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Top contractors - Monthly work won, 1-30 September 2003
   Number of projectsTotal value(m)
1(–)Carillion 1125.00
2(3)HBG Construction 466.00
3(–)Bouygues 160.00
4(5)Laing O’Rourke 160.00
5(23)Galliford Try 559.57
6(10)Kier Group 642.80
7(–)Mowlem 742.40
8(–)PCM (Pettifer Group)239.20
9(8)Wates Group 232.00
10(–)Pearce Group 527.75
11(21)Morgan Sindall 1226.70
12(7)Shepherd Construction224.20
13(4)Bowmer & Kirkland 522.44
14(9)Mansell 621.75
15(–)Dawn Group221.50
16(–)GSE UK120.00
17(–)William Davis 120.00
18(2)Miller 519.75
19(12)YJL 518.68
20(–)MJ Gleeson 417.88
21(15)Midas Construction517.03
22(6)Costain Group 117.00
23(–)John Sisk216.25
24(–)Robertson Group315.20
25(–)Willmott Dixon 314.43
26(–)David McLean 613.90
27(–)Birse Group 213.60
28(–)Cowlin Construction413.40
29(–)Fifehead 213.30
30(28)William Verry 212.50
  Total107914.23
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 October 2002 - 30 September 2003
   Number of projectsTotal value(£m)
1(1)Bovis Lend Lease181,329.60
2(3)Kier 126607.18
3(4)HBG Construction 63606.60
4(13)Laing O’Rourke23546.00
5(5)Bowmer & Kirkland 71476.15
6(6)Sir Robert McAlpine19470.10
7(8)Morgan Sindall 110401.77
8(7)Mowlem 58399.60
9(19)Carillion 11341.20
10(9)Shepherd Construction29323.10
11(12)Wates Group 36315.96
12(10)Balfour Beatty 46302.85
13(14)Galliford Try 36294.72
14(18)Taylor Woodrow 23292.52
15(11)Norwest Holst 43285.20
16(16)Costain Group 20258.16
17(17)YJL 63235.69
18(22)Miller 27221.69
1921)Willmott Dixon 38212.07
20(20)Mace 8209.70
21(23)Mansell 64196.80
22(24)Interserve 21177.40
23(26)ISG (Interior/Exterior)27172.68
24(25)Skanska 10166.95
25(27)MJ Gleeson Group23159.78
26(29)Rok32133.50
27(28)Birse Group 20132.29
28(30)Pochin 12131.35
29(–)Kajima Property Holdings 8131.00
30(–)AWG 19125.10
  Total11049,656.70
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
October 2002-September 2003
   Number of projectsTotal value (£m)
1(1)Benoy 6614.07
2(4)Building Design Partnership 25482.63
3(5)Allies & Morrison3402.50
4(6)Sheppard Robson10276.51
5(7)Aedas AHR41245.30
6(2)Foster Holdings 5220.80
7(3)HOK International7215.30
8(8)EPR Architects 3180.60
9(11)Burks Green 10155.95
10(12)Fielden Clegg Bradley11131.74
11(18)MacCormac Jamieson Prichard3121.00
12(–)HLM Design6116.50
13(14)NBBJ2116.00
14(15)Atherden Fuller Leng 2110.00
15(16)Nightingale Associates12109.10
16(17)Church Lukas 4105.90
17(–)Rolfe Judd 4103.50
18(–)Boswell Mitchell & Johnston6102.90
19(19)Aukett 689.99
20(20)Mason Richards Partnership1586.53
  Total1813,986.81
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 clients/promoters
October 2002-September 2003
   Number of projectsTotal value (£m)
1(1)Department of Health1651,436.10
2(2)Chelsfield 2605.00
3(3)Prudential 3404.10
4(6)Home Office50353.33
5(8)Ministry of Defence49292.16
6(7)J Sainsbury 30253.69
7(9)Land Securities Group 19230.93
8(10)Crown Estates4209.18
9(11)City of London corporation3191.00
10(12)Asda 19184.83
11(13)BBC10152.00
12(16)Landmark Development Projects3102.50
13(15)GlaxoSmithKline 2101.88
14(19)Tesco 2995.81
15(17)City Loft Developments294.60
16(18)Peel Holdings Group 492.10
17(20)LB Greenwich 673.25
18(–)BAA 665.05
19(–)DEFRA362.00
20(–)ProLogis Developments 860.18
  Total4175,059.69
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 quantity surveyors
October 2002-September 2003
   Number of projectsTotal value (£m)
1(1)Davis Langdon & Everest781,520.82
2(3)Gleeds63723.30
3(2)Gardiner & Theobald 50684.88
4(5)EC Harris45286.52
5(6)Turner & Townsend31263.93
6(7)AYH 15212.03
7(4)Franklin + Andrews18207.83
8(8)Currie & Brown 27187.28
9(11)Nisbet 14179.55
10(9)Northcroft21146.34
11(13)Edmond Shipway & Partners25128.53
12(14)Goyne Adams4127.00
13(10)Cyril Sweett 18121.70
14(15)Doig & Smith6114.30
15(12)Tweeds Group27113.00
16(–)KHK Group694.20
17(17)Rex Proctor & Partners1784.60
18(16)Bruce Shaw Partnership284.00
19(19)Robinson Low Francis1684.90
20(–)Parker & Browne1078.57
  Total4935,443.27
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.