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Top contractors
monthly work won, 1-31 October 2003
   Number of projectsTotal value(£m)
1(–)Bovis Lend Lease1150.00
2(–)Sir Robert McAlpine2106.50
3(4)Laing O’Rourke4103.40
4(2)HBG Construction873.40
5(1)Carillion258.00
6(–)ISG (Interior/Exterior)453.00
7(7)Mowlem452.10
8(13)Bowmer & Kirkland845.50
9(–)Skanska UK245.00
10(11)Morgan Sindall1438.42
11(22)Costain238.00
12(6)Kier1236.91
13(–)Interserve336.10
14(14)Mansell634.90
15(25)Willmott Dixon832.09
16(–)O’Hare & McGovern130.00
17(–)Dew Pitchmastic228.50
18(–)Norwest Holst322.00
19(–)McInerney Holdings221.20
20(–)Amec318.40
21(–)AWG418.20
22(–)Tolent Construction417.01
23(–)Geoffrey Osborne117.00
24(–)Rydon Group115.00
25(9)Wates Group414.90
26(23)John Sisk & Son214.88
27(–)Propencity314.22
28(–)Berkeley Group213.70
29(–)Henry Jones Construction212.50
30(–)RG Carter Construction311.40
  Total1171,172.22
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 November 2002-31 October 2003
   Number of projectsTotal value(£m)
1(1)Bovis Lend Lease181,305.00
2(3)HBG Construction69682.90
3(2)Kier123599.70
4(6)Sir Robert McAlpine18550.90
5(8)Mowlem61426.50
6(9)Carillion13412.20
7(7)Morgan Sindall111399.45
8(11)Wates Group38336.86
9(5)Bowmer & Kirkland62329.29
10(12)Balfour Beatty45312.85
11(14)Taylor Woodrow23289.33
12(13)Galliford Try34264.22
13(19)Willmott Dixon48254.36
14(16)Costain 19245.16
15(15)Norwest Holst42241.10
16(10)Shepherd Construction24233.40
17(18)The Miller Group28230.98
18(23)ISG (Interior/Exterior)29222.00
19(21)Mansell67218.60
20(17)YJL58216.92
21(22)Interserve23210.00
22(–)Amec18189.57
23(26)ROK45169.50
24(20)Mace7164.70
25(24)Skanska9146.45
26(29)Kajima Property Holdings8131.00
27(–)John Sisk & Sons24125.91
28(–)Midas Group37119.73
29(25)MJ Gleeson Group17115.18
30(30)AWG21110.80
  Total11399,254.56
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
1 November 2002-31 October 2003
   Number of projectsTotal value (£m)
1(1)Benoy4587.07
2(3)Allies 0& Morrison3551.50
3(2)Building Design Partnership25286.93
4(4)Sheppard Robson9258.11
5(5)Aedas AHR41233.00
6(10)Feilden Clegg Bradley12191.74
7(15)Nightingale Associates14181.00
8(–)EPR Architects3180.60
9(6)Foster Holdings4160.80
10(7)HOK6155.30
11(–)RHWL Partnership7139.50
12(–)Carey Jones Architects9133.22
13(12)HLM Design7129.00
14(11)MacCormac Jamieson Prichard3121.00
15(13)NBBJ2116.00
16(14)Atherden Fuller Leng2110.00
17(18)Boswell Mitchell & Johnston8110.00
18(16)Church Lukas5107.60
19(17)Rolfe Judd4103.50
20(–)Seymour Harris1096.00
  Total1783,951.86
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
1 November 2002-31 October 2003
   Number of projectsTotal value (£m)
1(1)Department of Health1661,288.55
2(2)Chelsfield2605.00
3(3)Prudential2401.10
4(7)Land Securities Group19375.43
5(4)Home Office48300.26
6(5)Ministry of Defence49268.16
7(8)Crown Estates3208.00
8(10)Asda20191.83
9(9)City of London Council3191.00
10(11)BBC10152.00
11(6)J Sainsbury22117.68
12(12)Landmark Development Projects4104.50
13(13)GlaxoSmithKline2101.88
14(–)Doncaster MBC2101.00
15(16)Peel Holdings Group593.10
16(14)Tesco2791.86
17(–)West Sussex council571.60
18(–)Telford College Nursery269.00
19(–)Kingfisher862.40
20(19)DEFRA362.00
  Total4024,856.35
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
1 November 2002-31 October 2003
   Number of projectsTotal value (£m)
1(1)Davis Langdon & Everest771,518.64
2(3)Gardiner & Theobald52714.08
3(2)Gleeds64691.14
4(5)Turner & Townsend26260.83
5(4)EC Harris39212.05
6(6)AYH15211.78
7(8)Currie & Brown29183.08
8(9)Nisbet16181.90
9(13)Cyril Sweett22177.90
10(15)Tweeds Group29158.00
11(7)Franklin + Andrews17140.23
12(10)Northcroft19133.59
13(11)Edmond Shipway & Partners26131.00
14(12)Goyne Adams3115.00
15(14)Doig & Smith6114.30
16(16)KHK Group694.10
17(19)Robinson Low Francis1887.30
18(18)Bruce Shaw Partnership385.40
19(17)Rex Proctor & Partners1680.60
20(20)Parker & Browne975.11
  Total4925,366.02
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.