SWECO awarded major contract for Förbifart Stockholm

SWECO awarded major contract for Förbifart Stockholm

SWECO's engineers have been chosen to prepare two work plans for ongoing
planning of Förbifart Stockholm, a highway bypass to route traffic around
instead of through the city. In the assignment for the Swedish National Road
Administration, worth a total of EUR 16.9 million, SWECO has been teamed with
WSP Sverige and Tyréns.

“This is the biggest road project and the largest consulting procurement ever
carried out for a road project of this type in Sweden. Many road investments are
carried out in stages, but in this case the client has chosen to procure all
consulting services at once,” says Mats Påhlsson, Managing Director of SWECO
VBB. 

Förbifart Stockholm will link together the northern and southern parts of
Stockholm Country, from Kungens Kurva to Häggvik. Most of the new bypass will be
placed underground - of a total length of 21 km a full 16 will pass through
tunnels. On behalf of the Swedish National Road Administration, SWECO's task is
to prepare two work plans that will be used to drive the project forward. 

”We are involved in a number of large-scale projects aimed at improving the road
and railway network. In recent years we have been awarded infrastructure
contracts for nearly 55 million euros in Stockholm alone,” says Mats Påhlsson.

SWECO's work will be completed by year-end 2009. SWECO and WSP are expected to
account for 40 per cent each of the assignment volume and Tyréns for 20 per
cent.

For more information contact:
Mats Påhlsson, Managing Director of SWECO VBB, +46 8 695 66 61,  +46 705 346
400, mats.pahlsson@sweco.se

SWECO is the Nordic region's leading provider of consulting services with
combined expertise in engineering, environmental technology and architecture.
SWECO has around 4,900 employees in ten countries and recorded annual sales of
around SEK 3.9 billion in 2006. The company has projects currently underway in
some 75 countries worldwide. The SWECO share is quoted on the Stockholm Stock
Exchange. SWECO is a member of OMX Nordic Exchange in Stockholm.

This is the type of information that SWECO may be obligated to disclose in
accordance with the Swedish Securities Exchange and Clearing Operations Act
and/or the Financial Instruments Trading Act.