WHITESTONE, N.Y. -- Skanska USA announced that it ranked as the number one green builder out of fifty companies in Engineering News-Record's (ENR) first-ever Top Green Contractors survey.

"We are delighted to have ranked number one in this survey," said Elizabeth Heider,

Skanska USA Building has a proven track record in green building. It was the first construction management firm to have all of its environmental management systems registered to the ISO 14001 standard. This plan is registered with an accredited ISO 14001 registrar. Skanska built the first LEED Gold hospital in the U.S. - Providence Newberg Medical Center in Newberg, Oregon; it constructed the first LEED Gold public office building in New Jersey - the Waterfront Technology Center in Camden, New Jersey, and it also built the first LEED Certified airport terminal in the U.S. - Delta Air Lines Terminal A Redevelopment at Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts.

The ENR list is based on contractors' 2006 revenue from projects registered with or certified by third-party ratings groups under environmental or sustainable development standards.

Skanska is one of the world's leading construction groups. In the United States, Skanska's three U.S. businesses include: Skanska USA Building, which specializes in building construction; Skanska USA Civil, which is focused on building civil infrastructure; and Skanska Infrastructure Development, which develops public-private partnerships.

The Skanska Group currently has 56,000 employees worldwide, more than 8,000 of whom work in the United States. Recent U.S. awards include New York's Second Avenue Subway, the United Nations Headquarters Renovation Project, the New Meadowlands Stadium, and hundreds of other projects in locations across the country. Headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, and listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange, Skanska's sales in 2006 totaled $17 billion.