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Top contractors – monthly work won, 1 - 31 May 1999
    Number of projects Total value (£m)
1 3 Tarmac 6 247.6
2 2 Bovis 2 84
3 Morrison 4 65.04
4 5 Taylor Woodrow 3 35
5 John Mowlem 7 31.3
6 1 HBG Construction 7 29.7
7 Wates 4 25.5
8 8 Birse 3 22.7
9 Balfour Beatty 2 18.5
10 11 Tilbury Douglas 4 16.74
11 Clugston Construction 2 16.5
12 Allen 5 15.25
13 6 Shepherd Building 2 15
14 16 Melville Dundas 3 14.75
15 13 Mansell 7 14.1
16 Norwest Holst 3 13.5
17 7 Ballast Wiltshier 7 13.36
18 Llewellyn 4 12.3
19 9 Kier 5 12.3
20 17 Willmott Dixon 5 11.88
21 10 Crest Nicholson Properties 2 10.5
22 15 John Sisk & Son 3 10.35
23 Jarvis 2 10
24 12 Sol Construction 2 9
25 Caddick Construction 2 7.5
26 Sunley Turriff 2 5.35
27 Dean & Dyball 2 4.9
28 G&J Seddon 2 3.4
  TOTAL 71  678.53
Top contractors – yearly work won, 1 June 1998-31 May 1999
    Number of projects Total value (£m)
1 2 Bovis 43 1 016.40
2 1 Laing 37 991.38
3 5 Tarmac 48 888.95
4 3 Sir Robert McAlpine 8 717.25
5 4 HBG Construction 74 691.53
6 6 Kier 103 434.65
7 7 Ballast Wiltshier 69 379.6
8 8 GMI Construction 9 325.83
9 16 Taylor Woodrow 14 304.27
10 10 John Mowlem 71 303.61
11 9 Kvaerner UK 9 284.3
12 15 Morrison 22 280.59
13 11 Wates 47 249.63
14 14 Costain 19 242.49
15 12 Mace 7 235.45
16 17 Bowmer & Kirkland 37 202.18
17 18 Willmott Dixon 49 184.94
18 20 Balfour Beatty 30 177.88
19 19 Shepherd Building 23 171
20 13 Amec 27 147.93
21 22 Miller 15 146.15
22 23 Jarvis 32 131.41
23 21 Morgan Sindall 55 128.95
24 Birse 23 124.9
25 24 Norwest Holst 24 119.51
26 25 John Sisk & Son 27 107.68
27 26 Allen 39 104.08
28 30 Try Group 24 93.86
29 Fitzpatrick Contractors 12 91.49
30 Mansell 41 90.32
  TOTAL 1 038 9 368.19
Top architects – yearly work, 1 June 1998-31 May 1999
    Number of projects Total value (£m)
1 1 Lyons Sleeman & Hoare 6 315.95
2 2 The Parr Partnership 15 263.7
3 3 Foster and Partners 5 256
4 4 HLM Architects (Design) 7 247.79
5 12 Building Design Partnership 19 246.3
6 7 RHWL Partnership 6 243.43
7 5 Chetwood Associates 32 225.36
8 8 Leslie Jones & Partners 4 221
9 9 Keppie Architects 6 209.2
10 6 Benoy 7 203.8
11 DEGW 2 185
12 10 Rolfe Judd 8 184.54
13 11 GMW Partnership 9 179.42
14 13 Broadway Malyan 20 150.48
15 15 George Trew Dunn Partnership 3 143.1
16 Terry Farrell & Partners 4 131
17 17 Fairhurst Design Group 8 112.17
18 18 Percy Thomas Partnership 3 112
19 19 Burks Green & Partners 15 98.12
20 20 Hamilton Associates 14 96.55
  TOTAL 193 3 824.90
Top clients/promoters – work placed, 1 June 1998-31 May 1999
    Number of projects Total value (£m)
1 1 Ministry of Defence 27 470.23
2 2 J Sainsbury 37 383.11
3 4 SmithKline Beecham 4 160
4 3 Home Office 32 159.43
5 8 MEPC Developments 8 105.01
6 6 Asda 14 104.64
7 9 Wilson Bowden Engineering 11 90.3
8 7 Tesco 19 84.96
9 Morrison 8 81.21
10 10 Royal Mail 6 80.82
11 11 Liberty International Holdings 3 77.06
12 12 HBG 7 72.35
13 13 John Lewis Partnership 9 69.25
14 14 Marks & Spencer 7 68.62
15 15 Falkirk District Council 2 68.1
16 18 Scottish Office 3 67.8
17 20 Railtrack 17 64.62
18 17 BT 16 63.23
19 Pillar Properties 5 62.52
20 19 Prudential Corporation 3 57.86
  TOTAL 238 2 391.12