Skanska to build business center in Slovakia for SKK 1.1 billion, about SEK 330 M

Skanska to build business center in Slovakia for SKK 1.1 billion, about SEK 330
M

Skanska has been awarded the construction of a new administrative building and
Cassovar Business Center in Košice in Slovakia. The contract amount is SKK 1.1
billion, about SEK 330 M, and is included in order bookings for the second
quarter. The customer is Cassovar Business Center a.s. 

The new administrative building and Cassovar Business Center will be located
just on the border between Old and New Town of Košice. The building will consist
of 9 stories above ground and 2 below ground. It will provide some 15,000 square
meters of office space and approximately 8,000 square meters available as sales
areas. Two stories of parking spaces will be built below ground level. 

Construction work will start in July and will be completed during second half of
2009. Construction is performed by Skanska's Slovakian subsidiary Stamart
Martin. 

Skanska Czech Republic, the largest construction company in the Czech Republic,
had sales of approximately SEK 11 billion in 2007. The company has about 7,000
employees in Czech Republic and Slovakia.


For further information please contact:

Ondrej Such, Press Officer, Skanska Czech Republic, 
tel +420 267 095 444
Peter Gimbe, Press Officer, Skanska AB, tel +46 8 753 88 38.
Direct line for media: +46 8 753 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 construction groups with expertise in
construction, development of commercial and residential projects and
public-private partnerships. The Group currently has 60,000 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
2007 totaled SEK 139 billion.