Topics: Building industry, industry issues

BoKlok welcomes Cecilia Hamberg as SVP HR & Communication and Anna Säfwenberg as EVP Factory & Chief Operation Officer.

All employees within the Skanska Group have the opportunity to be awarded scholarship for professional studies. Once again, we are proud to share that BoKlok employees have been awarded with scholarships.

Do you have friends at work? Research shows that 57 percent are happier, and 22 percent are more productive if they do. The new development program BoKlok Buddy helps peers get together to elevate both practice and culture, as well as identify future leaders.

Lizzie Rendell has been appointed the new Diversity & Inclusion Leader for BoKlok. She stepped into her position on 6 June, 2022.

Sara Erman has been appointed Senior Vice President Sustainability & Innovation at BoKlok. She will take up her new position on 1 April and will continue to be part of the BoKlok management team. Sara will be heading a new function for sustainability, digitalisation, research & development, product development and business development.

The construction industry is sometimes referred to as being a male-oriented industry. BoKlok Finland is a good example of the opposite where about half of the employees are women. One of them is Country Manager Kati Valtonen. She gives her view of the importance of female role models and encourages more women to apply for jobs in the industry.

This year’s International Women’s Day puts the spotlight on the need to #BreakTheBias to reach equality between the genders. Aija Harju, BoKlok Senior Vice President Human Resources, gives her view on how BoKlok is working to be a leading player in the field.

Once again, BoKlok Sweden has the great honour to receive first prize for “Sweden’s most satisfied customers” in a yearly survey in the industry of housing developers. It is the fourth time in six years BoKlok reaches first position.

Aija Harju has been appointed Senior Vice President Human Resources for Boklok. She stepped into her new position on 1 January, 2022.

The country manager in BoKlok Norway, Tove Borchgrevink, looks back at a steady organisation and execution during the pandemic year 2021. Now it’s time for new housing projects, and new colleagues, in 2022. BoKlok Norway currently have two job opportunities open.

Another exciting year is about to turn. And with that, BoKlok Finland wants to take the time to highlight some important moments this past year.

As 2021 draws to a close, BoKlok UK are delighted to celebrate some significant milestones. 2021 has been a significant year for BoKlok UK, with some great success stories and some important lessons learned. Read more about them here, and hear Country Manager BoKlok UK, Graeme Culliton, summarise the past year.

When BoKlok Sweden looks back on 2021, it has been both an exciting and challenging year. In the midst of a pandemic, major investments and digitalisation have been managed with the help of fantastic employees, to ensure that BoKlok continues to develop the green vision for the future, while the legacy of Skanska and IKEA lives on.

André Löfgren has been appointed the new CFO of BoKlok Group and most recently came from the role of Senior Vice President of Investor Relations at Skanska. André Löfgren also has experience working in residential development, in his previous role as CFO of Skanska Residential Development Nordic.

BoKlok supports Pride and is engaged in World Pride 2021 - a hands-on way of working with diversity and inclusion. Hear the thoughts of Aija Harju, Diversity & Inclusion Leader at BoKlok on Pride, inclusion, and a diverse work environment.

Diversity and inclusion are a crucial part of the development of BoKlok. A new role has been created, with the task of developing a strategy and action plan. Aija Harju from Skanska Finland has been appointed as Diversity and Inclusion leader.

Jerker Lessing, Research and Development Manager at BoKlok, has had a partnership with Stanford University since 2013. Mr. Lessing has, since 2017, been an adjunct professor within civil and environmental engineering. He has now received an extension for his role as adjunct professor at Stanford University. This new extension of his professorship will run until August 2022.