(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 15-Jan-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Skanska announces that its Parkview office building located in Prague, Czech Republic has been sold to Deka Immobilien, one of Europe’s leading real estate investors and asset managers, for EUR 77M, about SEK … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, Czech Republic, Investment, News, Real Estate, Sweden
Tagged asset managers, construction, Core certificates, Czech Republic, Deka Immobilien, Grant Thornton, Jacobs Douwe Egberts, LEED Platinum, Pankrác, Parkview office building, Prague, real estate investors, Safety Standards, Skanska, sustainable buildings, WELL Gold Shell, WELL Health-Safety Rating
€125 million loan granted to BATIGERE Network subsidiary dedicated to building affordable housing in France 1 500 home builds planned over five years for 3 500 residents Operation guaranteed by the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) (PRESS RELEASE) KIRCHBERG, Luxembourg, 11-Jan-2021 — … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Construction, Financial, France, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Luxembourg, News, Real Estate
Tagged affordable housing in France, Ambroise Fayolle, BATIGERE Network, construction, EFSI, EIB, EIB loan, EU climate bank, European Fund for Strategic Investments, European Investment Bank, financing, Grand Est, housing, Île-de-France, Livie, low-rent housing cooperative, Lyon, Marseille, middle-income workers, Nantes, Nice, Paolo Gentiloni, Paris, Pascal Barbottin, Pau, Rhône-Alpes, Strasbourg, Sud, Toulouse
(PRESS RELEASE) HEERBRUGG, Switzerland, 15-Dec-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon, announces Leica Cyclone ENTERPRISE. The new, user-managed, enterprise-level platform provides a central tool for managing, collaborating and accessing reality capture projects to view, share and analyse rich … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, Industrial, News, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged 3D, autonomous, autonomous solutions, CAD, collaboration, construction, Faheem Khan, geospatial, Hexagon, infrastructure, JetStream Enterprise, Joseph Romano, LANGAN Engineering, Leica CloudWorx, Leica Cyclone ENTERPRISE, Leica Geosystems, Leica TruView LIVE, mapping, mining, project management platform, reality capture, sensor, software, surveying
(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 14-Dec-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Vattendall announces that it has received permission for the construction work on the offshore wind farms Vesterhav Syd and Nord from the Danish Energy Agency. The Danish Energy Agency’s decision constitutes a stamp … Read the full press release
Posted in Denmark, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, News, Sweden, Technology
Tagged climate-friendly electricity, construction, Danish Energy Agency, electricity, environmental assessment, fossil-free society, green transition, Jacob Nørgaard Andersen, Nord, offshore wind farms, Vattenfall, Vesterhav Syd, wind turbines
(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 4-Dec-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Skanska announces that its has signed an agreement with Borlänge Municipality for the construction of 19,000 square meters of new buildings along with renovation of the existing building in Gylle primary school. The … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, Education, Infrastructure & Utilities, News, Sweden
Tagged Borlänge Municipality, construction, Dalarna, Gylle primary school, Gylle school, primary schools, renovation, Skanska, Sweden
(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 4-Dec-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Multinational construction and development company Skanska announces that it has signed a binding Business Purchase Agreement (“BPA”) with M Group Services for the sale of its infrastructure services business in the UK for … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Infrastructure & Utilities, Management, News, Sweden
Tagged binding Business Purchase Agreement, BPA agreement, building, construction, divestment, highways maintenance, infrastructure, M Group Services, maintenance, rail maintenance, Skanska, streetlighting replacement
The challenge: reinventing building design and methods of a 2-story residential building An online ideathon with the participation of world-class experts A final hackathon with live demonstrations in France in March 2021 Mentorship from leading experts, further collaboration and cash … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, Environment, Industrial, Netherlands, News, Science, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged 3D printing, Architecture, building, building industry, CO2 emissions, COBOD, concrete 3D printing technology, construction, Consultancy, Ecole des Ponts, Edelio Bermejo, engineering, Erwin Viray, green building, hackathon, housing, housing construction, LafargeHolcim, Marijn Bruurs, material science, mentorship, residential building, Singapore University of Design, Witteveen+Bos
(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 29-Oct-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Multinational construction and development company Skanska (STO: SKA-B) announces it will invest USD 65 million (~ SEK 570 million / EUR 56 million), in its first Los Angeles office development project, which will … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Sweden
Tagged Bank of America, Beverly Hills, Brooks Sports, construction, LEED® Platinum certification, Los Angeles, office development, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Skanska, Skanska USA Commercial Development, Tommy Bahama, Waste Management Inc., Wilshire Boulevard
SENER was one of the companies in charge of the EPC construction of the Gate terminal plant (PRESS RELEASE) MADRID, 27-Oct-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — One of the largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals in Europe, Gate terminal regasification plant, has … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Netherlands, News, Spain
Tagged Antonio Parra, construction, construction management, engineering, EPC, EPCM services, Gasunie, Gate terminal, Koninklijke Vopak N.V., liquefied natural gas, LNG terminals, LNG vessels, Maasvlakte, N.V. Nederlandse Gasunie, Natural Gas Europe publishing house, procurement, Q-Max vessels, regasification plant, Rotterdam, SENER, TSEV, Vopak
