Skanska USA has signed a $62.7 million contract to build a 230,000-square-foot research and education facility on the Johns Hopkins Medicine All Children’s Hospital campus in St. Petersburg, Florida. Named a top 50 children's hospital by U.S. News & World Report, the pediatric hospital campus provides access to the most innovative treatments and therapies and offers world-class care in more than 43 pediatric medical and surgical subspecialties.

The 230,000-square-foot facility will include 30,000 square feet of research and laboratory spaces and another 30,000 square feet of educational space, which will feature a 400-seat auditorium. The building will deliver leading groundbreaking research and clinical education to the St. Petersburg community. Additionally, the project will have 50,000 square feet of offices and administrative spaces, a 20,000-square-foot collaboration space and a Biorepository, which is a repository of biological materials.

More than 200 professionals will occupy the building that will house the hospital’s Maternal, Fetal & Neonatal Institute, Heart Institute, Cancer & Blood Disorders Institute and the Institute for Brain Protection Sciences, which will employ clinicians, research teams, faculty and staff. Designed by architecture firm HDR, the project construction began in March 2016 and is slated for completion in 2018.

“This job is particularly rewarding for Skanska as it will address the growing need for healthcare services across Florida and further education, which is the backbone of this community,” said Fred Hames, executive vice president and general manager at Skanska USA Building in Florida. “Investing in the expansion of a medical research and educational center ensures this community can continue to deliver quality care to an increasing patient population and train its current and future healthcare professionals.”

Currently, Skanska is building several projects in the St. Petersburg and broader Tampa Bay region, including rebuilding the 1,380-foot long St. Petersburg Municipal Pier in the heart of downtown St. Petersburg, the new eight-story patient tower and renovations at Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida, and the $122 million renovation and expansion of the Tampa International Airport’s main passenger terminal.

About Skanska

Skanska USA is one of the largest, most financially sound construction and development companies in the U.S., serving a broad range of clients including those in transportation, power, industrial, water/wastewater, healthcare, education, sports, data centers, life sciences, aviation and commercial. Headquartered in New York with offices in 31 metro areas, we have nearly 11,000 employees committed to being leaders in safety, project execution, sustainability, ethics and people development. In 2015, our work in building construction, civil and power/industrial construction, commercial development and infrastructure development (public-private partnerships) generated $7.1 billion in revenue. Global revenue of parent company Skanska AB, headquartered in Stockholm and listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange, totaled $18.4 billion in 2015. Skanska shares are publicly traded in the U.S. on the OTC market under the symbol SKBSY through a Level I American Depository Receipt program.