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Morgan Sindall and Skanska sign for Cambridge jobs worth £277m

Ben Vogel — Thu, 22 Feb 2024 13:02:23 +0000

Morgan Sindall Construction and Skanska UK have each won jobs in Cambridge from rail pension-fund manager Railpen. Skanska has picked up a £200m contract to build the 50,000 square metre Botanic Place office scheme on Hills Road, close to the university’s botanical gardens. Designed by…

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Skanska director leaves suddenly after 28 years

Greg Pitcher — Mon, 13 Nov 2023 12:34:56 +0000

Skanska stalwart Steve Holbrook has left the firm with immediate effect after almost three decades of service. Holbrook joined the Swedish-owned construction firm in 1995, initially as a sponsored student midway through his undergraduate studies at Loughborough University. He rose through the ranks to become…

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Data centre job propels Skanksa to top of league

Charlotte Banks — Fri, 03 Nov 2023 07:00:25 +0000

Skanska has topped October’s contractor league table with a single contract win – a £158m data-centre fit-out job. The firm will install electrical plant, air conditioning, ventilation, lifts and a roof gantry at Telehouse South in London’s Docklands for data-centre provider Telehouse. Skanska previously carried…

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Skanska wins £158m Docklands data centre job

Kerry Lorimer — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 10:46:27 +0000

Skanska has landed one of its largest fit-out jobs, winning a £158m contract for a data centre in London’s Docklands. The work will form part of an upgrade of global data centre provider Telehouse’s largest facility. The 10-storey Telehouse South, in Blackwall Yard, is one…

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Skanska’s profit and turnover soar

Catherine Moore — Tue, 15 Aug 2023 14:06:26 +0000

Skanska UK saw its profit and revenue increase in 2022, according to just-filed company accounts. The contractor's pre-tax profit rose to £55m, a 59 per cent increase on the previous year's £34.7m. Turnover increased to £1.4bn, a 17 per cent increase on the previous year's…

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‘Electricity superhighway’ puts Bam top of monthly contracts table

Charlotte Banks — Mon, 07 Aug 2023 06:00:10 +0000

Royal Bam topped the monthly contractors’ league table in July for the first time since 2020, after it was chosen to build converter stations at each end of a £2bn undersea cable between Scotland and England. The firm was awarded £500m for its share of…

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Skanska picked for £450m Lower Thames Crossing job

Jonathan Knott — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 11:46:35 +0000

Skanska has been named as the preferred bidder on a £450m roads contract for the Lower Thames Crossing megaproject. It is the second of three major contracts to be awarded by National Highways for the planned road tunnel crossing the Thames Estuary between Kent and…

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Skanska JV lands £219m airbase job

Jonathan Knott — Wed, 05 Jul 2023 15:20:52 +0000

A joint venture (JV) between Skanska and Black & Veatch has landed a £219m design-and-build contract from the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for a new building at RAF Molesworth in Cambridgeshire. The contract for the two-storey facility (pictured) was awarded by the MoD's Defence Infrastructure…

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HS2 hands extra £305m to Skanska-Costain-Strabag

Catherine Moore — Wed, 05 Jul 2023 06:00:34 +0000

The Skanska Costain Strabag joint venture (SCS JV) working on HS2 has been awarded an additional £305.3m by HS2 Ltd. The funds, awarded under the existing £3.8bn contract, will go towards works on Phase One of the new high-speed railway. They relate to planned and…

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Steady as she goes: Skanska’s new boss on a brighter outlook for women in construction

Will Ing — Thu, 22 Jun 2023 11:20:32 +0000

Skanska’s new chief executive talks to CN about continuity, being a female chief executive and using AI to work smarter, not harder If you switch on the television in the middle of the night, flick to an obscure channel and find yourself watching a repeat…

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