Barometer league tables
Monthly work won
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
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
Private sector steps in to fill gap left by public work
Business barometer: Willmott Dixon tops the chart buoyed by £41m public sector contract
Airports get firms off the ground as workloads dive
Business barometer: Balfour’s Heathrow win takes it clear of its rivals in quiet August
Sector buoyed by last-minute social housing scramble
Business barometer: Value of work tumbles but housing repairs put Apollo and Mulalley on top
Wates wins out as industry scrabbles for commercial work
Business barometer Less than 10% of firm’s income came from commercial sector in April
Bam bags the February top spot with Somerset schools win
Business barometer Education continues to be construction’s lifeblood as workload picks up
Wates has a happy Christmas with a flurry of contract wins
Business barometer Contractor takes the lion’s share of building work as Bam cashes in on civils
£200m of framework wins give Kier maximum security
Business barometer Contractor keeps top spot thanks to £181m Wolverhampton prison job
Bovis Lend Lease on top form with £250m of schools work
Business barometer: August league table leaves no doubt about importance of education sector
‘Boring’ sector brings in the cash for Kier in June
Business barometer Social housing shores up balance sheets as the commercial sector struggles
Balfour ends April fighting fit after £170m Fife hospital deal
Business barometer Contractor tops monthly table, but overall work is 24% down on last year
£174m social housing win puts Higgins on top in February
Business barometer Latest figures leave no doubt about the role of public sector in industry’s survival
Cloud of statistics darkens industry's outlook
New figures on construction output and activity point to long and deep recession
Kier is top of the class as industry workload plummets
Contractor’s education projects take it over the £200m mark
Citywatch: ‘Vanilla’ Barratt gets whipped
As the graph shows, Barratt and Taylor Wimpey continued to take the biggest hammering on the stock market last week thanks to their high debt.
Carillion tops leader board with 2012 media centre win
Business barometer — £350m Olympic job was one of 36 deals secured by contractor in August
Sir Robert McAlpine and Bovis Lend Lease in Chelsea Barracks race
The £1bn project to redevelop the Chelsea Barracks site in central London has become a two-horse race between Sir Robert McAlpine and Bovis Lend Lease after Balfour Beatty Management and Mace dropped out.
Olympic deal sends Sir Robert McAlpine to top of May table
Business barometer - Olympic stadium contract boosts McAlpine as credit crunch begins to bite
HBG full of the joys of spring as it lands £254m of work
Business barometer Dutch firm heads March table as Balfour Beatty returns to top of annual list
Bovis bounds to top – with a little help from the Beeb
Business barometer £351m Salford Media City takes contractor to number one in January
Sir Robert McAlpine bounces to the top in November
Business barometer Family firm is clear winner after not figuring at all in October table
Balfour reigns on as Durkan and Leadbitter hit the big time
Business barometer Balfour stays £1bn clear as two mid-sized contractors shoot into the top 10
Kier grabs No 1 spot in July with £375m of work
Business barometer — Public projects take contractor to the top but Balfour retains annual lead
Scottish offices put Bovis Lend Lease on top in May
Business barometer … and they also catapult Bowmer & Kirkland into second place
Kier hoovers its way to the top in February
Business barometer — Contractor leads the construction league with a swarm of small wins
Kier has plenty to celebrate after busy festive period
Business barometer Contractor tops December league with £293m of contract wins
Carillion captures the flag with £200m of army work
Contractor also allies with Balfour Beatty to win East London line scheme
Balfour Beatty cements its dominance of UK contracting
Scottish company completes triple in contracting league tables
Balfour Beatty back on top with £600m deals in June
Business barometer Giant leads all three contractor league tables, helped by £553m PFI hospital
Carillion storms April league with £660m in contract wins
Contractor comes from nowhere to top monthly chart, thanks to long-awaited close on MoD barracks scheme
Sir Robert McAlpine cashes in on commercial revival
Contractor picks up £429m worth of work from office and retail sector while Bovis wins school prize
Carillion beats Balfour Beatty in building league table
In Building's first rankings of contracts won excluding civils, Carillion beats top dog Balfour by £300m
Balfour Beatty regains top spot with £395m contracts
Roads contract worth £171m helps contractor re-establish itself at top of October’s monthly league
Bovis Lend Lease grabs September top spot
Contractor’s £510m of work last month pushes it up to second in annual league, above Laing O’Rourke
Balfour Beatty secures £450m
Quoted contractor stretches lead to £1.5bn over nearest competitor in annual rolling league
Eight new deals push HBG into top spot
