Skanska signs £180m contract with British Land for London office scheme

Skanska signs £180m contract with British Land for London office scheme

Nordic construction company Skanska will build a new office building in London.

The company announced that it has signed a contract, worth £180 million, with British Land PLC to build Blossom Street in London.

Skanska will construct about 46,300 square meters of commercial, retail, public realm and residential units, as well as install the mechanical, electrical and public health services for the development.

The building is targeting environmental standards to achieve BREEAM excellent. Construction work starts in early 2021 and is scheduled to complete in 2023.

In September, Nordic project development and construction company Skanska had announced it would build a new commercial office building, the redevelopment of Norfolk House, in London for its customer. The contract was worth £72 million.

Skanska is one of the development and construction companies in Europe. Outside the Nordics, the company has operations in building construction and civil engineering in Poland, Czech Republic & Slovakia and the UK.