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About us.Operations:Construction-RelatedServices andProject DevelopmentRevenue (2006):SEK 126 billionUSD 18.4 billionEmployees (2006):56,000+ globallyPresident and CEO:Stuart GrahamSkanska markets:SwedenNorwayDenmarkFinlandEstoniaPolandCzech RepublicSlovakiaHungaryUnited KingdomUnited StatesCertain countriesin Latin AmericaBuild relationships locally.Lead the industry globally.In each home market where Skanska is established,we follow the same strategic businessphilosophy: Be close to our customersin order to build confidence, earn trust andgenerate value for our shareholders.We strive to be a leader in each of ourhome markets and core business streams:Construction, Commercial Development,Residential Development and InfrastructureDevelopment.As a result, we’re known as a companywith the expertise, people and financialresources needed to deliver successfulprojects for our customers worldwide.A history built on stability.Literally.Skanska’s rock-solid reputation in constructionand project development can be traceddirectly back to the first days of our businessmore than a century ago.In 1887, we opened our doors as acement manufacturer and quickly evolvedinto a full-fledged construction company.Within a decade, we accepted our firstinternational order. Business flourished.And we’ve continued to grow ever since.All over the world, we’ve played a keyrole in developing infrastructure on a locallevel. We’ve built roads, bridges and powerstations, developed residential housing,commercial building projects and more.We’re proud of the roles we’ve played inbringing people closer together and makingtheir lives more comfortable at homeand work.8“I’m proud to have workedon the Lakeside Villageproject in Lakeland, Florida.This project has become acorner stone for the developmentof the community.I was on a trip with localmunicipal officials afterit was completed and someoneasked if anyone hadvisited the facility.I stoodup and said –I built it!”Brooke MayManager, Skanska USA BuildingSkanska employee since April 2004Bachelor’s Degree in International Businessand Foreign RelationsPictured above left:Shanel Evans, a controllerat Skanska’s InfrastructureDevelopment office inWashington D.C., gets firsthandinternational businessexperience during a globalconference in Stockholm,Sweden in February 2007.Pictured above right:In reference to its uniqueshape, the “Gherkin”,Swiss Re’s London headquartersredefined theskyline in London’s financialdistrict when it opened onMay 25, 2004. At 40 stories,it is also the city’s firstenvironmentally sustainabletall building.
Magnus SkallerudRegional Manager, Skanska NorwaySkanska employee since March 2001Master of Science in Civil Engineering“The first thing that attracted me toSkanska was the people – from the waypeople working on projects are treatedby their supervisors, to how the membersof the project team talk to their customers. This mademe confident that I had a future with this company.”Pictured above:Completed in 1943, Sandöbronin northern Sweden remainedthe largest concrete arc inthe world for more than twodecades.1887Aktiebolaget SkånskaCementgjuteriet isestablished in Sweden.1890’sSkanska begins workinginternationally beforethe turn of the century.Pictured at left:During the 1960’s, Skanskadismantled the monumentsat Abu Simbel, Egypt andraised them 60 meters up thesandstone cliff where they hadbeen built more than 3,000years before.Pictured below:R.F. Berg, the founder ofSkånska Cementgjuteriet.1950’sThe first projects inSouth America, Africaand Asia are undertaken.1971Skanska enters theUnited States market.1990’sContinuous internationalexpansion doubles thesize of Skanska.2000 & beyondSkanska projectsnumber more than12,000 annually.
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