Project highlight · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Multi-phase renovations test more than product knowledge—they test continuity.
At The Skirvin Hilton, success meant staying disciplined through an extended timeline, legacy field conditions, and shifting constraints while still protecting design intent and operational requirements.
Project recognition
A historic hotel with sustained Four Diamond recognition.
The Skirvin has earned AAA Four Diamond recognition every year since its 2007 reopening and has been a Historic Hotels of America member since 2008.
Our work: Multi-phase window-treatment work coordinated to existing field conditions.
Market
Historic hospitalityLocation
Oklahoma City, OklahomaVisible scope
Guestroom + public-space draperyDelivery
Multi-phase renovationThe long view
Continuity is what keeps a phased renovation from becoming a collection of disconnected decisions.
Extended schedules create their own form of project pressure. Teams change, field information evolves, existing conditions surface, and work has to remain compatible with an operating property.
The discipline is in retaining the thread: knowing what was decided, why it was decided, and how the next phase needs to connect to what is already in place.
What the work required
Protect the intent. Adapt to the building. Keep following through.
The Skirvin Hilton renovation called for consistent judgment across changing conditions and an extended delivery sequence.
Carry decisions, dimensions, material direction, and lessons from one phase into the next so the work stays aligned over time.
Existing openings and field conditions require practical adjustments without losing the relationship between the treatment and the room.
Keep communication, corrections, and remaining work visible until each phase is complete and the operational requirements are protected.
Finished project
One approach carried from guestrooms into public space.
Full-height treatments frame the historic architecture while giving each room the light control, privacy, and finish appropriate to its use.
The differentiator
Consistent follow-through over time.
On a multi-phase renovation, the real differentiator is not a single installation day. It is the ability to keep showing up with the context, judgment, and accountability required to carry the work forward.
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