ConDig (07-Oct-25) Skanska, in a joint venture with Railroad Construction Company, has secured a contract from the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission to build a new standby power generation facility in Newark, New Jersey.

The contract, valued at $148 million will be included in Skanska’s US order bookings for the third quarter of 2025.

The project involves installing power generation equipment capable of producing 34 megawatts of standby power to support the Newark Bay Wastewater Treatment Plant during utility outages. The facility is designed to operate independently, ensuring uninterrupted functionality of one of the region’s key wastewater treatment plants.

Construction began in the third quarter of this year, with completion expected in the fourth quarter of 2027.

The new facility is part of ongoing infrastructure upgrades aimed at strengthening energy resilience and environmental reliability in New Jersey’s wastewater systems.

Last week, a joint venture led by Swedish developer and contractor Skanska secured a $178 million contract to revamp roadways at Los Angeles International Airport.

Last month, Skanska landed an additional $116 million contract with the University of Virginia to advance construction of the Paul and Diane Manning Institute of Biotechnology at Fontaine Research Park in Charlottesville. 

Skanska secured a $67 million contract for a substation on Governors Island in New York.

Skanska also announced earlier this month that it had been awarded a $249 million contract by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to deliver a main cable dehumidification project on the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge in New York. 

In June, Skanska secured an additional contract worth $250 million to upgrade Logan Airport’s Terminal E in Boston.