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Top contractors
monthly work won, 1-28 February 2003
   Number of projectsTotal value(£m)
1(3)HBG686.10
2(–)Costain 474.90
3(30)Balfour Beatty757.80
4(6)Kier Group838.50
5(4)Carillion235.50
6(17)Willmott Dixon332.93
7(7)Mowlem627.90
8(12)Morgan Sindall1026.10
9(–)Edmund Nuttall124.00
10(–)McAleer 122.00
11(–)Shepherd Construction122.00
12(18)Alfred McAlpine222.00
13(10)Mace320.50
14(–)ROK520.20
15(–)Ballast319.10
16(–)RG Carter 317.50
17(–)E Turner & Son115.00
18(–)Norwest Holst 514.90
19(–)Benson214.30
20(–)Fitzpatrick213.35
21(19)AWG213.20
22(–)Warings Contractors312.00
23(8)YJL411.40
24(–)Geoffrey Osborne211.00
25(23)Birse Group111.00
26(–)Mansell310.50
27(–)Styles & Wood110.00
28(–)Seddon Group29.50
29(24)MJ Gleeson 49.20
30(27)Skanska UK28.70
  Total99711.08
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.
Only companies that have been confirmed as architects are included, which excludes planners and project managers.
Figures in brackets indicate last month’s position.
Top contractors
yearly work won, 1 March 2002-28 February 2003
   Number of projectsTotal value(£m)
1(1)Bovis Lend Lease201,359.70
2(2)Skanska 16766.80
3(4)HBG77762.20
4(5)Kier Group136626.99
5(3)Sir Robert McAlpine23598.30
6(6)Multiplex4534.30
7(8)Bowmer & Kirkland69494.01
8(10)Balfour Beatty53437.05
9(9)Shepherd Construction25418.40
10(12)Ballast33377.89
11(11)Mowlem52360.43
12(15)Norwest Holst 51314.80
13(7)Laing13311.90
14(14)Morgan Sindall105291.33
15(18)Carillion13271.50
16(13)Wates Group30257.85
17(16)YJL76256.48
18(17)Galliford Try36227.60
19(20)Jarvis13216.70
20(22)ISG33213.06
21(19)Birse Group35210.60
22(25)Mace7205.70
23(21)Taylor Woodrow22203.44
24(23)Amec19197.47
25(–)Costain Group19174.08
26(24)Mansell51157.35
27(26)Willmott Dixon26156.50
28(27)Alfred McAlpine17138.21
29(30)Interserve30114.50
30(28)Simons Group14114.48
  Total111810,769.62
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.
Only companies that have been confirmed as architects are included, which excludes planners and project managers.
Figures in brackets indicate last month’s position.
Top architects
work won, 1 March 2002-28 February 2003
   Number of projectsTotal value (£m)
1(1)HOK International5813.50
2(2)Foster and Partners9709.30
3(3)Allies & Morrison8458.60
4(4)Building Design Partnership 20406.00
5(5)Sheppard Robson13351.20
6(6)Terry Farrell & Partners3301.50
7(7)Aedas 30205.00
8(8)Chapman Taylor 5196.00
9(9)Burks Green10192.15
10(10)Watkins Gray8190.70
11(11)EPR3180.60
12(12)Halliday Meecham Architects 10162.04
13(13)Broadway Malyan13142.60
14(17)Hurley Robertson & Associates3136.68
15(16)Chetwood Associates16133.40
16(20)Mason Richards Partnership22125.89
17(19)Alsop Architects3112.50
18(–)Nightingale Associates9112.50
19(–)Woods Bagot2111.00
20(–)MacCormac Jamieson Prichard2103.00
  Total1945,144.16
Only companies that have been confirmed as architects are included, which excludes planners and project managers.
Figures in brackets indicate last month’s position.
Top clients/promoters
work placed, 1 March 2002-28 February 2003
   Number of projectsTotal value (£m)
1(1)Department of Health1791,208.71
2(3)Home Office57671.90
3(2)Prudential 5662.70
4(4)Ministry of Defence37454.15
5(5)J Sainsbury 52419.90
6(–)Bitel Fund Trustees2419.00
7(6)Wembley Stadium2412.00
8(7)Land Securities 17250.33
9(8)Asda 23205.90
10(9)Crown Estates3203.18
11(10)City of London2169.00
12(11)Lancaster University3157.90
13(13)Southwark council 3124.30
14(15)GlaxoSmithKline 4109.88
15(14)Tesco37109.75
17(18)Landmark Development Projects4108.00
16(17)Greycoat 2102.00
18(19)Allied London Properties 2101.50
19(–)BBC2101.00
20(–)P&O6100.70
  Total4426,091.81
Only companies that have been confirmed as architects are included, which excludes planners and project managers.
Figures in brackets indicate last month’s position.
Top quantity surveyors
work won, 1 March 2002-28 February 2003
   Number of projectsTotal value (£m)
1(1)Davis Langdon & Everest931,219.03
2(2)Gardiner & Theobald601,010.18
3(3)Gleeds67598.98
4(4)Franklin + Andrews13509.30
5(6)Turner & Townsend35389.20
6(5)EC Harris55358.00
7(9)Cyril Sweett21272.02
8(8)AYH16267.50
9(10)Currie & Brown 20165.34
10(11)Capita 17133.98
11(14)Nisbet 18120.85
12(13)Edmond Shipway & Partners18114.83
13(15)WT Partnership1394.70
14(16)Rex Proctor & Partners1990.11
15(12)Northcroft2086.00
16(18)Robinson Low Francis1385.86
17(17)Tweeds Group2082.36
18(19)Wakemans467.25
19(20)Rider Hunt & Partners1064.30
20(–)Babtie Group859.40
  Total5405,789.19
Only companies that have been confirmed as architects are included, which excludes planners and project managers.
Figures in brackets indicate last month’s position.