Leaders in Science + Technology Construction
We go beyond what’s expected to tackle today’s challenges and meet tomorrow’s demands.
For our customers, project success is speed to market, scalability, and cost and energy efficiency—delivering on these priorities is what we do every day. Our unique strength lies in a purposeful and collaborative approach that connects the expertise of our local builders with national and global resources. From a wide variety of projects and perspectives, our science and technology (S+T) specialists will share knowledge and best practices that spark innovation, deliver optimal results and take your project beyond what’s expected.
$4.3B
in-progress S+T projects
32%
of USA 2023 revenue*
4th
largest “Labs” contractor by BD+C
6th
largest "S+T Facilities" contractor by BD+C
1,880+
S+T construction employees
$11.8B
portfolio of S+T projects (last 10 years)
Where We Work
Headquartered in New York, we have 28 offices around the country. Our experience in S+T facilities is extensive and spans coast to coast, from cell and gene therapy projects in the Northeast to pharmaceutical facilities in California and data centers in Arizona and Virginia. We build where our customer's needs take them.
Types of S+T Owners
Skanska provides the expertise needed to envision and construct academic, public and private sector S+T communities around the world. With the flexibility to deliver projects under many different forms of contract, we tailor our delivery approach to meet your project goals. We provide construction services to a large S+T customer base that encompasses many types of customers, including:
Pharmaceutical and biotech
Academic
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High-tech
Government agencies
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Chemical companies
Mission critical
Project Spotlight
With this project, Forge has been able to deliver on its mission of accelerating access to life-changing gene therapies by bringing them from concept to reality through our end-to-end manufacturing services at our Grove City, Ohio headquarters.
Skanska partnered with Forge Biologics to deliver a biomanufacturing facility that supports cell and gene therapy development and manufacturing, such as modifying or replacing missing or faulty genes with healthy ones to treat genetic diseases like muscular dystrophy, sickle cell disease and hemophilia.
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Cincinnati, OH
Atlanta, GA
Orlando, FL
What was once a book storage facility has been transformed by Skanska and our design partners into a premier research and biomanufacturing facility that spans 130,000-SF. Skanska completed the first two stages of the multi-phased project, which included a variety of new construction and renovation.
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Pharmaceutical, Medical Device and High-Tech Manufacturing
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University Science and STEM
API, Bulk Process, Pilot Plants
Research and Development (R&D)
Specialty Research
Clean Rooms
Electronic Assembly and Manufacturing
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Houston, TX
Riverside, CA
Seattle, WA
Portland, OR
San Francisco, CA
Los Angeles, CA
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Tampa, FL
Charlotte, NC
Durham, NC
Waltham, MA
Glastonbury, CT
Boston, MA
New York, NY
Philadelphia, PA
Washington, D.C.
Carteret, NJ
Vienna, VA
Rockville, MD
Parsippany, NJ
Forge Biologics, Master Plan
Grove City, OH
About Skanska
In the U.S., our 6,500+ employees deliver projects across many sectors, including life sciences, mission critical, healthcare, education, transportation and commercial.
Skanska is a multi-national construction and development company—one of the largest in the world.
Built out 18 new ISO 7 (Class 10,000) clean rooms, three cell culture labs and quality control lab.
Installed two large chillers, two generators, and two 5,000-L bioreactors—as of 2023, the largest in the Midwest and East Coast—as well as new gas, storage and distribution equipment.
Performed significant structural upgrades, including 35 new steel columns to support rooftop energy recovery units.
Upgraded the natural gas supply line to a capacity of 36 million BTUs as well as electrical and water utility service.
Constructed a new two-story structure with 50,000-SF of office space and 5,000 square-feet of space for product development and demolished and renovated 6,000-SF of existing office space.
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Meet the Experts
There are many S+T experts at Skanska, not just one. A diverse group of these specialists serves as a national Advisory Council—Skanska’s very own S+T think tank. From superintendents to business developers and project executives, these council members centralize our national S+T expertise, enabling us to better serve our clients with access to the latest trends and best practices in this niche market sector.
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1,880 dedicated S+T builders supported by an in-house MEP team and commissioning services plus national Emerging Technology and Data Solutions teams.
Preconstruction proven to be on another level–delivering budget accuracy, optimized programming and schedule assurance.
Data-informed Project Planning
Efficient project delivery is assured through smart use of data and construction technology, a focus on client and stakeholder experience, and enhanced turnover services.