(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 9-Oct-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Multinational construction and development company Skanska announces contract with Statkraft Energi AS for the refurbishment and upgrade of four dams and one flood gate. The dams serve as reservoirs for Gråsjø and Trollheim … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) BAAR, 6-Oct-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Sika (SWX: SIKA), a Swiss multinational leading specialty chemicals company, has announced it is opening a new production facility in Chengdu, China. With the new production facility, Sika has further expanded its capacity … Read the full press release
The Gecama wind farm will provide clean energy to approximately 260,000 Spanish households (PRESS RELEASE) MADRID, 13-Aug-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — DNV GL, the world’s largest resource of independent energy experts and certification body and part of Det Norske Veritas Holding … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Construction, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, News, Norway, Spain
Tagged Andreas Schröter, Banco de Sabadell S.A., Bankia S.A, Castilla La Mancha, clean energy, construction, Cuenca, decarbonization, DNV GL, due diligence, ENERGY, energy companies, energy transition, financing, Gecama, Gecama wind farm, Jörg Hahn, renewable energy, renewables, Spain, wind farm
The consortium of Siemens AG and Dragados Offshore S.A. has been awarded the contract for the construction of converter stations on land and at sea, while NKT HV Cables AB has been awarded the contract for the production and installation … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, Energy, Gas & Oil, Germany, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Netherlands, News, Technology
Tagged BorWin epsilon, BorWin5, construction, converter stations, DC underground cables, DolWin5, Dragados Offshore S.A., energy transition, extra-high voltage grid, NKT HV Cables AB, offshore, offshore grid, offshore platform, power cables, Siemens AG, submarine cables, Tennet, Tim Meyerjürgens, transformer stations, wind farm
(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 5-Aug-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Skanska, one of the leading construction and development companies with substantial activities in the United States, has announced it has acquired some 11,500 square meters of land in Houston, TX, from Houston Westmont … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, News, Real Estate, Sweden
Tagged acquisition, Bank of America, Brooks Sports, civil infrastructure, commercial properties, construction, HOUSTON, Houston Westmont LP, LEED® Platinum, Midtown, Montrose, PricewaterhouseCoopers, River Oaks, Skanska h, Skanska USA Commercial Development, Texas, Tommy Bahama, waste management
Sales growth of 2.9% in local currencies to CHF 3,614.6 million (–3.2% in CHF) High negative currency effect of –6.1% (impact of minus CHF 225 million in sales and CHF 29 million in EBIT) Maintained high EBITDA margin of over … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Industrial, Management, Switzerland
Tagged cashflow, construction, COVID-19, earnings, liquidity, Paul Schuler, resilience, Sika
(PRESS RELEASE) COLOMBES, France, 20-Jul-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Specialty chemicals and advanced materials company, Arkema announces the proposed acquisition of Fixatti, a company specialized in high-performance thermobonding adhesive powders. The acquisition is part of Bostik’s targeted growth strategy in high … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Business, Chemicals, Construction, France, Germany, Industrial, News, Switzerland
Tagged acquisition, Adhesive Solutions, advanced materials, Arkema, automotive, battery, Bostik, Coating Solutions, compounding capacities, construction, copolyamide polymerization, copolyester, Fixatti, grinding, hotmelt adhesive solutions, polymerization, Prochimir, technical coating, textile printing, thermobonding adhesive powders, thermobonding powders
(PRESS RELEASE) MILAN, 9-Jul-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Leading construction group, with focus on large and complex projects, Webuild, formerly Salini Impregilo, has announced that almost 330 small and medium sized companies from across Italy provided more than €160 million in … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Infrastructure & Utilities, Italy, News, Small Business
Tagged Acciaierie Valbruna, Akron, Bosco Italia, bridge construction, construction, Drafinsub, Faver of Bari, Fincantieri, Genoa’s new bridge, Geoinvest, Politecnico di Milano university, Progetto Italia, Project Italy, SMEs, Webuild, Webuild Group
Replacement for existing reserve gas power plant Built by Siemens Energy as the general contractor (PRESS RELEASE) FRANKFURT, 18-Jun-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — German state-owned development bank KfW has announced that its subsidiary KfW IPEX-Bank GmbH together with Siemens Financial Services … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Chemicals, Financial, Germany, Industrial, Investment
Tagged construction, Evonik, financing, KfW IPEX-Bank, Markus Scheer, power plant, Siemens Financial Services, specialty chemicals, Veronika Bienert
(PRESS RELEASE) OSLO, 17-Jun-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — One of the largest civil engineering and construction companies in Norway AF Gruppen has announced that it has entered into a final agreement for the site preparation and basement work at Clemenskvartalet, Bispevika … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, Norway, Real Estate
Tagged AF Gruppen, Bispekilen, Bispevika Syd, BREEAM, Clemenskvartalet, construction, Geir Flåta, HAV Eiendom, Middelalderparken, Oslo S Utvikling
(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 17-Jun-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Multinational construction and development company, Skanska sells its sustainable retirement home in the new district of Täby Park in Stockholm, Sweden. The 80-apartment property was sold to SPP Fastigheter for more than 30M … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, Investment, News, Real Estate, Sweden
Tagged apartments, construction, divestment, retirement home, Skanska, SPP Fastigheter, Stockholm, sustainable, sustainable building, Sweden, Täby Park, Vardaga
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