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Cross Laminated Timber: What, Who & Why
January 31st, 2023Insights
Cross laminated timber, or CLT, traces its origins to advances in wood processing and fabrication about 30 years ago in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. Ten years later, the publication of Holzmassivbauweise (“solid wood construction”) provided the AEC industry with national guidelines for use of CLT in multistory buildings.
read more >At Home Décor Superstore HQ
December 27th, 2022Insights
Structure Tone Southwest is working on a home for At Home—At Home Décor Superstore’s new corporate headquarters. Located in Billingsley Company’s Cypress Waters development, the new four-story, tilt-up office building will include a 78,000sf design center with a mock store, photo and video studios, training rooms, collaboration and coworking spaces, and a coffee bar. The HQ is scheduled to be completed in 2023.
read more >Structure Tone Southwest Names Sterling Inzar New Chief Financial Officer
July 5th, 2022STOBG In the News
Structure Tone Southwest Names Sterling Inzar New Chief Financial Officer Structure Tone Southwest Names Sterling Inzar New Chief Financial Officer Dallas, TX (July 5, 2022) – Sterling Inzar has joined Structure Tone Southwest as Chief Financial Officer, based in our Dallas office. Sterling joins Structure Tone Southwest from STO Building Group partner Pavarini Northeast in Stamford, Connecticut.
read more >Speed to Market: STO Mission Critical in Texas
July 5th, 2022Podcast
In the fast-paced world of mission critical construction, speed matters—and builders everywhere are looking for game-changing solutions that will help them deliver on cost, quality, and schedule. Join Grant O’Neal, Operations Manager for STO Mission Critical in Dallas, Brett Skyllingstad, VP of Business Development for Structure Tone Southwest, Chris Shackelford, Project Executive for Structure Tone Southwest, and Al Jaurez, a Helix Steel expert, as they explore the mission critical market in Texas and an innovative approach to concrete reinforcement.
read more >EATALY MARKETPLACE: A Delectable Collaboration
December 1st, 2021Insights
Eataly: A lively Italian marketplace with restaurants, food and beverage counters, a bakery, and more. STO Building Group: A family of companies with a client-first mentality that keeps us at the leading edge of construction management. Two separate companies brought together by one common goal: to build amazing spaces.
read more >Building for Blast
October 25th, 2021Podcast
Join Justin Goodman, director of business development at Structure Tone Southwest, as he discusses the complexities of building blast resistant structures with subject matter experts: Aaron Westover, vice president of the industrial division at Rigid Building Group, Chris Talley, regional vice president of Structure Tone Southwest, and Rudy Tejeda, vice president of industrial work for Structure Tone Southwest.
read more >Structure Tone Southwest has promoted two leaders at their Dallas location
September 14th, 2021STOBG In the News
Dallas, TX (August 6, 2021) – Two senior Structure Tone Southwest professionals have been promoted to key roles in the organization: Brett Skyllingstad, Vice President of Business Development and Michael Contreras, Director of Technology.
read more >Up Next for WELL: “Look for the Seal” at Trinity Industries
July 8th, 2021Insights
From incorporating active design elements to increasing access to natural light, the concept of enhancing human health and wellbeing through the built environment has revolutionized the AEC industry. Last year, the pandemic pushed the wellness community to take their approach to occupant health a step further.
read more >Space as a Service
June 17th, 2021Podcast
From sit-stand desks to changing the way the world thinks about coworking—join us for a pre-pandemic discussion between Joseph Cribbin, president of Structure Tone Southwest, and Jeff Lamb, president and COO of Vari, a Texas-based company that’s redefining the workplace, one space at a time. Since the interview, the way we interact with the built environment has changed drastically, making Vari’s commitment to offering space as a service as relevant as ever.
read more >Structure Tone US Promotes Seven Leaders to New Executive Positions
April 9th, 2021STOBG In the News
New York, NY (April 9, 2021) – Structure Tone has promoted several leaders across multiple US locations to Vice President positions.
read more >Managing the New, Virtual Jobsite
September 16th, 2020Insights
While BIM and other tools have gradually helped bring virtual collaboration into construction, much of the process has continued to be done in person. But COVID-19 changed everything. With limitations on who can be on-site, virtual collaboration has become critical to keeping projects moving forward.
read more >FLYING HIGH: American Airlines’ Expansive HQ
March 26th, 2020Insights
Averaging 6,700 flights a day that reach hundreds of destinations across the US, American Airlines is one of the nation’s top choices when it comes to air travel—yet their headquarters hadn’t been revamped in nearly three decades. Armed with a clear goal and 300 acres of land in Fort Worth, Texas, the company set out to build a cutting-edge campus for their global operations.
read more >ALTERNATIVE DELIVERY METHODS: Which One Is Right for Your Project?
December 31st, 2019Insights
For the most part, the traditional “design-bid-build” model for the construction process has been a practical, straightforward means for delivering a construction project. The architect designs, a contractor is hired through the bid process, and the contractor builds.
read more >Renew & Refresh: Renovating in the Hospitality Sector
December 13th, 2019Insights
Hotels aren’t just a place to sleep. They reflect and contribute to the cultural fabric of their city—sometimes even help define it. But as increased competition, online reviews, and public expectations change, hotels must keep up.
read more >Space as a Service: VARISPACE Las Colinas
November 18th, 2019Insights
“Finding a better way” isn’t just the motto at VARIDESK—it’s the principle that launched the company. When one of the cofounders wasn’t happy with the complicated assembly of his sit/stand desk, he and his partner took on the challenge to “find a better way” by building their own desk. And so VARIDESK was born.
read more >Space as a Service: VARISPACE Las Colinas
October 7th, 2019Insights
“Finding a better way” isn’t just the motto at VARIDESK—it’s the principle that launched the company. When one of the cofounders wasn’t happy with the complicated assembly of his sit/stand desk, he and his partner took on the challenge to “find a better way” by building their own desk. And so VARIDESK was born.
read more >UPTOWN OVERHAUL: 2401 Cedar Springs
June 19th, 2019Insights
Occupied by a single tenant for 30 years, the former GuideStone building in Uptown Dallas had simply become part of the visual landscape. “Because it had been there so long with the same tenant, it just wasn’t on people’s mental radar screens,” says Joseph Pitchford, managing director at Crescent Real Estate, who recently purchased the building.
read more >Brett Skyllingstad Joins Structure Tone Southwest as Business Development Director
May 6th, 2019STOBG In the News
DALLAS TX (May 6, 2019) – Data center and construction professional Brett Skyllingstad has joined the construction management firm Structure Tone as Director of Business Development, Technical Services. Based in the firm’s Dallas office, Skyllingstad will support new and longtime client relationships and help develop growth strategies in the company’s Mission Critical and healthcare sectors.
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