TEXO announced today that Skiles Group has won two Distinguished Building Awards for the 2016 competition. Winning projects/categories are Surgery Center of Plano /Health Care 1 ($0 -10 M); and DynaTen Annex/ Industrial/Warehouse 1 (Up to $5 M). The Distinguished Building Awards embody the skill, commitment and passion that TEXO members have for construction. Criteria for judging included difficulty in... read more
2016 Fall Prevention Safety Stand Down
With falls still being the leading cause of fatalities in the construction industry, this week we hosted Fall Prevention Safety Stand Downs on 8 of our projects in 2 states with over 180 workers in partnership with OSHA, TEXO, NIOSH, NORA, ASSE, NCSE, CPWR, the National Safety Council, OSHA Training Institute Education Centers, and the U.S. Air Force. To show that safety awareness and education is important for... read more
2015 Fall Prevention Safety Stand Down
Yesterday we had all 6 of our jobsites in the DFW area temporarily stop work to observe the Safety Stand-Down in partnership with TEXO, OSHA, NIOSH, and NORA. With falls still being the leading cause of death in our construction industry, we used this time to have an open discussion with over 170 our workers about the four main causes of these fall fatalities and how to prevent them. We use this Stand Down, as well... read more
Skiles Group Wins Two 2015 TEXO Distinguished Building Awards
TEXO announced today that Skiles Group has won two Distinguished Building Awards for the 2015 competition. Winning projects/categories are Parkway Surgical & Cardiovascular Hospital/Health Care 1 ($0 - 10M); and Texas Health Ben Hogan Sports Medicine Southwest Fort Worth /Interior Finish-Out 1 ($0 - 500 K). The Distinguished Building Awards embody the skill, commitment and passion that TEXO members have for... read more
Skiles Group Welcomes Keyan Zandy
Skiles Group recently hired Keyan Zandy as the construction company’s director of operations, a new position. Dallas-based Skiles Group builds health care and institutional projects throughout the Southwest. “Skiles Group is growing, and Keyan’s expertise in developing processes and organizational structures will provide essential direction and guidance to the entire project team with respect to project... read more
Texas Health Southwest Breaks Ground on $40M Expansion
"The expansion will add the second of two medical office buildings to the campus. The $40 million, five-story facility will feature an endoscopy and outpatient surgery center including an observation deck between operating rooms for families and other visitors. Also planned are three floors of physician office space for future growth and a five-story parking garage. Serving as the project construction firm is... read more
The Sanders Trust Completes DFW Medical Office Development
“The Sanders Trust, a Birmingham, Alabama-based health care facility developer, has finished building a new $8.7 million medical office building on the campus of Lake Granbury Medical Center near Fort Worth. The company plans to own and manage the 41,000-square-foot medical office building, which The Sanders Trust began building this past August. The building officially opens Thursday.” Read... read more