Craig Fritts

Director of Mission Critical Operations P1 Construction

Craig Fritts is Director of Mission Critical Operations at P1 Construction, where he leads the firm’s move into complex, high-reliability projects including nuclear. Craig brings extensive mechanical and specialty-contracting experience to the challenge of breaking into the nuclear supply chain, from standing up nuclear QA capability to competing for scope while data center and LNG work compete for the same people. He specializes in how aspiring subcontractors earn a place on major EPC and owner teams, and what genuinely separates the firms that succeed in nuclear from those that stall. Craig is a practical voice on building the capability, credibility and quality systems that win nuclear work.

Seminars

Tuesday 19th January 2027
Workshop: Winning Nuclear Work as an Aspiring Subcontractor
3:30 pm
  • Seeing how EPCs and owners actually assess a prospective nuclear partner, and what gets you shortlisted
  • Understanding what genuinely separates the firms that break into nuclear from those that stall
  • Standing up a nuclear QA vertical and winning scope while data center and LNG work compete for your people

Practical Takeaway: Leave knowing exactly how primes and owners judge a new partner, what differentiates the firms that successfully enter nuclear, and the concrete moves that get you on a major EPC’s shortlist.

Thursday 21st January 2027
Panel: Building the Workforce Pipeline for the Next Decade
1:15 pm
  • Building trade-school and apprenticeship pipelines that feed real nuclear craft, with skills testing built in
  • Running the training programs and retention strategies that keep people once you have them
  • Rebuilding the superintendent and field-engineer bench after a twenty-year gap in nuclear construction

Practical Takeaway: Leave with specific, proven approaches, from apprenticeships and skills testing to training programs and retention strategies, for building a nuclear workforce pipeline that actually holds.

Headshot of Craig Fritts, Director of Mission Critical Operations at P1 Construction, speaking at Advancing Nuclear Power Construction 2027