Skanska to construct detention centers at Kumla, Hall and Saltvik valued at SEK 420 M

Skanska has been contracted to extend the Swedish Prison and Probation Service’s facilities at Kumla, Hall and Saltvik in Härnösand, Sweden. The contract is valued at approximately SEK 420 M, of which SEK 290 M will be included in order bookings for the third quarter of 2007 and SEK 130 M in the fourth quarter.

The customer is Specialfastigheter Sverige AB.

The project relates to three new detention centers each comprising 5,800 square meters.

Entirely new buildings will be constructed at the three institutions, each with space for 24 inmates divided into four centers. The new units will function as a type of “prison in prison” with an extremely high safety level.

“We are pleased and proud to have been entrusted with the task of implementing this unique project. It imposes particularly high demands on quality, safety and our ability to coordinate three identical projects in three different locations,” says Piero Sannicolò, District Manager at Skanska Sweden.

The projects at Kumla and Hall were initiated during the third quarter of 2007. The detention center at Kumla is scheduled for completion at the end of November 2008, while that in Hall is scheduled to be put into operation in March 2009. Construction on the Saltvik center is planned to commence in February 2008 with June 2009 set as the completion date.


For further information please contact:

Piero Sannicolò, District Manager, Skanska, tel +46 8 504 366 59
Peter Gimbe, Press Officer, Skanska AB, tel +46 8 753 88 38
Direct line for the media: +46 8 753 88 99