The latest news and press releases about Skanska UK and features about the hot topics for the construction industry.
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Worthy Down project protects little owlets
15/08/2018 09:00 CETSkanska’s Worthy Down project team recently saved the day for some uninvited feathered guests when little owls abandoned their nest on the building site leaving two owlets who subsequently jumped out and required rescuing. -
Worthy Down camp takes shape as first phase of construction completes
25/07/2018 14:00 CETMilitary personnel from the Royal Air Force, Royal Navy and Army are now enjoying brand new facilities at Worthy Down camp in Hampshire, thanks to Skanska and the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO). -
Why mental health matters to me
17/07/2018 12:30 CETSkanska UK’s President and CEO, Gregor Craig, features in industry publication Construction News (CN) talking about the importance of mental health. -
On the double at CN Awards
13/07/2018 15:50 CETSkanska won two awards and was highly commended in a third on a night of success at the Construction News Awards 2018. -
Skanska’s Waste Management team scoops two awards
11/07/2018 14:22 CETThe Waste Management team at Barts NHS Trust won the HSJ Value Award for Facilities and Estates Management and the NHS Sustainability Award for the ‘Reuse’ category -
Skanska celebrates International Women in Engineering Day
22/06/2018 09:00 CETSaturday, 23 June, is International Women in Engineering Day and Skanska is taking the opportunity to highlight the contributions of two female employees. -
Skanska demonstrates low carbon leadership with PAS 2080 certification
18/06/2018 19:00 CETSkanska has become the first UK contractor to achieve verification to new Carbon Management in Infrastructure specification from BSI -
Skanska signs contract to build K1 Knightsbridge, London
18/05/2018 19:00 CETSkanska has been awarded the contract to build K1 Knightsbridge, a mixed-use scheme for The Olayan Group worth £141 million. -
Project Wellesley construction team secures golden awards hat-trick
17/05/2018 14:00 CETThe team delivering Project Wellesley’s Worthy Down base has scooped its third consecutive national gold award from the Considerate Constructors Scheme (CCS). -
Government gives go ahead for new Geospatial Apprenticeships
14/05/2018 11:34 CETSkanska has been working with the Institute for Apprenticeships and other industry employers to develop three new geospatial apprenticeship roles, which are now ready for delivery. -
Skanska’s Coventry Hospital project team saves tonnes of wood from landfill
09/05/2018 15:30 CETA community charity scheme and the environment both benefit from a simple solution to minimising wood waste on site initiated by Skanska’s Coventry Hospital team and an in-house environment expert. -
UK’s biggest road project unearths 6,000 years of history on the A14
10/04/2018 11:22 CETWorking as part of the A14 Integrated Delivery team, Skanska and its joint venture partners: Balfour Beatty, Costain and Atkins, a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group, has created one of the largest archaeological projects in the UK. -
Continuing commitment to improving North Somerset's roads
05/04/2018 11:00 CETNorth Somerset Council has awarded a five-year contract to maintain and improve the area’s roads to Skanska. -
Easter egg-stravaganza for local causes thanks to Skanska’s Royal Papworth Hospital project team
29/03/2018 17:00 CETThe Skanska project team building the new Royal Papworth Hospital is this year’s Easter bunny star helper, collecting and distributing over 1,000 chocolate eggs to 27 local good causes. -
Royal visitor officially opens Great Ormond Street Hospital's Mittal Children’s Medical Centre and Premier Inn Clinical Building
14/03/2018 09:00 CETHRH, The Duchess of Cambridge visited patients, families and hospital staff at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) on 17 January 2018. Her Royal Highness visited to officially open the hospital’s new medical centre. -
Skanska scoops Construction News Specialist Award for Health, Safety and Wellbeing Excellence
12/03/2018 09:00 CETSkanska’s mechanical and electrical engineering services business has won the prestigious Construction News Specialist Award 2018 for Health, Safety and Wellbeing Excellence. -
Planning granted for first phase of new homes at Princess Royal Barracks
09/03/2018 15:50 CETFollowing a committee meeting held on Thursday 8 February, Premium housebuilder CALA Homes (Thames) Ltd has been granted planning approval by Surrey Heath Borough Council for a development of 215 new homes at the Princess Royal Barracks redevelopment in Deepcut, to be known as Mindenhurst. -
Skanska wins top customer service award
09/03/2018 12:00 CETSkanska’s multi-utilities team has received the Grass Roots Best Customer Service Collaboration Award from the Institute of Customer Service. -
Visit us during Open Doors 2018
07/03/2018 15:30 CETBetween 19-24 March we’re inviting members of the public to go behind the scenes at eight of our projects and offices as part of Open Doors 2018. -
Ordsall Chord project receives CEEQUAL ‘Excellent’ Whole Team Award
12/02/2018 15:39 CETSkanska, along with its alliance partners, has received a CEEQUAL award for the sustainable delivery of the Ordsall Chord rail project.