Crawford Unique Dock Management System

Crawford has entered into an agreement to deliver doors and docking solutions for one of the world’s largest logistics companies. The doors will be installed at the company’s logistics center in Västerås, Sweden. The order is worth SEK 8.1 million. Crawford sells industrial door, docking and service solutions for operations in retail, industry, transportation and logistics. The order in question comprises doors, docking systems and a unique... 

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Peab builds a new hotel in Stockholm

Peab has been commissioned to build a new hotel close to Kista Fair in Stockholm. Arthur Buchardt is the client and contract sum amounts to about SEK 600 million. The building will consist of partly a hotel with 300 rooms and partly a restaurant, offices and conference activities. The building will be over 120 meters high and one of the highest in the Stockholm area. The hotel is designed by Wingårdh architectural office. The contract is subject... 

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Winners of the “Mystetskyj Arsenal Cultural-Art and Museum Complex” competition announced

On the initiative of President Victor Yushchenko, “Mystetskyj Arsenal Cultural-Art and Museum Complex,” a central cultural district consisting of several new and existing buildings, will be established in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, in the next few years. An international competition was conducted to select both, an urban master plan for the redevelopment of a former military site in Kyiv’s Pechersk neighborhood, as well as the best architectural... 

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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... 

VINCI Wins a Tunnel Construction Contract in the United States

Construction Grands Projets, leader (65 %) of a joint-venture with the American contractor Frontier-Kemper Constructors Inc. (35 %), recently signed a contract with the City of Detroit (Detroit Water and Sewerage Department) to build a tunnel for carrying treated wastewater from the city for discharge into the Detroit river. This contract, worth US$299 million (around €230 million), involves digging a 1.9km tunnel with an interior diameter of 6.5m... 

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Richard Hultin Named New President of Skanska Commercial Development Europe

Regulatory News: Skanska (STO:SKAB) has appointed Richard Hultin new President of Skanska Commercial Development Europe. He succeeds Lars Vardheim, with whom new opportunities within Skanska are now being discussed. Richard Hultin joined the company in 1981 and since then has primarily been involved in the development of commercial projects and during the past 15 years in various executive positions. Most recently, he served as President of Skanska... 

Research and Markets: the Global Strategic Business Report on the Construction Industry Is Now Available

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/9c994d/construction_indus) has announced the addition of the “Construction Industry – Global Strategic Business Report” report to their offering. The global outlook series on the Construction Industry provides a collection of statistical anecdotes, market briefs, and concise summaries of research findings. The report acquaints the reader with the industry’s changing... 

Karin Lepasoon Named Executive Vice President in Skanska AB

Karin Lepasoon has been named Executive Vice President in Skanska AB. Previously this year, she was appointed a full member of the Skanska Group’s senior management, the Senior Executive Team (SET). Karin Lepasoon was employed at Skanska AB in 2006 as Senior Vice President Group Communications. She will continue to be responsible for Group Communications and now also for Investor Relations. In addition, she is responsible for Group-wide quality... 

Atlas Copco Wins Rock Reinforcement Order from LKAB in Sweden

Atlas Copco has won an order to supply the mining company LKAB with equipment for rock reinforcement, to increase safety at its mines in Kiruna and Malmberget, Sweden. The value of the order, which includes an extensive service agreement, is about MSEK 140. The order was received in the fourth quarter. The full service agreement runs for three years and will guarantee availability for all units. LKAB will use the equipment to implement an action plan... 

Peab Expands Biologicentrum in Lund

Peab has been commissioned to carry out the rebuilding and extension of Biologicentrum in Lund. The customer is Akademiska Hus and the contract is worth SEK 83 million. Biologicentrum is a research unit at the University of Lund. Work has already begun and it is expected to be completed in May 2010. This information is such that Peab AB is obliged to publish in accordance with Swedish law regarding the securities market and/or the Financial Instruments...