The Associated Builders and Contractors' (ABC) Excellence in Construction© Awards celebration honors the nation's most innovative and high-quality construction projects and world-class safety, inclusion, diversity and equity programs. Winners were celebrated on March 16th in Kissimmee, Florida at the 33rd Annual Excellence in Construction Awards Gala. We were honored to receive a Pyramid Award for our work... read more
Skiles Group Wins TEXO Distinguished Building Award for The Parker Clinic
The Parker Clinic at The Star project has received a Distinguished Building Award from TEXO! This 9,500 SF sports and performance/chiropractic clinic houses 20 chiropractic adjustment rooms, four massage rooms, and an active care area with workout and rehab equipment, including a turf field and a synapse lab with specialized neurological rehabilitation equipment—all providing supportive care for patients who... read more
Skiles Group Wins TEXO Distinguished Building Award for The Tom Landry Fitness Center
Our work for The Tom Landry Fitness Center project has received a Distinguished Building Award from TEXO The Construction Association! This extensive interior renovation project comprised 9,463 SF of the main public space of the existing medical office building/fitness center and the infill of the 2nd floor of the Landry Center to allow for future tenant build-out of levels two and three. Areas that were... read more
Celebrating Our Women in Construction
To finish off Women in Construction (WIC) Week, Buddy Brumley, and Wayne Hendrix provided thoughtful gifts and a lunch at Rise to celebrate OUR women in construction! Pictured here with Buddy and Wayne are Lillian Puente, Michelle Davis, Katayoun Mokhtarzadeh, Kamie Harrison, Brooklyn Woodard, Becky Blank, Jyl Venner, Jean Robinson, Ana Melecio Patino, Saumya Thakur and Shelby McEntire. Some staff... read more
Women in Construction (WIC) Week 2023
March 6-10 is the National Association of Women in Construction's annual "Women in Construction (WIC) Week". The purpose of WIC Week is to call attention to the growing role that women are playing in the industry and to celebrate all of the women in construction. In recognition of WIC Week this year, our CEO, Keyan Zandy, sat down with a handful of our own women in construction to talk about how they built a career... read more
Form Follows Fitness 5K: Running for a Good Cause
Several of our Skiles Group team members braved a chilly morning alongside 3,300 others in our industry to participate in the Form Follows Fitness 5K, presented by Blackson Brick Company, in Downtown Dallas on February 18! The 5K's proceeds benefit the Architecture and Design Exchange, which seeks to increase the public's understanding of the power of architecture through programs, exhibitions, tours, and... read more
D Magazine: Strategies for Surviving (and Reversing) the Labor Shortage in Construction
While our industry is making great strides by evolving the delivery of work and incorporating new technologies, there is still a lot of room for improvement—and this becomes increasingly important if we hope to attract new talent and bright minds. It’s no secret that one of our biggest challenges is the labor shortage. Our entire industry needs more people—in the office and in the field, and especially... read more
Skiles Group Wins Bark + Build’s Hot Dog and Top Dog Awards
Skiles Group's Justin Davis, Katayoun Mokhtarzadeh, and Oscar Garcia teamed up with Albert Wang, Junye Zhou, and Jeremy Chen of Perkins & Will for this year’s Bark + Build competition, and their multi-functional creation named "Cave" won the Hot Dog and People's Choice/Top Dog Awards! Bark + Build, in cooperation with TEXO The Construction Association, provides opportunities for architects and... read more
Taking Flight: Helicopter Joins Jobsite Team at The Tom Landry Center
It’s always a fun day at work when we get to do something unique on one of our jobsites! Here’s a quick timelapse showing a Sikorsky S-58T helicopter lifting one of several new rooftop units (RTUs) onto The Tom Landry Center, as part of the second phase of construction for this extensive renovation project. This endeavor took about 20 people, two trade partners, and six months of planning to safely... read more
Celebrating the Season: Our Annual Holiday Fun
Get Festive Friday found us having some fun in the office! The break room was our “Get Festive” HQ, and staff came by to decorate cookies and play reindeer games as “The Grinch” played in the background. Some couldn’t resist sporting their most jolly attire, so we gave away a couple of little prizes, too—congratulations to Billy Geris for winning "Ugliest Sweater" and Lillian Puente for winning... read more