Skanska Safety Week - the world's largest workplace safety campaign - starts on Monday, September 14

Skanska Safety Week - the world's largest workplace safety campaign - starts on
Monday, September 14

Monday next week, September 14, is the start for Skanska Safety Week 2009. All
the company's 55,000 employees, in more than 10,000 project sites and offices,
and thousands of customers, subcontractors, suppliers and partners will be
involved in the efforts to improve safety. This makes Skanska Safety Week the
largest workplace safety campaign in the world. 

During September 14-20 Skanska Safety Week is arranged for the fifth consecutive
year. The purpose is to increase workplace safety, prevent accidents and to
reach Skanska's vision of an injury-free workplace with the target of zero
accidents among employees, subcontractors and the general public.

“It's totally unacceptable that people in our industry risk their life and
health in their daily work. Therefore Skanska Safety Week is such an important
event to show that accidents can and must be prevented. The past years'
achievements show that it's possible to perform our work in a safe way for
everyone involved,” says Johan Karlström, Skanska's President and CEO. 

The construction industry is by tradition one of the most hazardous sectors. An
estimated 40 percent of all workplace fatalities take place in this industry.
But experience from Skanska Safety Week shows that the number of accidents can
be radically reduced. During the seven days of last year's event, seven
lost-time accidents were reported. This can be compared to an average week, when
19 accidents are reported. Applied to a full year, this would translate to
around 600 fewer lost-time accidents among Skanska's employees and
subcontractors globally.  

Activities during the week includes hundreds of safety visits at work sites by
Skanska executives, extensive safety training programs, safety briefings for
employees, subcontractors and partners and many other activities at Skanska
projects and offices around the world. More information about the activities can
be found on www.skanska.com/safetyweek from Monday.

“Safety is a core value in Skanska and our highest priority - every day, for
every person and at every place where we work. Therefore it's of great
importance that everyone - employees, subcontractors and partners - take part in
the planning to prevent accidents. This is the only way to reach our target. We
still have quite some way to go, but I'm confident that we will succeed,” says
Johan Karlström.

Since 2005 employee lost-time accidents have been reduced by 24 percent in
Skanska. The company takes extensive measures to further reduce accidents.
Strict rules for personal protection equipment on site have been implemented,
extensive training programs are arranged at sites and safety risk analysis is
mandatory in the planning of all projects. 

Furthermore, safety performance is monitored closely, and benchmarked between
the business units in Skanska with the aim to learn from the best units.
Performance is also linked to the remuneration of managers. From 2009, the
entire company also observes a “stand down” each time a fatality occurs. As well
as marking respect for a colleague, this event spreads knowledge to every
employee, subcontractor and partner about the cause of the accident and how it
could have been prevented.

For further information please contact:

Noel Morrin, Senior Vice President Sustainability & Green Construction
Skanska AB, tel +46 10 448 88 98.
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.