Skanska to construct head office in Gainesville, Florida, for USD 49 M, or SEK 350 M

Skanska to construct head office in Gainesville, Florida, for USD 49 M, or SEK
350 M

Skanska has secured the assignment to construct the new head office for
Gainesville's Regional Utilities unit. The contract amounts to USD 49 M, or SEK
350 M, which will be included in order bookings for the first quarter. The
customer is the city of Gainesville.

The Gainesville Regional Utilities (GRU) Eastside Operations Center will
comprise nine buildings with a total of about 25,000 square meters of building
area gathered on a 48-hectare, campus-type site. 

The facility will comprise the head office for Gainesville's various utilities
units for energy, water and wastewater, as well as the telephone and data
networks. In addition to offices and a hurricane-hardened data center, the area
will also house equipment service areas, warehousing, a fueling station and
training premises.

The buildings will be designed and constructed with the aim of achieving the
Silver level of the international LEED environmental certification system.

Work will commence in April and is scheduled for completion in October 2011. 

Skanska USA is one of the leading development and construction companies in the
country, consisting of four business units: Skanska USA Building, which
specializes in building construction; Skanska USA Civil, specialized in civil
infrastructure; Skanska Infrastructure Development, which develops
public-private partnerships; and Skanska Commercial Development, which develops
commercial development projects in select U.S. markets. Headquartered in New
York, Skanska USA has approximately 7,000 employees and its 2009 revenues were
SEK 44 billion.


For further information please contact:

Jessica Murray, Director, Communications, Skanska USA, 
tel +1 404 946 7468 
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. Based on its global green experience,
Skanska aims to be the clients' first choice for green solutions. The Group
currently has 53,000 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 2009 totaled SEK 137 billion.