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Home teamadvantage
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Oslo, the capital o Norway, isexpanding – onto the water.
Teoundations – or should we say, the uturesite – or juvholmen, Oslo’s newest resi-dential area, are now being shipped. Tesite is not on land. juvholmen will bebuilt above a parking garage that will beunderwater and will orm the oundationor the homes. Skanska is building theparking garage in a drydock in Fredrik-stad, 100 kilometers (62 miles) south o Oslo.Te rst concrete structure, which is 85meters (279 eet) long and 35 meters (115eet) wide, was shipped in September. Tenext structure to be shipped will be 155meters (509 eet) long and 24 meters (79eet) wide. ogether the structures will ormthe 21,000 sq m (226,042 sq ) constructionsurace and an underwater parking garagewith space or 800 cars.Construction in drydock is becoming amatter o routine or Skanska Norway. Re-cently, Skanska built an immersed tunnel tothe Björvika expressway in Oslo in the samemanner. Six sections o tunnel, each about120 meters (394 eet) long, were oated tocentral Oslo, and this autumn the com-pany began to link the sections together.Previously, Skanska constructed a serieso oil rigs in the same way. For juvhol-men, about 45,000 cu m (58,857 cu yds) o concrete and 13,000 tons o reinorcing steelhave been used. Te structures have beendesigned to last 300 years.
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Mats Williamson hands over to AndersDanielsson, the new President o SkanskaSweden. They speak about improvingproductivity and increasing customerorientation.
Time tocelebrate
A selected group o seven,with a single task: tomaximize the unit'spotential in the UK. Thenew Skanska UK ExecutiveManagement Team (EMT) isin operation. First task is tooutline the way orward.Please allow us to introducethe Project o the Year, DirtyBoots and Golden Hard Hatswho were honored at theManagement Meeting 2008.
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Teaming upor UKDockinghistory
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The aircrat carrier USSIntrepid is pushed intoposition by our tugboats asit prepares to dock at Pier 86in Manhattan on October 2,2008, in New York City.A letter rom the CEO.
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Bank, bonds or mattress?
Now’s thetime to decide where to put your money.Sometimes, it is best to wait – I recommendyou spend hal an hour or more readingthis magazine – beore you decide.And speaking o crises, remember whatHenry Kissinger said: “There cannot be acrisis next week. My schedule is alreadyull.”I suppose that is what most people saidin September/October this year. Yet a crisisstruck, again and again. Up and down.“The Chinese use two characters towrite the word 'crisis.' One characterstands or danger; the other oropportunity. In a crisis, be aware o thedanger – but recognize the opportunity,”said John F. Kennedy.Let's put the danger aside – “We havenothing to ear but ear itsel” – and ocuson opportunities. The global economy willregain speed and stability. Fingers crossed.But it will not be the same as it was.Hopeully, there will be more roomor green construction. In this issue oWorldwide you can see that even HisMajesty, the King o Sweden, supports theidea.This issue also eatures the kings andqueens o development and construction,the guys and gals in dirty bootsconstructing buildings, roads and projectssuch as London’s newest and greatesthospital, a courthouse in Sweden and awindmill in Chile.Also in this issue, the Skanska GoldenHard Hat Award winners and the newleaders o Skanska Sweden and Skanska UKare presented as well as 22 trainees whorepresent an inusion o new blood intothe Skanska system.Enjoy!al.lindstrom@skanska.se
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