News Brookfield announces $10bn investment in Swedish AI New York-based investor Brookfield Asset Management plans to invest $10bn in AI infrastructure in Sweden. The centrepiece will be an AI data centre in Strängnäs, about 20km west of Stockholm.…
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 Systra lands role on fast-growing Stockholm’s new Yellow Line Paris-headquartered Systra has won a systems project management contract for Stockholm’s new Yellow Line, set to be the sixth line of the Swedish capital’s metro system. In planning since 2020,…
News Swedish state to lend $30bn to build new reactors The government of Sweden is planning to issue state loans to fund its planned fleet of four nuclear reactors instead of seeking private finance. Energy minister Ebba Busch said the…
News 1MW batteries for big construction sites Swedish equipment maker Atlas Copco has launched an energy storage system that is capable of delivering 1MW of power from a single unit, which the company says is the most…
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 wins €48m hospital expansion job in Gothenburg Skanska has won a €48.75m contract from the Västra Götaland region to renovate and expand the Eastern Hospital in Gothenburg, Sweden. The project includes remodelling on two levels in the…
News Samsung set to install modular reactors in southern Sweden Samsung C&T Engineering & Construction and Swedish energy company Kärnfull Next have signed a preliminary agreement to develop small modular reactor (SMR) projects in Sweden. The two signed a memorandum…
News Aecom team win contract on Sweden’s North Bothnia Line American engineer Aecom and Swedish consultant Rejlers have won a contract on the 270km North Bothnia rail line The team will work on the development of railways and public…
News European firms plan to build rice-straw houses in Nigeria Companies from Sweden and Czechia have teamed up with the Nigerian government to offer houses built partly from rice straw. Sweden’s Our Ecolution and Czech firm Ekopanely both make boards…
News Firms hatch plan to use data-centre heat to grow food in Scandinavia Two Swedish companies, financial services provider Vinga Group and circular industry specialist WA3RM, have joined forces to develop three commercial greenhouses in Scandinavia, two heated by data centres and one…
News Sweco to design hospital for Swedish city shuffling 3km to the east Consulting engineer Sweco is helping Sweden’s most northerly city move 3km to the east to make more room for its iron ore mine. The Stockholm-based firm will act as lead…
News Sweden rejects 30GW of offshore wind projects near Kaliningrad Sweden has vetoed the construction of 13 offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea, saying they could impede military operations. The rejected farms together would have had around 30GW of…
News Sweden gets go ahead for $11bn nuclear waste plan A court in Sweden yesterday approved plans to excavate a repository for nuclear waste, the Barron’s news site reports. The decision clears the way for a construction project that will…
News Swedish study explores why construction suicides happen without warning Swedish research on the suicide rate among construction workers finds that deaths tend to come as a shock to colleagues who were unable to detect any warning signs. It was…
News Sweco wins €35m contract to plan major Stockholm rail upgrade Stockholm-headquartered consultant Sweco has won a €35m contract from the Swedish Transport Administration to plan a major rail-capacity upgrade on the busy East Coast Line between Uppsala and Stockholm. Over…
News Growing Gothenburg is getting a new Grand Central station Swedish contractor Peab has got the green light on a €76m contract to construct a new entrance building for the Central railway station in Sweden’s second city, Gothenburg. Designed by…
News Peab begins €44m Swedish prison Swedish builder Peab has been commissioned to build a €44m prison in the Swedish city of Borås. It’s part of a new judicial complex comprising a new police station and…