Search Results: 'Skanska'

Northwest Washington tunnel awarded
16 October, 2013
The DC Water Board of Directors has approved the construction contract to build the First Street Tunnel, a medium-term measure to address localised flooding.

Compensation scheme for listed workers
11 October, 2013
Eight major construction companies announced a scheme to compensate workers whose names were on The Consulting Association (TCA) database. The practice of listing workers, and thus negatively affecting their reputations, is known colloquially as ‘blacklisting’ in the UK. The debate surrounding the TCA has been prominent in the last year.

Oslo subway contract awarded
17 May, 2013
Skanska has won a NOK 357M (USD 61M) subway contract in Oslo, Norway.

NYC's 7 Subway Line Extension awarded project of the year
17 May, 2013
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has announced that the USD 1.1bn Running Tunnels and Underground Structures contract, the first portion of the USD 2.1bn 7 Line Extension Project will be awarded the 2013 construction project of the year by the New York State Society of Professional Engineers. It was completed five months ahead of schedule and under budget, MTA stated.

Virginia tunnel project set to begin
21 February, 2013
SKW Constructors has announced it will hire as many as 100 direct employees at its Sparrows Point Shipyard and Industrial Park site as construction begins on huge reinforced concrete tubes and fans for tunnels in Hampton Roads, Virginia.

London's Bond Street station contract awarded
08 February, 2013
The last of the main construction contracts for London's new central section stations has been awarded, Crossrail has announced. In line with European procurement rules the contract for Bond Street station is subject to a ten-day standstill period, ending 11 February 2013.