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Top contractors
monthly work won, 1-31 May 2003
   Number of projectsTotal value(£m)
1(1)Kier13101.52
2(–)Bovis Lend Lease299.50
3(–)Costain450.50
4(10)Willmott Dixon541.60
5(2)HBG Construction231.40
6(–)Laing O’Rourke231.00
7(–)Warings Construction330.72
8(5)Mowlem530.00
9(3)Shepherd Construction328.50
10(–)Wates 327.50
11(29)Mansell626.80
12(–)Barr Holdings126.00
13(4)Balfour Beatty424.80
14(7)Interserve224.00
15(–)Carillion120.00
16(8)Morgan Sindall719.13
17(–)MJ Gleeson216.00
18(–)Skanska UK115.00
19(–)Chorus Construction115.00
20(–)Ballast413.73
21(9)Bowmer & Kirkland413.59
22(–)Norwest Holst 413.50
23(–)Pearce213.25
24(–)Alfred McAlpine212.50
25(–)North Midland Construction112.50
26(–)Sir Robert McAlpine112.20
27(–)Benson110.00
28(14)John Sisk49.80
29(–)Deejak Builders16.50
30(6)YJL26.49
  Total93783.04
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 June 2002-31 May 2003
   Number of projectsTotal value(£m)
1(1)Bovis Lend Lease151,233.50
2(4)Kier134679.85
3(2)HBG Construction67665.70
4(5)Sir Robert McAlpine21607.50
5(6)Multiplex4534.30
6(7)Bowmer & Kirkland67452.05
7(8)Mowlem55417.63
8(10)Balfour Beatty57385.35
9(9)Shepherd Construction31371.50
10(12)Morgan Sindall112312.82
11(13)Norwest Holst 49291.60
12(14)YJL69247.50
13(–)Skanska UK12245.95
14(3)Willmott Dixon37245.50
15(16)MJ Gleeson30243.25
16(15)Carillion12241.20
17(11)Ballast28234.81
18(19)Interserve36232.90
19(22)Galliford Try33229.00
20(18)Wates 28224.65
21(21)Taylor Woodrow18206.95
22(23)Mace7205.70
23(17)ISG (Interior/Exterior)33195.11
24(29)Costain18185.28
25(24)Birse28184.48
26(27)Alfred McAlpine16159.21
27(–)Amec18153.97
28(28)Mansell50153.85
29(30)ROK29140.90
30(–)AWG17116.40
  Total11319,798.42
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 June 2002-31 May 2003
   Number of projectsTotal value (£m)
1(2)Foster Holdings7589.80
2(1)HOK International5435.80
3(3)Allies & Morrison5420.10
4(4)Building Design Partnership24417.20
5(5)Sheppard Robson14359.80
6(6)Aedas AHR36232.25
7(9)EPR Architects3180.60
8(10)Burks Green 7177.55
9(7)Watkins Gray7175.20
10(8)Chapman Taylor 4166.00
11(13)RHWL Partnership9156.30
12(12)Broadway Malyan15152.60
13(16)Hurley Robertson & Associates2132.38
14(17)Aukett7128.00
15(15)Mason Richards Partnership22110.62
16(20)MacCormac Jamieson Prichard3104.00
17(18)Nightingale Associates1199.90
18(–)Woods Bagot291.00
19(–)Anshen Dyer588.60
20(–)Alsop Architects286.24
  Total1904,303.94
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 June 2002-31 May 2003
   Number of projectsTotal value (£m)
1(1)Department of Health1731,195.91
2(6)J Sainsbury44420.34
3(3)Britel Fund Trustees2419.00
4(5)Wembley Stadium2412.00
5(4)Home Office49365.03
6(7)Prudential 3258.40
7(2)Ministry of Defence37249.88
8(8)Land Securities17244.83
9(10)Crown Estates4209.18
10(9)Asda23191.90
11(11)City of London Council3191.00
12(–)LB Tower Hamlets2124.50
13(15)BBC4108.00
14(14)Tesco36106.05
15(13)GlaxoSmithKline3104.88
16(17)Allied London Properties2101.50
17(16)Landmark Development Projects299.00
18(19)City Loft Developments294.60
19(18)P&O593.00
20(20)Peel Holdings492.10
  Total4175,081.11
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 June 2002-31 May 2003
   Number of projectsTotal value (£m)
1(1)Davis Langdon & Everest891,095.58
2(2)Gardiner & Theobald54875.14
3(3)Gleeds62523.62
4(4)Franklin + Andrews14523.03
5(5)Turner & Townsend38338.36
6(6)EC Harris43292.52
7(7)Cyril Sweett 22264.90
8(8)AYH16229.50
9(9)Currie & Brown 20169.79
10(12)Northcroft25163.15
11(10)Tweeds30136.05
12(14)Nisbet 16120.70
13(13)Edmond Shipway & Partners15110.88
14(11)Capita 1281.86
15(15)WT Partnership980.40
16(16)Robinson Low Francis1264.46
17(17)Summers & Partners563.60
18(20)Leonard Stace Partnership1763.43
19(18)Doig & Smith554.20
20(19)Rider Hunt & Partners753.80
  Total5115,304.97
Only companies that have been confirmed as architects are included, which excludes planners and project managers.
Figures in brackets indicate last month’s position.