Skanska appointed preferred bidder to develop M25 highway around London within the PFI program

Skanska can confirm it has today, as part of the Connect Plus consortium of which the company has a 40 percent stake along with its partners, Balfour Beatty (40 percent), Atkins (10 percent) and Egis (10 percent) formally been appointed preferred bidder for the development of the M25 highway around London. This release follows the announcement made on May 8th 2008 by the British Highways Agency that the consortium had been appointed provisional preferred bidder.