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design/build services. tem and a collaborative approach with
All of the projects are in the Phoenix
area, Stoaks says. For the past eight years,
Arizona Business Magazine has named
RBI as one of the top-10 general contrac-
tors in the city, and the Phoenix Cham-
ber of Commerce named RBI one of the
top-10 finalists for the Small Business of
the Year Impact Awards in 2007. “We
really believe in the Phoenix market,” he
says. “We might venture out within our
state to maintain our current client base,
but we believe our city will continue to
give us work.”
RBI is finishing its first development,
Paloma Kyrene Business Community, with
sister company Dove Business Comm-
unities. The $15 million, 173,000-square-
foot office and industrial condominium
complex in Chandler is unique because
the company used materials such as a tilt
concrete and Mesastone for a sand-blast-
ed block surface. “We put a lot of empha-
sis on the way the block and the colors
coordinate,” he says.
The company performs personalized
and project-specific planning on all jobs.
“An innovative project management sys-
The company has no plans to grow into
both our clients and subcontractors en-
ables RBI to carefully plan each project,
and then deliver a quality product that
meets the original budget and timetable
set by our customers,” the company says.
“Effective project management maintains
project schedules, controls costs and pro-
vides for open channels of communica-
tion to keep our clients aware of the sta-
tus of their entire project.”
Feels Like Family
Stoaks founded the company in 1993 with
his wife, Cyndi Stoaks, who serves as CFO.
A daughter, Lynette Geller, handles other
financial aspects of the company. Many
of the company’s clients are from Stoaks’
past relationships, and he has worked
with some of them for 15 to 20 years.
Many of the company’s employees
have also been with the firm for many
years, he adds.
“There are many businesses that do not
retain employees for a long time,” he says.
“We really feel like we’re family; we take
care of each other. And through that, we
respect and take care of our customers.”
a $100 million company, he says. “We just
want to be the best at what we can be,
whatever level that is,” he says. However,
the company does grow by 15 to 20 per-
cent every year organically and by taking
care of its customers. “We do what we say
we’re going to do and we are a big belie-
ver in keeping our word in all aspects of
construction,” he says.
The company also believes in giving
back to the community, he says. Stoaks is
a member of the Phoenix YMCA Metro
Board and also works on its facilities
committee.
Earlier this year, the company won the
Impact in Community Involvement award
from the Phoenix Chamber of Commerce.
Recently, it donated a 5,600-square-foot
building to Project C.U.R.E., a nonprofit
organization that collects medical equip-
ment and donates it to developing coun-
tries. The building, valued at $750,000,
was located in the Paloma Kyrene Bus-
iness Community. “We are very excited
about our future here at RBI,” Stoaks
says. “We have the team in place to
accomplish just about anything.” ■
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