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Review of 2010 – USD version - Skanska

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More information<br />

about <strong>Skanska</strong><br />

Worldwide<br />

The <strong>Skanska</strong> Group publishes the<br />

magazine Worldwide, containing features<br />

and news items from the Group’s<br />

operations around the world. The<br />

magazine appears in English three<br />

times per year. A subscription is free<br />

<strong>of</strong> charge and can be ordered at the<br />

following address:<br />

<strong>Skanska</strong> Worldwide<br />

c/o Strömberg Distribution<br />

SE-120 88 Stockholm, Sweden<br />

Telephone: +46 8 449 88 00<br />

Fax: +46 8 449 88 10<br />

E-mail: worldwide@strd.se<br />

For more information about <strong>Skanska</strong>,<br />

visit www.skanska.com<br />

The Öresund Bridge 10 years<br />

In <strong>2010</strong> the Öresund Bridge celebrated its tenth anniversary.<br />

By that year, 50 million cars had driven across the bridge<br />

between Malmö, Sweden and Copenhagen, Denmark −<br />

or Limhamn and Kastrup, to be exact.<br />

A <strong>Skanska</strong>-led construction consortium completed the<br />

project ahead <strong>of</strong> schedule and on budget. Project execution<br />

was characterized by a high level <strong>of</strong> safety and controlled<br />

environmental impact.<br />

For many people, the Öresund Bridge is the natural route<br />

between home and workplace. Traffic over the Öresund<br />

waterway has increased sharply since the bridge opened in<br />

July 2000. The number <strong>of</strong> vehicles that drove across the bridge<br />

was 9.3 million in 2009, and a total <strong>of</strong> 35.6 million passengers<br />

crossed the Öresund by car, bus, train or ferry.<br />

With its unique natural setting, the artificial island <strong>of</strong> Peberholm<br />

(Pepper Isle) south <strong>of</strong> Saltholm (Salt Isle) − where the bridge<br />

meets the tunnel portion <strong>of</strong> the Öresund Link − has become<br />

a very important refuge for threatened species. In the latest<br />

inventory, for example, six species <strong>of</strong> seagulls were observed. The<br />

black-headed gull, which has become increasingly rare in Denmark<br />

and Sweden, has established a viable colony with 400 pairs.<br />

Annual Report production team:<br />

<strong>Skanska</strong> AB in collaboration with Addira and IMS Consulting<br />

Translation: Victor Kayfetz, Scan Edit, Oakland, CA Printing: Larsson Offsettryck, Linköping, Sweden, 2011<br />

Photos an illustrations: <strong>Skanska</strong> and external photographers: Cover 3D illustration, White Tengbom Team;<br />

page 13, Ira Jerselius; page 9, Rob Vanstone; pages 18-19, Bersa; pages 30-31, Per-Anders Pettersson; page 34,<br />

Petra Bindel; page 38, Mikael Lindström; page 66, Chris Jackson.<br />

<strong>Skanska</strong> <strong>Review</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>2010</strong> – <strong>USD</strong> <strong>version</strong> More information about <strong>Skanska</strong> 171

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