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Sweden-based contractor Skanska began the new year by <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>announcing a slew of project wins<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>. New awards in January included a $480 million bus depot in Queens and a $103 million academic commons building in Petersburg, Virginia.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

One quarter into the year, here\u2019s a look at some other projects coming down the pike for Skanska.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Award:<\/strong> Data center
Value: <\/strong>$171 million
Location:<\/strong> Atlanta
Client:<\/strong> Undisclosed<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Skanska announced a new contract<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a> with \u201can existing client\u201d to construct a data center in Atlanta worth $171 million. The contract will be included in the builder\u2019s first quarter order bookings. Work on the one-story, 248,000 square-foot project is underway, and is scheduled for completion in March 2024.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Award:<\/strong> Hospital expansion
Value:<\/strong> $111 million
Location:<\/strong> Portland, Oregon
Client:<\/strong> Oregon Health & Science University<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Skanska signed a contract amendment<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a> with the Oregon Health & Science Commission worth $111 million, which will be included in the contractor\u2019s order bookings for Q1 2023. The contract work includes more patient floors, parking, mechanical and electrical work, three pedestrian sky bridges, roadway improvements and a bus stop.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Construction on the 538,000-square-foot, 14-story building began in 2022, and the hospital is expected to open to patients in 2026.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Award:<\/strong> Research center
Value:<\/strong> $97 million
Location:<\/strong> Oslo, Norway
Client:<\/strong> Campus Ullev\u00e5l AS, the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute and Aspelin Ramm<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Skanska announced it had won a contract worth about 1 billion Swedish Krona ($97 million) to build a climate, energy, environment and <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>geosciences research facility in Oslo<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>. It will become one of the first buildings completed in Oslo Science City, the Norwegian capital\u2019s new innovation district.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Construction will start this month and wrap in 2026. When finished, what is currently a parking lot will be a 387,500-square-foot facility with public meeting spaces and an activity space for children.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Award:<\/strong> Solitude buttress civil works project
Value:<\/strong> $60 million
Location:<\/strong> Globe, Arizona
Client:<\/strong> BHP Copper<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Skanska also announced it signed a $60 million contract with BHP Copper to construct the <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Solitude buttress main civil works project<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a> at the Solitude Closure Tailings mining site in Globe, Arizona. The project will entail stabilizing a tailings embankment and eliminating the potential for future dam slope failure from natural disasters, the company said.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Construction begins this month and will wrap up in March 2025.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n