Analysis
Simon Rawlinson on … Q1 results
The standout result from Q1 is the poor performance of infrastructure - but this could be a temporary shortfall
Barometer league tables
New year cheer continues
February orders down on January but improved confidence in the market remains
Willmott Dixon tops September barometer after big Tesco win
A £85.6m contract with Tesco in Woolwich saw Willmott Dixon leapfrog rivals to top September’s contractor league table
Willmott Dixon storms ahead
Two education contracts helped firm beat July’s 15% decline in new work for top firms
Top firms nab 23% more work in May
Public sector boosts contractors’ workload, but performance is still worse than same period last year
Balfour Beatty wins first place
Firm takes advantage of rivals’ falling workloads despite only increasing wins by £25m
Balfour Beatty returns to top
Value of projects leapt 62% in August, with public and housing work boosting Balfour’s position
Kier knocks Balfour off top spot
Contractor wins £178m of work in June, ending Balfour Beatty’s three-month run in first place
Balfour Beatty stays on top
Big public sector job saves the firm from dropping out of the top 10 table altogether
Wates wins £160m to go top
Amount of work awarded in February dropped but big wins shuffle positions of top 10 contractors
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Bam Nuttall bags £500m civils
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Balfour Beatty tops proactive firms beating the winter gloom
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Public works drought drags construction work down 22%
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Private sector steps in to fill gap left by public work
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Contractors drink the dregs as state work starts to dry up
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Airports get firms off the ground as workloads dive
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Morgan Sindall makes hay as the sun goes down
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Sector buoyed by last-minute social housing scramble
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Bam & Co make most of school work before the bell goes
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Wates wins out as industry scrabbles for commercial work
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Public sector props up industry in March as Balfour tops table
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Bam bags the February top spot with Somerset schools win
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Happy new year for Balfour as it dominates in January
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Wates has a happy Christmas with a flurry of contract wins
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Kier maintains its lead with £110m Barnsley council deal
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£200m of framework wins give Kier maximum security
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Kier bounces back from OFT verdict with £665m of work
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Bovis Lend Lease on top form with £250m of schools work
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July: A month of very public success for Laing O’Rourke
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‘Boring’ sector brings in the cash for Kier in June
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Balfour Beatty bucks the trend in meagre month of May
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Balfour ends April fighting fit after £170m Fife hospital deal
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A hat-trick of hospital wins takes BAM to the top in March
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£174m social housing win puts Higgins on top in February
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Laing O'Rourke gets top marks with £200m London BSF deal
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Cloud of statistics darkens industry's outlook
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Rok takes top spot in December but work is half 2007 levels
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Kier is top of the class as industry workload plummets
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Sir Robert McAlpine gets leading role in the office
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Citywatch: ‘Vanilla’ Barratt gets whipped
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Carillion advances to front after string of military victories
Brickonomics
Awful house building figures put the Shapps Gold Standard further in doubt
A huge boost in funding is needed if the government is to hit its target of the pre-recession level of housebuilding
Housing stats: New build sales and completions in February 2012
This month’s data shows the gap between private and public sector registrations continuing to grow
Planning stats: Residential projects and approvals
One project worth £400m was enough to make Schroder and Stanhope February’s top client
