Keyan Zandy wants to improve the industry for the next generation of builders. Announced as its new CEO March 1, Zandy has worked at Skiles Group, a Dallas-area healthcare specialist contractor, for over eight years. Projects completed by Skiles Group include the vertical expansion and parking garage project at Methodist Dallas Medical Center (pictured above) in Richardson, Texas, which won a TEXO Distinguished... read more
D Magazine: What Is Being Done to Solve Construction’s Workforce Shortage?
The labor shortage in construction is nothing new, but the problems are only getting worse. 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. So, today I want to talk about what’s happening in our industry, and I... read more
Skiles Group Names Keyan Zandy Chief Executive Officer
We’ve got some BIG NEWS to share as we head into our 50th year! After eight years with the firm, Keyan Zandy will take the helm as our next CEO, effective May 1. You can read more about this transition here:... read more
The Zweig Letter: Construction Outlook
Disruption drives innovation, and these challenges will help us to be leaner in our business and develop more creative and collaborative ways to build. As we start 2022, the pandemic’s ripple effect is still creating upheaval and disorientation for the construction industry. We are currently experiencing significant problems from three distinct fronts: cost escalations, long lead times, and labor shortages. I... read more
“Best in Show” for 7th Annual Bark + Build
Our team—which includes our friends at E4H Architecture—snagged "Best in Show" for the The 7th annual Bark + Build Luxury Dog House and Cat Condo Design/Build Competition! Read more about this competition and the other winners here:... read more
The Zweig Letter: Up, Up, and Away
The disruptions we’re facing today are forcing us to get creative and evolve the ways we think and work. New opportunities are in reach if we stretch for them together. Volatility is nothing new for construction. Weather, logistics issues, tariffs on raw materials, worker shortages, etc., are all unpredictable and bring elements of risk. Yet nothing is like what we are currently experiencing. The Associated... read more
Skiles Group Wins AGC Innovation Award
The Associated General Contractors of America has honored us with a 2021 Innovation Award for the development of our patented safety app, Smart Safety. The AGC's Innovation Award is conferred annually to just three firms, and serves to recognize companies that are creating novel solutions to pressing industry challenges. https://youtu.be/WwZlvU5-NIc Read more about this award and the other two winners... read more
Parker University Begins Fall Trimester
Parker University Begins Fall Trimester with Assistance from Skiles Group; New and Rebuilt Facilities Transform Campus After 2019 Tornado Parker University’s ParkerFit gym, built by Skiles Group, opens for Fall 2021 and garners TEXO Distinguished Building Award. Dallas, TX, Oct. 12, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Following extensive tornado destruction on its campus in October of 2019, Parker... read more
D Magazine: Part 2- The Hyper-Volatility Driving Today’s Construction Materials Market
ZANDY: Concerning forecasting, how are you managing this volatility? How are you trying to give GCs or owners accurate prices—and who’s carrying the escalation? What are you guys doing to leverage your risk contractually? PRESSLEY: We used to live in a market where pricing could be locked in for 30, 60, or 90 days from the bid date of a project, and then distributors had no issue holding the pricing for the... read more
D Magazine: Part 1- The Hyper-Volatility Driving Today’s Construction Materials Market
This conversation may not reveal things we want to hear, but instead, things we need to hear. The more we can inform our clients, the better off we’re all going to be. So, the hopeful purpose of this talk is for all of us to better understand what is going on with the hyper-volatility driving today’s construction materials. I feel like the big-ticket items—drywall framing, structural steel, mechanical... read more