Skanska

Flexible working can help to tackle the skills gap in construction without having a negative impact on business performance, according to a review of four pilot projects at top firms. The review, conducted one year after flexible working pilots were introduced at Bam Construct, Bam Nuttall, Skanska UK and Willmott…

Skanska more than doubled its profit to over £30m, after the sale of its infrastructure services company, newly released accounts show. The contractor sold its business to M Group Services for £50m in December 2020 as part of a restructuring plan. In its accounts for the year ended 31 December…

Reduced working hours, more breaks and alcohol warnings are among the measures being introduced by contractors this week as the UK braces for record temperatures. The Met Office issued an “exceptional” weather warning for the temperatures on Monday and Tuesday, when the temperature in southern England is expected to reach…

Skanska is launching a pilot scheme to provide work opportunities for highly qualified employees who take a career break. Amid a shortage of skilled workers in the industry, the tier one firm will work with STEM Returners, a programme that helps to reintegrate professionals who are trained in the science,…

Skanska UK has appointed Network Rail’s finance director, Meliha Duymaz, as its new chief financial officer (CFO). As well as taking on the CFO role, Duymaz has also been appointed as executive vice-president. Meliha joins Skanska UK from Network Rail, where she is currently finance director for the eastern region,…

Skanska is taking part in a “world-first” project that aims to reduce the amount of diesel used by on-site construction equipment. The initiative, which involves hydrogen-fuel pioneers ULEMCo and world-leading building science centre Building Research Establishment (BRE), will produce and evaluate a “dual-fuel hydrogen and diesel piling machine”. Named ZECHER,…

Skanska and Graham have signed up to an industrywide campaign to share carbon-cutting strategies and best practices. The CO2nstructZero campaign was launched by the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) trade body in March 2021, in response to the UK government’s goal to be net zero by 2050. The firms that sign…

A project helping Skanska to develop hydrogen-fuelled construction equipment has been awarded more than £400,000 through a government scheme to help the sector adapt to the red-diesel ban. Technology firm ULEMCo Ltd, which is working alongside Skanska and the Buildings Research Establishment (BRE), was given £418,613 to develop and deploy…

Skanska has won a £259m contract with the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) to redevelop a British Army vehicle storage and maintenance facility in Gloucestershire. The contractor will deliver the construction, along with the mechanical and electrical engineering services of new storage buildings, workshops and an office at the site located…

Skanska UK has confirmed that its executive vice-president and chief financial officer, Kelly Gangotra, is to step down. In a statement, the tier one contractor said Gangotra “has decided the time is right in her career to take up a new and significant opportunity”. It added: “She will leave Skanska…