Perspectives With copper up 40%, uncertainty’s the theme for 2025 What’s the mood among US project owners right now? We asked George Swetz, Executive Vice President & General Manager of Skanska Integrated Solutions (SIS), based in Boston. The prevailing tone…
News Skanska tops out 19-storey student building in Boston Skanska yesterday marked the topping out of the 35,768-sq-m Living and Learning Center, a student accommodation building for Boston’s Simmons University. It ceremonially placed the uppermost steel beam on the…
News Skanska tops out timber New York AI research building Construction has topped out on Skanska’s Artificial Intelligence and Quantitative Biology building at New York’s Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL). The three-storey building is made from cross-laminated timber and will…
News Skanska, FlatironDragados to build $1bn Washington DC rail bridge A joint venture between FlatironDragados and Skanska has landed a $1bn contract from the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority to build the Long Bridge North railway bridge in Washington DC. The…
News Skanska lands $250m Boston airport parking garage contract Skanska has landed a $250m contract from the Massachusetts Port Authority to build a new parking garage at Boston’s Logan Airport Terminal E. Replacing the current garage, the new, 67,400-sq-m…
News Skanska starts $98m expansion of Oregon’s Redmond Municipal Airport Skanska this month starts a $98m project to expand Redmond Municipal Airport in Redmond, Oregon. Due to finish in early 2028, the project will add around 7,400 sq m of…
News Skanska wins two US contracts worth $514m Skanska has a contract to replace a road bridge in Massachusetts, and another to construct an engineering building at Virginia Tech University. The first, which is worth $274m, was signed…
News Skanska completes $38m Florida high school expansion Skanska has completed the $38m, 45,000-sq-ft expansion of Newsome High School in Lithia, Hillsborough County, Florida, to a design by Hepner Architects. The project involved building a new school auditorium…
Companies Skanska promotes Bill Trombley to VP for West Coast civils Skanska USA has promoted Bill Trombley to the role of vice president, strategic pursuits, for its West Coast civil engineering operations.
News Skanska to build Sweden’s longest wooden bridge Skanska has signed a $35m contract to build Sweden’s longest wooden bridge, a 400m-long structure spanning the Skellefte River in the country’s north east. Working on behalf of Skellefteå Municipality,…
News Skanska to lay foundations for major carbon capture plant in Sweden Skanska has won an €89.5m (SEK 990 million) contract to build foundations for a major new carbon capture and storage (CCS) plant in Stockholm. The client is heating and electricity…
News Skanska to replace New Jersey’s Pulitzer Prize-winning bridge for $421m Skanska has signed a $421m contract with the New Jersey Transit Corporation to replace a 435m-long rail bridge in Middlesex County. The scope of work on the Raritan River Bridge…
News Skanska to demolish and rebuild Florida elementary school Swedish contractor Skanska has signed a $47m contract to demolish and reconstruct parts of an elementary school in Florida. Osceola County hired Skanska to knock down portions of the Reedy…
News Skanska wins contracts in Sweden, Norway and California worth $139m Skanska has announced three contract wins: a $47m office in Sweden, a $37m school in Norway and a clinic in California worth $55m. In Sweden, the company will build a…
News Skanska completes $19.8m I-40 bridge in California Skanska has announced the substantial completion of the $19.8m Essex Road Bridge replacement project in San Bernardino County, California for the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans). Starting in May 2023,…
News Skanska to build $240m government facility in Oslo Skanska has signed a contract worth $240m with the Norwegian Directorate of Public Construction (Statsbygg) to build the second largest building in Oslo’s new government quarters. The 26,800 sq m…
News Skanska wins US contracts worth $786m Sweden’s Skanska has won two contracts in the US worth $786m: one is to build a parking garage and other modernisation works at Boston’s Logan Airport, and the other is…
News Skanska to renovate Nashville’s war memorial plaza Skanska has signed a $126m contract with the Tennessee Department of General Services to renovate downtown Nashville’s Legislative Plaza, a 1975 development that offers spaces for public events above government…