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Skanska scoops £273m City of London office job

Ben Vogel — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 10:49:26 +0000

Skanska UK has secured a £273m construction contract to redevelop One Appold Street in the City of London. The building, originally constructed in the 1980s as part of the Broadgate estate, is being refurbished rather than demolished. The works are retaining the existing concrete and…

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Skanska reshuffles executive team amid focus on M&E growth

Ben Vogel — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 10:47:04 +0000

Tier one contractor Skanska UK has promoted Dan Williams to executive vice-president of its Building Services arm as part of a broader reshuffle of its executive management team. Williams, who joined Skanska in 2001 as a student engineer, will now take charge of the firm’s…

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Skanska bypass job gets green light

Ben Vogel — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 10:33:33 +0000

The Department for Transport has approved a development consent order for the A46 Newark Bypass upgrade, paving the way for contractor Skanska to proceed with the multi-million-pound National Highways scheme. However, a six-week period is now open for legal challenges. Transport Minister Lord Hendy granted…

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National Highways’ top contractors revealed

Ian Weinfass — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 11:45:51 +0000

The company that maintains and upgrades the M25 was the largest single supplier to National Highways in 2024-25, Construction News can reveal. It is the first time in four years that Costain has not been the client’s top supplier. Private finance initiative (PFI) company Connect…

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Skanska hires Sporn from roads body to lead infrastructure operations

Colin Marrs — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 15:48:17 +0000

Skanska has appointed Dean Sporn as operations director within its UK infrastructure division. Sporn will join in early 2025 from National Highways, where he has spent the past eight years as director of enhancements in the major projects directorate. During his time at the government-owned…

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Ethical workforce standard launched to clean up employment practices

Kerry Lorimer — Fri, 06 Jun 2025 11:45:31 +0000

Modern slavery, exploitation and tax evasion across the construction sector are to be tackled by a new ethical workforce standard backed by major contractors. Skanska, Keltbray, Careys and Lendlease Development are among the firms that founded and helped to develop the Workforce Assured scheme, which…

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FM and infrastructure help Skanska UK’s profit surge

Ben Vogel — Wed, 14 May 2025 11:45:35 +0000

Pre-tax profit at the UK arm of Swedish conglomerate Skanska almost trebled last year, thanks to "strong results" in its facilities management (FM) and infrastructure activities. In its latest annual accounts, released today (14 May), Skanska UK posted a pre-tax profit of £77.8m for the…

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Skanska awarded Cumbria replacement bridge job

Ben Vogel — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 08:23:19 +0000

This story was written with AI assistance from Harmsworth Who is Harmsworth? Network Rail has appointed Skanska to design, build and install a new steel bridge over the M6 motorway near Penrith under a £43m contract. The project involves replacing Clifton Bridge, which carries the…

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Skanska joins McAlpine on £1.25bn Port Talbot job

Will Ing — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 09:39:14 +0000

Skanska has been picked to provide design advice and project management for the £1.25bn electric arc furnace development at Port Talbot. Skanska Technology, the group’s UK consultancy arm, has been working on the mega-project for more than four months – but has now signed a…

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People moves: Morgan Sindall chair departs, ex-ISG staff land new roles

Ian Weinfass — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 11:57:57 +0000

Executives and managers at some of the biggest industry names are on the move this week, and seven former employees of the collapsed ISG have landed new roles at other firms. London-listed contractor Morgan Sindall announced that its chair, Michael Findlay, will step down after…

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