Skanska USA

About Skanska USA

Skanska USA is the American operation of Skanska, one of the world's largest construction and project development groups. With more than 135 years of history behind it, the group builds what it describes as the important buildings and infrastructure that help heal, transport, entertain and energise communities - from hospitals and stadiums to airports, corporate headquarters, power plants, tunnels and bridges.

Skanska USA is headquartered in the Empire State Building in New York, with offices across the country, and operates alongside the group's businesses in the Nordics, central Europe and the United Kingdom.

Construction Services

The company delivers construction grounded in technical expertise, proven methods and a lifecycle approach intended to produce long-term value rather than lowest first cost.

Buildings

• Healthcare - hospitals and clinical facilities
• Higher education and K-12 - academic buildings, libraries and schools
• Science and technology - laboratories and research facilities
• Data centres - mission-critical digital infrastructure
• Aviation - airport terminals, including major work at LaGuardia
• Commercial and workplace - offices and corporate headquarters

Transportation and Infrastructure

• Bridges - major crossings and rehabilitation of existing structures
• Tunnelling - transport and utility tunnels
• Transit and rail - stations, track and systems
• Highways and roads
• Ports and marine - waterfront and maritime structures
• Water and wastewater systems - treatment and conveyance infrastructure

Commercial Development

Beyond contracting, Skanska develops commercial property on its own account. Taking development risk changes the firm's perspective: it experiences directly how design and construction decisions affect leasing, operating cost and asset value over decades, rather than handing those consequences to someone else at completion.

Lifecycle Approach

The lifecycle framing recurs throughout Skanska's positioning - designing and building for how an asset will perform over its full life rather than optimising for handover. On infrastructure with a hundred-year design life, that distinction determines whole-life cost far more than the construction price does.

Sustainability

Skanska has been among the more visible large contractors on climate commitments, working on low-carbon concrete, electrified construction equipment and green building certification across its portfolio. Its scale means procurement decisions on materials influence supplier behaviour well beyond its own projects.

Market Position

Skanska USA ranks among the largest contractors in the United States, competing for complex public and private work where technical capability, safety record and financial strength are prerequisites. Clients include transport authorities, health systems, universities, technology companies and public agencies.

Why AEC Teams Should Know Skanska

For owners, designers and consultants working on major US infrastructure or complex buildings, Skanska is one of the most significant contractors and development partners to understand across the built environment.

Delivery Methods

Skanska works across the full range of procurement routes - design-build, construction management at risk, integrated project delivery and public-private partnerships. On large public infrastructure the choice of route often matters as much as the design itself, determining who carries cost and schedule risk and how early the builder can influence buildability.

Safety and Workforce

Safety performance is treated as a governance-level measure rather than a site statistic, and the group invests in training and apprenticeship pathways to address the skilled labour shortages affecting the whole US construction market.

Working With Skanska

Typical clients include state transport authorities, port and aviation authorities, health systems, universities, technology companies and private developers. The firm also maintains an extensive subcontractor and supplier prequalification programme, making it a significant route to market for specialist trades.