Smart, Streamlined Project Execution
Future-proofed, Sustainable Results
A national sustainability team helps our customers reach green construction goals with proven carbon and energy efficient solutions. Our expertise goes beyond sustainable elements to include conversions and adaptive reuse.
The Strategic Supply Chain team works with manufacturing partners to optimize design costs and schedules. Our Market Trends Report and live webinars keep customers and teams in the know.
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Expertise for Every Need at Any Scale
There is no one-size-fits-all approach. To deliver project certainty, from schedule and quality assurance to energy efficiency, our S+T builders take a uniquely tailored approach to every project—they also go beyond what’s expected.
Optimal outcomes
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Market analysis
Skanska’s Market Trends Report
Informative deep dives
Market Trends Live Webinar
Following up our report, Skanska preconstruction and operations experts discuss the report’s findings, from construction pricing to labor trends, which are based on data compiled by sources like the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and Engineering News Record. Guest speakers and subject matter experts from across the AEC industry join the webinar to share their experiences, best practices and lessons learned.
Each quarter, we publish an up-to-date analysis of the market, nationally and regionally, that helps our clients, partners and teams better understand local and national market trends and risks. This helps inform our escalation strategies, material selections and schedule planning for long-lead materials.
The Strategic Supply Chain (SSC) team develops agreements with leading industry manufacturers that provide critical S+T assets like air handlers, generators, switchgear, modular pods and pharmaceutical manufacturing-specific equipment. Working with these manufacturing partners, the SSC team supports early design value management, optimal product selection and best total cost and initial pricing for materials and equipment. Ultimately, their work optimizes design cost during preconstruction and mitigates schedule risk due to supply chain uncertainty.
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Preconstruction on another level
98% budget-to-actual accuracy
Beyond benchmarking with Skanska Metriks
Schedule assurance with Lead Time Dashboard
This proprietary tool harvests nearly 400 quantifiable attributes, like structural steel and specific program areas, from every project we build to help validate and optimize programming, planning and costs. This helps us quickly identify options that deliver higher value without sacrificing functionality.
This dashboard visualizes the latest equipment and material lead times—more than 180 key pieces like lab casework and generators—as reported directly by manufacturers. With this data, we are better informed during early schedule planning and quickly anticipate potential project delays resulting from fluctuating lead times.
98% budget-to-actual accuracy On projects—some valued at hundreds of millions of dollars—we consistently transition seamlessly from conceptual imagination in preconstruction to practical delivery in construction, on average, with a 98 percent budget-to-actual accuracy. This is impressive when considering economic uncertainty and ever-changing project requirements and needs.
The industry-standard definition of preconstruction is just a small part of our services. Our project planning group takes estimating and scheduling to the next level by incorporating strategic, data informed approaches to the supply chain, sustainability and more. During each design phase, we provide a complete estimate, and this includes filling in the gaps when the design is incomplete or in development. For example, even if the design documents don’t show water and sanitary lines to a restroom, we know they will be present in the final design and should be included in early estimates. Our goal is always to price what the project will cost when it’s complete.
Data and analytics-driven schedule assurance
Project status and data at our cutomers' fingertips
Leading-edge technology for cutting-edge solutions
Taking BIM/VDC to another level
Enhanced turnover for turnkey solutions
Minimal impact on every project
Leading-edge technology and cutting-edge solutions
With experience using powerful tools like Autodesk Construction Cloud, BIMTrack, Navisworks and Procore, Skanska’s virtual builders go beyond model management basics to execute advanced strategies in estimating, coordination, logistics planning, production tracking, reality capture and facility management. Our approach strengthens collaboration, improves safety and quality, and safeguards the schedule and budget as we continuously explore opportunities to further optimize project outcomes.
Our Enhanced Turnover services deliver lower total building lifecycle cost, increased operational efficiencies, improved communication with facilities teams and shortened response times to maintenance requests. Through our digital asset database, information extracted from warranties, as-builts, photos, etc., seamlessly transfers to a new or existing facility management platform, delivering day-one operational readiness. We can take these services further with a digital twin, which layers in real-time data and the digital representation of the facility for useful, actionable insights.
When multiple contractors are on site, our teams take the initiative to pre-plan and coordinate work through weekly meetings—this leads to results like coordinated shutdowns, which assures minimal impact to ongoing operations. On active campuses, special care is taken to ensure dust, vibration and noise don’t disturb employees or ongoing work. For occupied facilities, we leverage in-house capabilities such as laser-scanning, which is less intrusive and saves significant time verifying existing conditions.
