Skanska Writing Style
The correct abbreviation for "Design-Build"
DB
This is the online destination where Skanska employees can access brand guidelines, files, and assets.
Skanska Brand Hub
This document defines the scope of work, project requirements, and procurement process.
Request for Proposal (RFP)
This process verifies that every RFP requirement has been addressed in the proposal.
Compliance Check (or Compliance Matrix)
This value puts the health and safety of people and the environment at the heart of everything we do.
Care for Life
Which word for the front part of a building means “face” in French?
Façade
AP Style recommends spelling out numbers below this threshold, except in cases like ages or percentages.
10
How many tertiary colors does Skanska have?
8
This federal agency is responsible for worker safety regulations on construction sites.
OSHA
A review to verify compliance with the RFP that focuses on fatal flaws.
Gold Team Review
This value emphasizes listening, learning, sharing knowledge, and creating an inclusive culture where everyone belongs.
Be Better Together
You’ll probably find one on an architect’s desk and a construction worker’s toolbelt, but which tool could you also make use of at home if you’ve just hung a painting on the wall and can’t tell if it’s crooked or not?
Level
According to AP Style, this punctuation mark is omitted in a simple series. This type of punctuation so goes against Skanska's guidelines.
Oxford comma
The Skanska logo requires a certain amount of clear space around the logo to maintain its visual integrity. What do we use to measure that free space?
The Skanska S
This is the year OSHA was established to ensure workplace safety in the United States.
1970
Meeting with a client to ask open-ended questions and learn about why a proposal was accepted or rejected is an example of what?
Debrief
This value reminds us that shortcuts are unacceptable and that we should lead with integrity and transparency.
Act Ethically & Transparently
Short for reinforcing bar, this term is used for a steel rod with ridges for use in reinforced concrete.
Rebar
When using an em dash in AP Style, it should be surrounded by these.
spaces
What key element must be included in a JV project logo?
The project name or acronym.
This BIM acronym stands for creating a digital representation of a facility's physical and functional characteristics.
Building Information Modeling
Activities on a schedule that typically require a longer time to acquire or complete and therefore need to be started earlier than other items.
Long Lead Items
According to this value, our customers' success is our success.
Commit to Customers
A building’s HVAC system is a key part of making it safe and comfortable for people to be in—in other words, you can breathe easy and you’re not too hot or too cold. What does the acronym HVAC stand for?
Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning
This writing perspective uses "I," "we," and "our" and is preferred for proposals.
First person
When is it appropriate to use a drop shadow effect in proposals and PPT slides?
When placing a white document on a white background
Evidence that a firm made attempts to meet M/W/DBE participation goals (often required when those goals were not met).
Good Faith Effort
After learning a client has a changing priority, the pursuit team adjusts its strategy and solution to better meet the client's goals.
Win Themes
After learning a client has a changing priority, the pursuit team adjusts its strategy and solution to better meet the client's goals.
Commit to Customer
What kind of joint absorbs heat to help prevent thermal issues like cracking concrete?
Expansion Joint
This voice is preferred because it is clearer and more direct, as in "The engineer designed the bridge."
Active Voice
What is a third font approved by Skanska for long text documents?
Source Serif
This is the first major milestone that officially allows construction work to begin.
Notice to Proceed (NTP)
What do you call an innovative idea, developed by a pursuit team, that changes the final product while aiming to provide the client with cost and schedule certainty?
Alternative Techincal Concept (ATC)
Besides safety, what is the most important responsibility of the team working on an active project?
Keep the client satisfied.
On Design-Build projects, this abbreviation stands for the percentage of design completion (30%, 60%, 90%, etc.).
LOD (Level of Design/Development)
This word should be used when making someone confident of something, while its commonly confused counterpart is considered a contractual term.
Assure
This is the year Skanska was founded in Sweden.
1887
This process identifies potential project risks and assigns mitigation strategies before work begins.
Risk management.
This happens when writers stop describing features and start explaining why those features matter to the client.
Writing to benefits instead of features
Skanska Values - These four guiding principles are at the heart of Skanska's corporate culture.
Care for Life, Act Ethically and Transparently, Be Better Together, and Commit to Customers
Before concrete is poured, workers install this temporary structure to hold it in place until it hardens.
Formwork