Skanska has signed a contract with the Texas A&M University System to construct the new Meat Science and Technology Center on their campus. The contract is worth $91 million. 

The new building will be a 73,500 gross square-foot facility that will provide AgriLife, a research and educational agency within the Texas A&M University System, with modern, state-of-the-art processing capabilities. 

The facility will support the next generation of food safety and nutritional quality research in meat science. It will feature an auditorium, laboratories, training classrooms, seminar spaces, and offices designed for graduate students and faculty.

Work is slated to begin in December 2025 and is expected to reach completion in January 2028.

Skanska has been appointed by Virginia Tech to demolish Randolph Hall and construct Mitchell Hall, a new 285,500 square foot facility for the College of Engineering. The five-story building will expand the campus footprint by over 70% and become the largest building on the Blacksburg campus. Mitchell Hall will feature glass, precast concrete, and Hokie Stone cladding, incorporating the existing stability wind tunnel into its design.  

The building will house a 200-person lecture hall, classrooms, offices, and flexible research spaces, supporting the College’s growth and modern learning and research needs. Construction starts in spring 2024 and is expected to be completed in spring 2028. Skanska has done construction projects at Virginia Tech, including the Undergraduate Science Laboratory Building and the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute Addition.