Whether working in occupied spaces or alongside other contractors, we minimize our impact in a variety of ways, including:
Project status and data at our customers' fingertips Our Owner Dashboard provides a customized, transparent and up-to-date project snapshot that guides meetings and proactive conversations; it’s available 24/7 for a view into safety stats, schedule, budget and much more.
With Skanska’s Production Tracking Dashboard, we use real-time project data to stay informed on progress, predict schedule risk and assure on-time completion. This includes tracking progression of work put in place like steel and MEP to review past production rates and projections for future performance. These insights have helped our teams identify trade partners that were behind schedule and manage what could become a potentially significant risk in proactive ways like adding manpower to keep work on track.
Expertise at every scale
In-house MEP team
Leading edge technology and data-informed solutions
In-house commissioning services
Skanska’s extensive in-house support includes a team of specialists in coordination, installation, startup and commissioning who are dedicated to the delivery of fully operational MEP systems. This team of problem solvers supports projects through procurement, coordination, installation, commissioning and start-up.
Our S+T Advisory Council is connected to 1,880 dedicated S+T builders across the U.S. who specialize in intricate projects—big and small. From data centers to biotech manufacturing and campus master planning to TI fit-outs, we ensure every customer gets the best people based on the project type and skillsets needed.
We innovate for impact and pioneer solutions that respond to our client’s unique needs. With dedicated Emerging Technology and Data Solutions teams and a suite of construction technology and software at our fingertips, we deliver increased certainty in cost, quality, schedule, safety and productivity. Using in-house tools like Skanska Metriks and Enhanced Turnover solutions, our teams further optimize efforts and deliver the best project outcomes.
Skanska provides our own in-house commissioning experts to test systems functionality. We also work collaboratively with third-party commissioning agents and enlist the help of manufacturers if necessary for a seamless transition from construction to occupation. The team provides thorough operations and maintenance (O&M) manuals and a recommended parts list for equipment from vendors. We also offer turnover services to help organize commissioning information into an easily accessible format.
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A leader in green construction
Proven carbon and energy efficient solutions
A knowledgeable partner for conversions and adaptive reuse
With more than 200+ LEED APs, Green Associates and Fellows, as well as 325+ LEED certified projects and multiple Living Building Challenge projects, our teams have a wealth of experience identifying the best options to achieve any sustainability goal. We evaluate projects through multiple lenses like net positive energy, carbon impacts or achieving a certain level of redundancy or resilience.
Our customers aim to reuse water, reduce air change rates, eliminate use of fossil fuels and recover energy from their building’s exhaust stream. When it comes to sustainable solutions, we are ahead of the curve. Our pioneering efforts have led to tools like the Embodied Carbon in Construction Calculator (EC3) tool, which we co-developed with the Carbon Leadership Forum. EC3 tracks embodied carbon data for construction materials, and we use this data to compare emissions and embodied carbon levels for proposed project materials.
Converting an office building to a lab is not a one size fits all process. We work with owners and developers early on to understand the complexities and key conversion points of a building to reduce the potential for errors, which can be cost and time draining. Armed with this crucial knowledge, they can market their spaces to maximize the potential of their facilities and attract the customers they hope to secure in any market.
A dedicated team for green solutions
Skanska’s in-house Sustainability team is a national network of accredited, green building experts who work closely with our project teams and customers to provide key insights on sustainable solutions—from heat recovery systems to mass timber—and their costs while also supporting certification administration (LEED, WELL, Living Building Challenge, etc.).
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We test and adopt emerging technologies in a practical and deliberate manner, emphasizing problem-solving and tangible value for our project teams and clients. These are deployed across all phases of design, construction and closeout and can include robotics for MEP layout and schedule savings; reality capture with 360 cameras, drones and laser scanning to track quality and progress; and augmented and virtual reality project mockups and walk throughs for constructability assurance and to confirm the space meets stakeholder needs.
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Learn how our in-house laser scanning streamlined an already short schedule
A SMART Labs project for a confidential pharmaceutical client required selective demolition and reconstruction of four floors of existing labs. Facing significant overhead MEP and an aggressive schedule of seven weeks (compared to the original 11-week schedule), our team used laser scanning to verify existing conditions and remove the need for individual trades to perform field surveys. Performed by our in-house team over four days, we completed the survey quickly with a high level of quality control. Using the collected data, our VDC team developed a model of all four floors. From there, operations and subcontractors developed the schedule and work plan floor by floor incorporating the need to overlap the work of different trades to streamline efforts. Through BIM360Glue, every subcontractor’s progress model was available to the rest of the team, which supported coordination. This effort saved at least four weeks on the schedule.
