STOCKHOLM, Sweden, May 24, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Skanska has been named construction manager for the expansion and renovation of the Regional Medical Center of San Jose in San Jose, California, USA. The contract amount of SEK 540 M, or USD 74 M, will be included in Skanska's order bookings for the second quarter of 2005.
The customer is the publicly listed U.S. healthcare company HCA.
The project includes an approximately 13,000 square-meter (138,000 square-foot) in-patient tower and about 2,200 square meters (24,000 square-foot) of renovations.
The work will be performed by Skanska USA Building, which has assembled its hospital construction expertise in an internal knowledge facility called the Healthcare Center of Excellence.
Work on the site will commence in August and is expected to be completed in May 2008.
HCA is the leading publicly listed healthcare company in the US and is also one of Skanska's largest and most frequent customers in the healthcare area. Currently, Skanska is building different hospital projects for HCA in seven US states. HCA, which was founded in 1969, owns and operates about 280 hospitals and surgical clinics in 23 US states, and in the United Kingdom and Switzerland. In 2003, HCA reported revenues of USD 21.8 billion.
Skanska USA Building is a leading national and local provider of construction, pre-construction consulting, general contracting and design build services to a broad range of U.S. industries, including biopharmaceutical, educational, high-tech, healthcare, transportation and sports and entertainment. The company also provides pharmaceutical validation services of facilities for pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical customers. The company is headquartered in Parsippany, New Jersey, and has more than 3,800 employees.
Skanska is one of the world's leading construction groups with expertise in construction, project development of commercial and residential projects and public-private partnerships. Skanska is committed to finding innovative solutions by cooperating closely with customers and combining the company's international expertise with local presence. The Group currently has 53,000 employees in selected home markets in Europe, in the US and Latin America. Sales in 2004 totaled SEK 121 billion.
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