The latest news and press releases about Skanska UK and features about the hot topics for the construction industry.
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Low carbon approach essential
10/10/2018 07:00 CETDirector of Environment Adam Crossley to speak at major construction event. -
Skanska champions WELL being in its latest London development
02/10/2018 13:00 CETSkanska’s development and construction teams are refurbishing 51 Moorgate, a 45,000sqft (4,180sqm) commercial building in the heart of the City of London. The building will offer eight floors of office space and ground-floor retail opportunities upon completion in 2019. Skanska’s London-based teams will occupy three of the office floors. -
Skanska scoops the BIG Biodiversity Challenge Temporary Project of the Year Award
17/09/2018 09:00 CETA Skanska team working on a commercial office development project has won a BIG Biodiversity Challenge award for its green approach to construction site hoarding. -
Second house builder selected to deliver 131 new homes at Mindenhurst, Deepcut
06/09/2018 09:00 CETSkanska, the construction and development company behind the redevelopment of the Princess Royal Barracks at Deepcut, Surrey, has appointed Bovis Homes Group as the house builder to deliver the second phase of housing at the Mindenhurst scheme. -
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.