Skanska signs contract to build Nemours Children's Hospital in Orlando for USD 220 M, SEK 1.7 billion

Skanska signs contract to build Nemours Children's Hospital in Orlando for USD
220 M, SEK 1.7 billion

Skanska has signed the contract worth an estimated USD 220 million, SEK 1.7
billion, to provide construction manager at-risk services to build Nemours
Children's Hospital in Orlando's Lake Nona medical city. The full value of the
contract is included in the earlier reported order bookings for the period up
until May in the second quarter.  

The 630,000-square-foot project (57,000 sq m) features a 95 in-patient bed
tower, emergency department, diagnostic and ambulatory programs, education and
research centers, integrated with an outpatient clinic on a 60-acre greenfield
site. When completed, the campus will allow Nemours to provide access to a
full-line of specialty services and improve pediatric care to the region through
coordinated patient-centered medical services, biomedical research, medical and
allied health training, educational programs as well as pediatric prevention
services and child advocacy programs. 

Additionally, the facility will incorporate high performance, environmentally
friendly and sustainable design concepts to achieve LEED® certification from the
United States Green Building Council.

Site work will commence in June with a scheduled completion date of June 2012.  

The architect of record is Stanley Beaman & Sears and the associate architect is
Perkins+Will. 

Skanska USA Building is a leading national and local provider of construction,
pre-construction consulting, general contracting and design-build services. The
company also provides validation services to clients in the pharmaceutical
industry.  Clients represent a broad range of U.S. industries including science
and technology, healthcare, education, high-tech, aviation, transportation and
sports and entertainment. The business unit is headquartered in Parsippany, New
Jersey and has approximately 3,500 employees. Sales in 2008 amounted to about
SEK 30.3 billion.


For further information please contact:

Tom Crane, Senior Vice President Communication, 
Skanska USA Building, tel +1 973 753 3450
Peter Gimbe, Press Officer, Skanska AB, tel +46 10 448 88 38
Direct line for media: tel +46 10 448 88 99

This and previous releases can also be found at www.skanska.com

Skanska AB may be required to disclose the information provided herein pursuant
to the Securities Markets Act.

Skanska is one of the world's leading project development and construction
groups with expertise in construction, development of commercial and residential
projects and public-private partnerships. The Group currently has 55,000
employees in selected home markets in Europe, in the US and Latin America.
Headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden and listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange,
Skanska's sales in 2008 totaled SEK 144 billion.