Contracts worth £36.7m make HBG number one, but Bovis Lend Lease continues to lead annual 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
Bam Nuttall bags £500m civils
Crossrail contributes to positive start to the year as work goes 48% up on previous month to £2.6bn
Public works drought drags construction work down 22%
Business barometer Education work holds Willmott Dixon in top spot as government projects decline
Contractors drink the dregs as state work starts to dry up
Business barometer: Kier tops work table again, but with vastly reduced value
Morgan Sindall makes hay as the sun goes down
Public sector demand keeps contractors in work - for now
Bam & Co make most of school work before the bell goes
Business barometer £2.2bn is won in May as councils rush to let schools before Osborne’s Budget
Public sector props up industry in March as Balfour tops table
More than half of month’s £1.78bn total comes from public projects
Happy new year for Balfour as it dominates in January
Barometer: Blackburn schools win takes firm to top of construction list for first time in eight months
Kier maintains its lead with £110m Barnsley council deal
Business barometer Experts argue over whether repair and maintenance deal signals new boom
Kier bounces back from OFT verdict with £665m of work
Business barometer Fined contractor still manages to win three times more than second place BAM
July: A month of very public success for Laing O’Rourke
Business barometer: £1.1bn schools win takes contractor to top spot, as council work dominates lists
Balfour Beatty bucks the trend in meagre month of May
Business barometer UK’s biggest contractor wins £2.5bn M25 job, as others fight for the scraps
A hat-trick of hospital wins takes BAM to the top in March
Business barometer: Dutch firm beats Vinci to first place as total volume of work falls 23% on 2008
Laing O'Rourke gets top marks with £200m London BSF deal
Business barometer But January’s haul of £1.46bn of contracts is 39% down on last year
Rok takes top spot in December but work is half 2007 levels
Company wins £375m of contracts, but overall value of work falls by £1.8bn
Sir Robert McAlpine gets leading role in the office
Business barometer Contractor dominates October league thanks to big commercial wins
Carillion advances to front after string of military victories
Business barometer: Wates comes second, thanks to schools, shops and housing work
Contractors find shelter from storm in social housing
Business barometer — Morgan Sindall takes top spot thanks to wins at affordable housing arm
Social housing proved welcome refuge from the crunch in June
Business barometer - Laing O’Rourke takes top spot, followed by two affordable housing firms
City retail win propels Skanska to top in April
Business barometer St Botolph’s development puts Swedish contractor ahead of Willmott Dixon
Laing O’Rourke beats Balfour to top spot in annual league
Business barometer Laing hits front for first time as Kier dominates February league table
Laing O’Rourke soars after £1.8bn Heathrow deal
Business barometer £1.8bn East Terminal coup raises contractor to overall number-two spot
Skanska flies the Heron to number one spot in October
Business barometer — Swedish contractor hits the top with £242m contract to build London tower
Skanska jumps 22 places to claim August top spot
Business barometer Commercial projects worth £170m propel contractor past Kier
Government work propels Kier to the top in June
Business barometer — Contractor picks up 33 small jobs while Balfour wins £331m hospital
Bovis Lend Lease cleans up in March
Business barometer — PFI waste plants for Lancashire council take contractor to top of table
A happy new year for Bovis as it tops the charts
Contractor takes the lead with £451m worth of projects in January
Laing O’Rourke strikes it rich in Bedfordshire
Contractor dominates November league with £120m social housing deal
£320m Haden deal extends Balfour’s lead over industry
Contractor rides high on back of seven-year government services deal
Defence contract gives Carillion a fighting chance
A £95m Ministry of Defence work brings contractor back from the cold
Skanska enjoys £1bn month as Barts gets go-ahead
Swedish firm tops monthly league thanks to £1.2bn PFI hospital scheme
Kier on top in March with 77 contract wins worth £300m
Public sector work puts contractor and housebuilder in number one spot, pushing Sir Robert McAlpine into third
Sir Robert McAlpine gains top spot with £300m work
Private commercial deals help contractor knock Balfour Beatty from the top of the monthly league in January
Balfour heads league tables with £459m contract wins
Balfour Beatty holds on to top spot in November as £300m civils job pushes Skanska up to second place
Balfour Beatty regains top spot with £395m contracts
Roads contract worth £171m helps contractor re-establish itself at top of October’s monthly league
Bovis Lend Lease closes in on Balfour Beatty in August
£204m deal from British Land puts Bovis in third place in annual league, as Balfour hangs on to two top spots
Balfour Beatty heads first ABI contractors’ league
Quoted contractor claims £390m of contracts, more than twice as much as nearest competitor
