VirtualWorks signs agreement with Skanska for global intranet search solution

VirtualWorks has signed an agreement with Skanska to deliver a new global search solution on Skanska’s intranet, OneSkanska.

Sweden, Stockholm, April, 2017 – Skanska (www.skanska.com) is one of the world's leading project development and construction groups, concentrated on selected home markets in the Nordic countries, Central Eastern Europe and in North America. With a focus on sustainability, Skanska offers competitive solutions – not least for the most complex assignments. Skanska is a public company listed on NASTAQ Stockholm and has more than 43.000 employees.

We want to take our search experience to the next level and feel that VirtualWorks can deliver the best solution for us. Search will play an essential role in our global digital workplace and our aim is to build a companywide enterprise search. Our intranet and the whole digital workplace builds our common culture, our values and our strategy, and we need to ensure that employees have access to both global and local information, regardless of where they are.
Hanna Karppi
Head of Digital Workplace, Skanska

VirtualWorks’ offering includes a predictable software platform and delivery model and also a proven track record with delivering search solutions.

This agreement proves that our strategic focus on intranet search and digital workplace gives business value to our customers. We are looking forward to work closely with Skanska and will do our utmost to meet expectations set us.
Simen Kortgaard
Country Manager Sweden, VirtualWorks

For more information, contact:

Simen Kortgaard, Country Manager Sweden, VirtualWorks AB, +47 48 07 93 22
Hanna Karppi, Head of Digital Workplace, Skanska AB, +46 10 44 84 994

About VirtualWorks – VirtualWorks (www.virtualworks.com) was founded in 2009 and has grown to become one of the leading search companies offering smart knowledge discovery products and search solutions in the Nordics, Europe, and the United States. VirtualWorks’ proprietary platform has been developed to include innovative technologies from the fields big data discovery, insight, advanced linguistic analysis and content analytics. VirtualWorks’ knowledge, experience and technology lays the solid foundation for global digital workplaces in companies of every industry.

Photo: Hanna Karppi, Head of Digital Workplace, Skanska AB and Simen Kortgaard, Country Manager Sweden, VirtualWorks AB, © VirtualWorks