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Top contractors: monthly work won, 1-30 August 2002
Number of projectsTotal value(£m)
1(–)Bovis Lend Lease3 145.50
2(–)Ballast2 126.00
3(3)Shepherd Construction5 82.70
4(–)John Laing4 66.80
5(18)John Mowlem6 61.88
6(19)Wates Group2 45.00
7(4)Kier Group10 43.80
8(–)Birse Group5 43.05
9(–)Peterhouse Group6 41.15
10(21)Norwest Holst Group5 34.30
11(–)FM Developments1 30.00
12(17)YJL 8 28.99
13(15)MJ Gleeson Group3 25.70
14(–)Beck Interiors1 25.00
15(5)Morgan Sindall7 21.15
16(–)D Lynch Construction 1 20.00
17(–)Willmott Dixon3 16.78
18(–)Crest Nicholson4 16.40
19(2)Balfour Beatty2 15.50
20(–)Glanville Projects2 15.10
21(–)Barr Holdings2 14.00
22(–)Alfred McAlpine2 12.80
23(1)Sir Robert McAlpine1 12.00
24(–)Abbey Contractors1 11.00
25(–)Midas Construction4 10.70
26(–)John Sisk2 10.00
27(–)Severfield-Reeve Structures 1 10.00
28(–)PCM4 9.70
29(7)Skanska UK1 9.00
30(–)Ogilvie Construction1 9.00
Total99 1,013.00
All types of building contracts, including design-and-build, management, construction management and traditional contracts, are taken into account. Facilities management, schedule of rates and measured-term contracts are not included.
Top contractors: yearly work won, 1 September 2001-31 August 2002
Number of projectsTotal value(£m)
1(1)Sir Robert McAlpine32 734.90
2(2)Skanska UK14 699.06
3(3)Kier150 670.80
4(7)Bovis Lend Lease32 596.53
5(4)HBG Construction66 551.27
6(5)Jarvis13 525.70
7(8)Shepherd Construction32 461.75
8(6)Balfour Beatty43 459.00
9(11)Ballast47 428.85
10(10)John Laing19 424.84
11(9)Wates Group39 377.25
12(12)John Mowlem58 345.84
13(19)Norwest Holst35 324.76
14(13)Galliford Try48 301.34
15(16)Morgan Sindall102 299.02
16(14)Multiplex5 292.30
17(18)Interserve32 261.55
18(20)Mace10 255.80
19(22)MJ Gleeson30 247.47
20(15)ISG (Interior/Exterior)33 246.88
21(23)Bouygues 2 245.00
22(26)YJL 75 234.50
23(17)Carillion12 233.65
24(21)Bowmer & Kirkland54 233.34
25(24)Birse41 227.77
26(25)Willmott Dixon46 222.27
27(27)Amec21 195.70
28(28)Simons Group17 192.10
29(29)RG Group18 182.90
30(30)Taylor Woodrow22 171.65
Total1148 10,643.79
All types of building contracts, including design-and-build, management, construction management and traditional contracts, are taken into account. Facilities management, schedule of rates and measured-term contracts are not included.
Top architects: work won, 1 September 2001-31 August 2002
Number of projectsTotal value(£m)
1(1)HOK International9 552.80
2(2)Building Design Partnership17 283.77
3(4)Aukett Associates10 261.10
4(18)Chapman Taylor 7 252.34
5(–)Terry Farrell & Partners2 248.60
6(3)EPR Group4 241.60
7(7)Chetwood Associates19 207.70
8(6)Burks Green13 207.19
9(9)Sheppard Robson17 192.90
10(12)Michael Hopkins & Partners4 170.66
11(8)Foster Holdings6 170.40
12(10)Carey Jones Architects8 164.50
13(–)Watkins Gray5 163.00
14(13)Percy Thomas Partnership6 162.30
15(11)Aedas AHR30 162.27
16(5)Broadway Malyan11 148.10
17(14)Alsop Architects4 134.50
18(15)Hurley Robertson & Associates2 132.30
19(16)HLM Architects 6 121.40
20(–)Atkins 22 119.10
Total202 4,096.53
Only companies that have been confirmed as architects are included, which excludes planners and project managers.
Top clients/promoters: work placed, 1 September 2001-31 August 2002
Number of projectsTotal value(£m)
1(3)Ministry of Defence32 1,213.12
2(2)Home Office30 374.49
3(4)J Sainsbury53 357.46
4(9)Prudential 5 277.24
5(5)Land Securities16 246.22
6(6)Asda14 212.80
7(10)DTLR17 198.56
8(–)Tower Hamlets5 158.50
9(7)Tesco42 157.52
10(8)Lancaster University3 149.40
11(12)Greycoat3 115.00
12(13)Doncaster council3 102.00
13(–)DEFRA3 90.00
14(–)Canary Wharf3 82.26
15(17)Castlemore Securities6 81.00
16(15)Ikea 7 79.70
17(–)Royal London Mutual3 72.40
18(19)LB Southwark 3 71.50
19(14)ProLogis Developments13 71.06
20(–)Brixton plc3 69.00
Total 264 4,179.23
Figures in brackets indicate last month’s position.