Skanska has received an assignment to build a bypass road in Wroclaw in southwestern Poland. The order value amounts to PLN 215 M, or about SEK 515 M, which will be included in order bookings for the second quarter. The customer is the local road and railway authority.
The contract is for the first construction stage of an eastern bypass connecting to the main road to Warsaw. The project will consist of a new 5.6-kilometers road with overpasses, sidewalks, bike paths, animal crossings and three bridges over the Oder and Olawa Rivers. The bridges will be about 100 to 290 meters in length.
The assignment also includes extensive landscaping work with planting and the construction of ponds for surface runoff water. Works are planned to begin in the summer and completed until January 2013.
Skanska is currently building part of Wroclaw’s downtown ring road.
Skanska Poland, one of the largest construction companies in the Poland, had sales of SEK 7.6 billion in 2008. The company has about 5,200 employees. In Poland also Skanska Commercial Development and Skanska Infrastructure Development are active.
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.
