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Top contractors - monthly work won, 1-30 November 2003
   Number of projectsTotal value(£m)
1(4)HBG Construction687.52
2(3)Laing O’Rourke457.80
3(25)Wates Group 457.25
4(–)The Miller Group 456.30
5(–)Shepherd Construction348.50
6(10)Morgan Sindall840.23
7(20)Amec329.00
8(–)Balfour Beatty827.40
9(–)Taylor Woodrow226.30
10(27)Propencity326.20
11(–)Warings Construction 224.25
12(11)Costain Group 323.42
13(–)Thomas Fish & Sons 123.00
14(7)Mowlem 422.40
15(8)Bowmer & Kirkland 422.37
16(13)Interserve 220.50
17(26)John Sisk & Son (Holdings) 418.74
18(–)ROK618.54
19(–)Birse Group 318.50
20(–)Pochin 217.00
21(12)Kier Group 716.25
22(15)Willmott Dixon 211.80
23(–)Caddick Construction 111.00
24(–)Sol Construction 110.50
25(–)YJL 39.44
26(–)Dean & Dyball 48.60
27(21)AWG 28.10
28(18)Norwest Holst 27.20
29(–)Galliford Try 17.00
30(30)RG Carter Construction 17.00
   100762.11
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 December 2002-30 November 2003
   Number of projectsTotal value(£m)
1(1)Bovis Lend Lease161,017.60
2(4)Sir Robert McAlpine18550.20
3(2)HBG Construction60546.02
4(3)Kier 116545.16
5(–)Laing O’Rourke23543.00
6(10)Balfour Beatty 108479.65
7(5)Mowlem 62419.60
8(6)Carillion 13412.20
9(7)Morgan Sindall 104391.18
10(9)Bowmer & Kirkland 57312.46
11(8)Wates Group 36305.81
12(17)The Miller Group 31281.28
13(16)Shepherd Construction25268.40
14(12)Galliford Try 33264.72
15(11)Taylor Woodrow 23255.82
16(14)Costain Group 19235.21
17(13)Willmott Dixon 44227.66
18(21)Interserve 23215.50
19(18)ISG (Interior/Exterior) 27212.28
20(20)YJL 57200.58
21(23)ROK50185.84
22(22)Amec 17171.15
23(24)Mace 7164.70
24(15)Norwest Holst 36147.50
25(25)Skanska 9146.45
26(26)Kajima 8131.00
27(27)John Sisk & Son (Holdings) 25120.01
28(28)Midas Group34116.23
29(–)Warings Construction Group15115.61
30(30)AWG 22112.40
   11189,095.21
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 December 2002-30 November 2003
   Number of projectsTotal value (£m)
1(1)Benoy 4587.07
2(2)Allies & Morrison3551.50
3(3)Building Design Partnership 25285.13
4(5)Aedas AHR36231.24
5(9)Foster Holdings 6196.30
6(12)Carey Jones Architects10183.22
7(8)EPR Architects 3180.60
8(10)HOK International6155.30
9(13)HLM Design7132.00
10(6)Feilden Clegg Bradley11131.74
11(14)MacCormac Jamieson Prichard3121.00
12(15)NBBJ2116.00
13(16)Atherden Fuller Leng 2110.00
14(7)Nightingale Associates12108.60
15(18)Church Lukas Architecture 5107.60
16(19)Rolfe Judd 4103.50
17(17)Boswell Mitchell & Johnston6102.90
18(20)Seymour Harris 994.50
19(–)Aukett 791.21
20(11)RHWL Partnership587.50
   1663,676.90
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 December 2002-30 November 2003
   Number of projectsTotal value (£m)
1(1)Department of Health1651,000.58
2(2)Chelsfield 4609.24
3(3)Prudential 2401.10
4(4)Land Securities Group 22383.03
5(5)Home Office44282.06
6(6)Ministry of Defence45240.76
7(9)City of London council3191.00
8(8)Asda 18168.83
9(10)BBC9151.00
10(11)J Sainsbury 20113.93
11(14)Doncaster MBC2101.00
12(12)Landmark Development Projects395.50
13(16)Tesco 2383.25
14(–)ProLogis Developments 870.06
15(18)Telford College Nursery269.00
16(19)Kingfisher 760.30
17(–)National Assembly for Wales258.00
18(–)Marks & Spencer 1957.57
19(–)Manchester council455.50
20(–)Unite Group 754.90
   4094,246.61
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 December 2002-30 November 2003
   Number of projectsTotal value (£m)
1(1)Davis Langdon & Everest731,379.29
2(2)Gardiner & Theobald50869.48
3(3)Gleeds62630.51
4(4)Turner & Townsend29294.39
5(6)AYH 17218.78
6(7)Currie & Brown 30199.08
7(8)Nisbet 18194.90
8(9)Cyril Sweett 22177.90
9(5)EC Harris41170.45
10(10)Tweeds Group28156.25
11(11)Franklin + Andrews16138.43
12(12)Northcroft20138.12
13(15)Doig & Smith7120.30
14(14)Goyne Adams3115.00
15(16)KHK Group694.20
16(18)Bruce Shaw Partnership385.40
17(17)Robinson Low Francis1281.50
18(20)Parker & Browne1076.91
19(19)Rex Proctor & Partners1375.90
20(–)Summers-Inman1068.64
   4705,285.42
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.
Only companies that have been confirmed as architects are included, which excludes planners and project managers.
Figures in brackets indicate last month’s position.