News Skanska team wins $2.4bn California light rail contract A joint venture between Skanska USA and rail contractor Stacy Witbeck has won a $2.4bn contract to build 10.7km of light railway in the San Fernando Valley, California. Working for…
News Skanska to build $1bn Prague data centre Skanska has signed a contract worth US$1bn to build a data centre on the outskirts of Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic. Skanska’s scope of work on the CRA…
News We overhauled the Empire State Building. Here’s what we learned about retrofits In 2020, Skanska USA completed the $165m, top-to-bottom redesign of the Empire State Building in New York City. A 2023 report by UBS states that partial retrofits can create energy…
News Aecom bolsters energy and environmental leadership in Europe and India US-headquartered Aecom has appointed Angela Mulgrew to lead its environmental division in Europe and India and Eloise John to take over its energy division in those regions. Angela Mulgrew is…
News String of deals for Skanska in Sweden worth €593m Skanska has concluded five deals in Sweden, four construction contracts and the off-plan sale of a residential scheme it’s building, together worth a total of €593m. Starting with the construction…
News Heads up: Skanska on where we’re at with tariffs, war and the data centre boom Skanska USA has released its Spring 2026 Construction Market Trends Report analysing material costs, the impact of tariffs, a changing labour market and regional and sector growth across the country. …
News Skanska team lands Penn Station master developer role The US Department of Transportation (USDOT) and Amtrak have appointed “Penn Transformation Partners”, a team of Halmar and Sweden’s Skanska, to be master developer for the $6bn renovation of New…
News Skanska lands four contracts worth $1.4bn in Sweden and the US Skanska has won four contracts, two in Sweden and two in the US, together worth over $1.4bn. It signed a $1bn design and build contract with the Massachusetts Bay Transportation…
Perspectives How to make cities that keep getting better Developers, governments and investors are starting to broaden their definition of what constitutes value in urban development, moving from short-term project profitability to a holistic view over time, says a…
News Skanska wins three contracts worth $313m in Sweden and US Skanska recently won three contracts, two in the US and one in Sweden, together worth US$313m. The hat trick includes a university research centre in Texas, a pedestrian bridge in…
News Skanska wins two Scandinavian contracts worth €87m Skanska has signed two contracts in Scandinavia: a €59m contract involving new education and sports facilities in Gjerdrum, southern Norway, and a €28m refurbishment role in Helsinki, Finland. In Norway,…
Markets Skanska VP on uncertainty in the US construction market Sean Szatkowski, executive vice president and general manager of Skanska USA Building in New York, tells GCR about labour and material shortages, tariffs and other challenges. Skanska USA has recently…
News Fishy work: Skanska to expand Florida aquarium and science centre Skanska has been selected by the Cox Science Center and Aquarium to deliver a major expansion of its campus in West Palm Beach, including an 86,000-sq-ft, two-story Hall of Science.…
News Skanska wins two US contracts worth $293m Skanska has won two US contracts worth a total of $293m. The biggest is a $228m contract to build a data centre on behalf of an unnamed, previous client, which…
News Skanska inks deals worth $765m in Europe and US Swedish contractor and developer Skanska has had a busy couple of weeks, notching up three contracts and one commercial property sale in Europe and the US – together worth US$765m.…
News Skanska adds two more schools to its growing Florida portfolio Skanska has won two contracts together worth $130m to build two elementary schools in Florida’s Manatee County, which is seeing rapid population growth.
News Skanska aims for higher construction profit margins Swedish construction giant Skanska has announced it has raised its financial target for the operating margin of its construction arm to a minimum of 4%. The group has not updated…
News Skanska to build New Jersey women’s prison Sweden’s Skanska has won a project management contract for a $312m, 420-bed women’s prison in Chesterfield Township, New Jersey. Skanska Integrated Solutions (SIS) is providing owner’s representative services to assist…