DISPLAY PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS

The 2024 (BS*) Building Science Symposium Season is ramping up!  There are SIX events currently scheduled throughout the 2024 calendar year.  The IBS Show in Las Vegas is coming up next month - February 26th!  Those of you who are “in the know” about this organization may have already benefited from attending one or more previous Symposiums … right here in Kansas City or elsewhere in the good ‘ol USA.  BS# and Beer KC brings professional builders together to enjoy an intense couple of days ... Read More about 2024 BS* SYMPOSIUM SEASON

Are you sharing your success stories?  On your website, on your office walls, through your social media posts and even your emails?  For years (actually, decades) the team at LG Barcus & Sons has engaged P-Tn to photograph their major projects and produce framed color prints for gifting to their customers, thanking their project team members & employees, and for impressive wall display photographs throughout their offices.  As the world has turned more ‘digital’, we now create both still ... Read More about LG BARCUS SHARES SUCCESS STORIES

Here we are again – in beautiful rural Kansas!  This assignment took us to Independence, Kansas for Pre-Construction photo/video documentation of a water system expansion for Nowak Construction.  Whether it’s open areas through farmland and along rural roadways, or along streets and through yards in cities or suburbs, specifications often require both PRE and Post-Construction records of pipeline routes like this one. In the event of an unforeseen dispute during or after construction, a P-Tn ... Read More about INDEPENDENCE KANSAS WATER SYSTEM

As many of our clients are members of the Heavy Contractors Association, you likely have already seen the December 1, 2023 issue of the HCA Newsletter - - which featured J.M. Fahey Construction in the “HEAVIES At Work” feature.  A selection of P-Tn photographs illustrate work this summer when their crews completed (along with many other Kansas City Metro Area projects) the resurfacing of 22nd Street between Oak St. and Harrison St. (just west of 71 Highway.  This very busy street handles heavy ... Read More about HCA – HEAVY CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION

We’ve completed our 50th year [that’s right – a half century] in business!  Thank you! Read some of our P-Tn HISTORY, then take some time to visit our SERVICES PAGE - see what we’ve been doing for five decades, and learn how we might bring the value of our PHOTO / VIDEO Visual Documentation Services to you & your business! It was way, way back in 1973 that a young man fresh out of high school, moved back to his hometown of Kansas City, from the ‘frozen tundra’ of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  ... Read More about HALF A CENTURY, GONE!