Tag: skanska
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Skanska intern builds on her interest in sustainable construction
Listen to the article 5 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. This article is one in a series of conversations with women leaders in the construction industry. Click here for past discussions. Purdue University engineering student Shivani Pemaraj developed an interest in green building technologies and practices in…
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Video | Skanska receives huge steel beams for new Penrith railway bridge
Skanska has overseen the delivery of five huge ‘VIBs’ (very important beams) that will be used for major sections of a replacement railway bridge over the M6 next year. The contractor is delivering the £60m project for Network Rail to replace Clifton railway bridge near Penrith after the old bridge reached the end of its life…
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Skanska CEO says its selective strategy reduces risk
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Remaining selective and planning for risk have been key to Skanska’s profitability. CEO Anders Danielsson said the firm has been more discerning about only taking on projects and clients in sectors where it has seen success in…
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Skanska, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Top Out Campus Building
Skanska and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) celebrated the topping out of the Artificial Intelligence and Quantitative Biology (AIQB) building at CSHL. This marks a key milestone of Phase I of CSHL’s Foundations for the Future campaign that aims to invest in the institute’s infrastructure so that research and educational programs are supported to confront scientific…
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Skanska wins £153m upgrade of Thickthorn Interchange
National Highways has appointed Skanska to deliver a £153m upgrade of the A47/A11 Thickthorn junction near Norwich. The contract includes the construction of a new 1.6km free-flow link road connecting the A11 northbound to the A47 eastbound through two new underpasses, and a second local link road of around 1km connecting Cantley Lane South with…
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Skanska, FlatironDragados win $1B DC bridge upgrade
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Award:Rail bridgeValue: $1 billionLocation: Washington, D.C.Client:Virginia Passenger Rail Authority A joint venture of Stockholm-based Skanska and Broomfield, Colorado-based FlatironDragados has won a $1 billion contract to build the Long Bridge North project in Washington, D.C. The roughly…
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Skanska goes green on Victoria retrofit
With a maths teacher for a mum and a QS for a brother, construction seemed a good fit for Ben Ford. A work placement with John Sisk confirmed this proposition. “I thought ‘this is the perfect combination of everything I want to do’,” he says. Sponsored by Costain through a master’s degree in civil engineering…
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Skanska USA Promotes Three Texas Leaders to Project Executive Roles
Skanska USA Building, one of the world’s leading construction and development firms, has announced the promotion of three people in its Texas market — Blake Beran, Tom Hull and Ben Johnson — to Project Executive. All three exhibit exceptional leadership and relationship skills, ensuring building projects are properly managed, start to finish. Since joining Skanska…
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Skanska Completes HSS Sports Medicine Reno in New York
Skanska, a leading global construction and development firm, today announced the completion of the $8M renovation of Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) Sports Medicine Institute West Side located in New York, New York. “We are proud to collaborate with HSS and to be celebrating the successful expansion of this cutting-edge, high-performance healthcare facility that treats…
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Adopting technology is a team effort: Skanska exec
Listen to the article 5 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Adopting new technology requires everyone to buy in, said Danielle O’Connell, senior director of emerging technology for Skanska USA, the U.S. arm of the Swedish builder. The contractor uses what O’Connell calls its Eight-Step Plan, a tech…