It might be hard to believe, but there was a time when Skanska considered itself something of an unknown in the U.S. construction market.

We were always kind of a giant that no one ever knew much about,� says Richard Cavallaro, president of Skanska USA Civil, one of the Swedish construction giant�s four business units in North America. People would ask us, �Where do you work?� and when you�d say Skanska, they'd say, "Who?"