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Top contractors: monthly work won, 1-31 October 2002
			Number of projects	Total value(£m)
1	(4)	Bowmer & Kirkland	16	223.65
2	(–)	Sir Robert McAlpine & Sons	4	175.70
3	(19)	Balfour Beatty	10	105.10
4	(2)	HBG Construction	9	82.60
5	(11)	Kier Group	22	73.25
6	(7)	Birse Group	4	71.22
7	(–)	Skanska UK	2	62.70
8	(6)	Shepherd Construction	6	56.50
9	(5)	Vinci	5	53.10
10	(–)	Pochin	2	51.00
11	(–)	Mace	1	45.00
12	(–)	Costain Group	3	43.50
13	(18)	M J Gleeson Group	5	37.50
14	(–)	Morrison Construction Group	2	32.50
15	(–)	Wilson Bowden	3	32.00
16	(–)	Bilfinger Berger UK	1	30.00
17	(–)	Dawn Construction	1	30.00
18	(–)	Peterhouse Group	7	29.20
19	(17)	Galliford Try	2	27.00
20	(22)	YJL	7	25.67
21	(–)	Wates Group	3	24.00
22	(9)	Willmott Dixon	5	23.76
23	(–)	Bowey Construction Group	3	23.40
24	(–)	Haymills (Contractors)	1	23.00
25	(–)	Mansell	7	20.75
26	(–)	O’Rourke Group	2	20.00
27	(–)	John Dickie Construction	2	18.00
28	(12)	Ballast	3	17.30
29	(13)	Warings Contractors	1	16.00
30	(–)	Fitzpatrick	1	14.00
		Total	140	1,487.41
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 November-31 October 2002
			Number of projects	Total value(£m)
1	(1)	Sir Robert McAlpine & Sons	30	885.00
2	(2)	Skanska UK	14	749.90
3	(6)	Kier Group	146	648.27
4	(4)	HBG Construction	71	634.70
5	(5)	Multiplex	5	633.30
6	(3)	Bovis Lend Lease	26	528.00
7	(7)	Jarvis	12	524.90
8	(10)	Balfour Beatty	49	524.00
9	(8)	Shepherd Construction	32	511.05
10	(14)	Bowmer & Kirkland	75	506.04
11	(9)	John Laing	20	489.04
12	(11)	Ballast	40	383.97
13	(13)	John Mowlem	55	339.29
14	(15)	Wates Group	34	307.95
15	(19)	Birse Group	44	305.38
16	(16)	Morgan Sindall	107	302.00
17	(18)	ISG (Exterior/Interior)	37	272.28
18	(17)	Galliford Try	41	263.26
19	(20)	MJ Gleeson Group	29	250.50
20	(21)	Bouygues	2	245.00
21	(23)	YJL	73	230.71
22	(29)	Taylor Woodrow	27	213.05
23	(22)	Willmott Dixon	42	212.70
24	(24)	Mace	4	211.70
25	(26)	Interserve	29	205.30
26	(30)	Amec	19	174.70
27	(–)	Mansell	55	171.65
28	(28)	RG Group	17	171.40
29	(25)	Carillion	10	170.15
30	(–)	Tolent Construction	27	132.13
		Total	1172	11,197.32
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: yearly work won, 1 November-31 October 2002
			Number of projects	Total value(£m)
1	(1)	HOK International	11	1,021.80
2	(2)	Foster Holdings	9	732.40
3	(9)	Burks Green	13	280.39
4	(6)	Terry Farrell & Partners	2	271.50
5	(–)	Aukett Associates	10	261.10
6	(3)	Building Design Partnership	18	240.17
7	(7)	Aedas AHR	30	224.17
8	(5)	Chapman Taylor	5	189.84
9	(10)	Sheppard Robson	16	182.80
10	(11)	Percy Thomas Partnership	8	174.70
11	(12)	Michael Hopkins & Partners	3	157.16
12	(13)	Watkins Gray	5	140.00
13	(–)	Arup	2	140.00
14	(15)	Broadway Malyan	7	135.30
15	(16)	Alsop Architects	4	134.50
16	(17)	Hurley Robertson & Associates	2	132.30
17	(–)	Keppie Design	4	127.80
18	(–)	RHWL Partnership	7	127.23
19	(–)	HLM Design	7	124.00
20	(–)	Nightingale Associates	10	113.70
		Total	173	4,910.86
Only companies that have been confirmed as architects are included, which excludes planners and project managers.

Top clients/promoters: work placed, 1-31 October 2002
			Number of projects	Total value(£m)
1	(1)	J Sainsbury	58	478.76
2	(–)	Wembley Stadium	2	412.00
3	(2)	Home Office	29	392.80
4	(4)	Prudential	4	261.24
5	(3)	Ministry of Defence	35	255.42
6	(5)	Land Securities	14	243.42
7	(7)	DTLR	18	186.31
8	(8)	Tesco	46	168.17
9	(10)	Lancaster University	3	157.90
10	(6)	Asda Group	14	136.80
11	(–)	LB Southwark	3	124.30
12	(9)	LB Tower Hamlets	2	124.00
13	(11)	Greycoat	3	115.00
14	(–)	Manhattan Loft Corporation	2	103.00
15	(–)	Allied London Properties	2	101.50
16	(–)	London Underground	2	101.00
17	(–)	City Loft Developments	2	96.50
18	(13)	Landmark Development Projects	2	92.80
19	(15)	St James Securities Retail	2	91.80
20	(14)	IKEA	8	91.70
		Total	251	3,734.42
Figures in brackets indicate last month’s position.

Top quantity surveyors: yearly work won, 1 November-31 October 2002
			Number of projects	Total value(£m)
1	(2)	Davis Langdon & Everest	88	1,049.82
2	(1)	Gardiner & Theobald	54	960.58
3	(3)	Gleeds	69	635.71
4	(5)	Franklin + Andrews	11	443.00
5	(4)	EC Harris	54	407.51
6	(6)	Turner & Townsend	34	348.63
7	(8)	Atkins	44	303.75
8	(7)	AYH	19	262.70
9	(9)	Cyril Sweett & Partners	17	215.76
10	(10)	Capita	21	168.23
11	(12)	Nisbet	16	124.95
12	(11)	Hanscomb Partnership	7	112.50
13	(13)	Northcroft	22	100.75
14	(15)	Rex Proctor & Partners	19	100.36
15	(16)	WT Partnership	16	89.26
16	(–)	Currie & Brown Widnell	18	85.54
17	(17)	Citex Group	13	85.45
18	(19)	Tweeds Group	17	77.38
19	(–)	Rider Hunt & Partners	12	71.20
20	(20)	Babtie Group	10	68.60
		Total	561	5,711.68