Skanska to Adapt Organization to Anticipated Volume Decline in Nordic Market

Regulatory News: The measures to adapt workforce are expected to affect 2,000 employees in Sweden and 1,400 in the remainder of the Nordic region at a cost of approximately SEK 600 M. In Skanska’s (STO:SKAB) Nine Month Report for 2008, the Group announced that several construction and residential development markets are weakening. A review of the current order backlog and anticipated order bookings has indicated a volume decline of about 15 percent... 

Learn about the World Building Materials Market Brief

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the Building materials industry is available in its catalogue. World Building Materials Market Brief The global outlook series on Building Materials provides a collection of statistical anecdotes, market briefs, and concise summaries of research findings. The report offers an aerial view of the global construction landscape, identifies major market segments, and offers a bird’s... 

Skanska Sells Ongoing Office Project in Copenhagen to Norrporten

Skanska is selling the ongoing office project Havneholmen Tower in Copenhagen. The buyer is Fastighetsaktiebolaget Norrporten, which will take possession of the property in January 2011. Skanska is responsible for leasing of the project until the end of June 2014. The project was started in the first quarter of 2008 and no leases have been signed yet, but negotiations are in progress with several potential tenants. The final development gain depends... 

Behringer Harvard Expands Global Presence With Additional Investments in Central Europe

Behringer Harvard announced today that it has expanded its global presence with the acquisition of seven additional assets in Central Europe via Wenceslas Behringer Ltd., a joint venture between Behringer Harvard Opportunity REIT I, Inc. and St. Wenceslas Property Fund, which was formed in July 2008. The new acquisitions include a retail property in Hungary, five retail properties in the Czech Republic and a Czech logistics facility. These properties... 

Examine the Homebuilding Market in Japan, Including its Leading Companies, Market Value and Demographics

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Homebuilding in Japan” report to their offering. Homebuilding in Japan industry profile is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the homebuilding industry. It includes detailed data on market size and segmentation, plus textual and graphical analysis of the key trends and competitive landscape, leading companies and demographic information. Scope - Contains... 

Skanska to develop and construct Green Building on Universitetsholmen in Malmo, Sweden

Skanska is continuing with development of the Universitetsholmen in central Malmö. The office building, designated “Bassängkajen,” will be built in seven stories and comprise a total of 19,000 square meters in two stages. Skanska’s investment in the first stage involving 10,000 square meters amounts to about SEK 240 M and is scheduled to be completed in autumn 2010. The new property is expected to be one of the first in Malmö to fulfill the... 

New and improved walk-behind battery burnisher from Nilfisk

Nilfisk-Advance, the global leader in professional cleaning equipment, announces the introduction of its model UHB 51-1500 walk-behind battery burnisher. This powered traction burnisher includes a number of new and improved features and a new, modernised design. According to a company spokesperson, these upgrades significantly improve performance and offer substantial productivity savings. Amongst the features mentioned by the company are the self-regulating... 

Low-cost housing, kvistgård, elsinore, denmark By Tegnestuen Vandkunsten

Prefab courtyard low-cost housing. flat, wood elements. you are looking at a single unit in two floors. this is a prototype done partly to serve as a sales pavillion and partly to learn how to assemble the next 124 houses effectively. four different courtyard houses are archieved by combining 5.2×5.2 meter modules. nine by nine, the courtyard houses are gathered around intimate communal spaces (kitchen always looking into this space). the resulting...