In-House Laser Scanning Streamlines Short Schedule
Learn more about our innovation with impact
On the Acorda Therapeutics Chelsea Manufacturing Facility in Chelsea, MA we partnered with Systecon, Inc. to design, fabricate and fully test a modular chiller plant offsite. This reduced the onsite construction, start-up and commissioning duration from six months to less than two months. This reduced duration, in combination with providing leased, temporary cooling towers, allowed the client’s manufacturing operations to continue with only a very limited shutdown to bring the new chiller plant online.
Maintaining Operations and Shortening Schedules with Modular Fabrication
Learn about maintaining operations and shortening schedules with modular fabrication
Learn how MEP prefabrication can cut eight weeks from project schedule
For improved safety and schedule savings on the Novartis Cambridge Campus Expansion project in Cambridge, MA, we used a multi-trade prefabrication approach to modularize the mechanical and plumbing risers and the horizontal MEP distribution systems. After developing a custom modular rack system constructed of Unistrut to frame our prefabricated models, we worked with MEP partners to coordinate above-ceiling mechanical, plumbing, lab gas, tele-data and certain electrical systems to fit within the frames. The subcontractors prefabricated portions of work in their own shops before delivering them to Skanska’s warehouse where they installed their prefabricated elements into the racks. This resulted in eight weeks of schedule savings and eliminated over 5,600 hours of high-risk work.
MEP Prefabrication Cuts Eight Weeks from Schedule
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Subject matter experts dedicated to S+T
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Tieg Murray
Executive Advisor of Advisory Council Boston, MA
Bryan Northrop
Our S+T Advisory Council
Tracy Anderson
Abu Bhargava
David Brewer
McKenna Colby
Kevin Connor
Katie Coulson
Andrew DiFraia
Tom Feeney
Blue Bell, PA
Maura Fox
Jeanine Friedman
Lew Guerrette
Stephanie Houchins
Paul Guelich
Rich Hylinski
Joe Krizan
Nik Salvi
Omar Shafey
Jessica Vann
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"With fresh ideas, seasoned experience and strong partnerships across the industry, the S+T Advisory Council keeps our business evolving alongside client needs and market trends. Their expertise in S+T project execution and collaboration with our project teams ensures we continue delivering best value to our clients as they make a positive impact on millions of lives.”
–Bryan Northrop, Skanska Executive Vice President/General Manager and S+T Advisory Council Executive Advisor
There are many S+T experts at Skanska, not just one. A diverse group of these specialists serves as a national Advisory Council—Skanska’s very own S+T think tank. From superintendents to business developers and project executives, these council members centralize our national S+T expertise.
Who they are:
By leveraging their seasoned knowledge, internal data, and market intelligence the council provides our local teams, partners and customers with leading-edge concepts, best management practices and services specialized for the S+T sector.
What they do:
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Mike Maybury
John McIver
Chris McKniff
Mark Moore
Executive Advisor and National Market Strategy
Tony Rinaldi
Todd Predmore
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Helping shape life-changing solutions
Skanska partnered with Forge Biologics to deliver a biomanufacturing facility that supports cell and gene therapy development and manufacturing, like modifying or replacing missing or faulty genes with healthy ones to treat genetic diseases like sickle cell, muscular dystrophy and hemophilia. With this project, Forge has been able to deliver on its mission of accelerating access to life-changing gene therapies by bringing them from concept to reality through our end-to-end manufacturing services at our Grove City, Ohio headquarters. What was once a book storage facility has been transformed by Skanska and our design partners into a premier research and biomanufacturing facility that spans 130,000-SF. Skanska completed the first two stages of the multi-phased project, which included a variety of new construction and renovation. In addition to delivering on their mission, the project has allowed Forge to hire an estimated 340 office and lab employees to work at the gene therapy facility, bringing growth and opportunity to the region.
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We’re excited to build what matters and provide jobs for the local Grove City community. Any time our team is involved with building a facility on the forefront of potentially life-saving therapies, it truly falls in line with our values and holds a deeper connection for each of us.
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Constructed a new two-story structure with 50,000-SF of office space and 5,000-SF of space for product development and demolished and renovated 6,000-SF of existing office space.
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