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General Contractors

SKANSKA USA Building Inc.
Construction Manager
Local Address:
5010 Hopson Road, Suite 150
Durham, NC 27703
(919) 941-7900

 Project Manager: Steven A. Hess
steven.hess@skanskausa.com

The third-largest construction manager in the United States, Skanska USA Building Inc. is headquartered in Parsippany, N.J., with 25 regional offices, including one in Durham, N.C.

In addition to the 53,000-square-foot Duke Divinity School addition project, Skanska construction at Duke University includes the French Science Center, Emergency Department expansion, Keohane Quad Dormitories, and The Fitzpatrick Center for Interdisciplinary Engineering, Medicine and Applied Sciences (CIEMAS). Photos of these projects may be seen at http://www.digitaldpg.com. Other area projects include the Streets at Southpoint, the Renaissance Center at Southpoint, and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences.

With approximately 4,100 employees in the United States, Skanska consistently has been ranked in the top five in Fortune’s World’s Most Admired Companies in Engineering, construction category.

On the Duke Divinity School Addition (from www.skanskausa.com):

“The crucial theme of the New Addition building as well as the renovation of the existing building is creating the effect of fluidity. This presented a welcome challenge to the design team to capture the feel of the older buildings within a new design. The design by Hartman-Cox Architects mirrors the existing architecture of Duke Chapel, which is the focal point of the West Campus architecture.

“The New Addition includes a chapel, which will incorporate exterior limestone arches and stone from Duke University's own quarry, which was used exclusively on the West Campus construction and now as a key accent on the buildings. The installation of the Duke Stone is crucial to the appearance of the building. The New Addition includes classrooms, a refectory, seminar rooms, teaching laboratories, offices, a bookstore, a prayer room and a chapel to expand the Divinity School facilities.”