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Top contractors
monthly work won, 1-31 December 2003
   Number of projectsTotal value(£m)
1(–)Bovis Lend Lease1600.00
2(1)HBG Construction7126.10
3(2)Laing O’Rourke280.00
4(–)Carillion279.00
5(28)Norwest Holst 575.60
6(15)Bowmer & Kirkland465.80
7(12)Costain565.40
8(8)Balfour Beatty659.60
9(7)Amec255.00
10(3)Wates 351.80
11(–)Sir Robert McAlpine448.00
12(21)Kier1232.00
13(–)MJ Gleeson125.00
14(22)Willmott Dixon521.64
15(4)Miller Group221.08
16(6)Morgan Sindall619.15
17(–)Geoffrey Osbourne424.00
18(25)YJL515.20
19(–)Skanska UK112.00
20(–)Simons112.00
21(–)Keepmoat 111.50
22(–)B & E Boys110.00
23(–)C Spencer 110.00
24(18)ROK18.85
25(5)Shepherd Construction18.00
26(–)Seddon47.20
27(–)Cruden Group26.00
28(–)Haymills 35.50
29(–)W Stirland35.20
30(–)PDR Construction45.03
  Total991,565.65
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.
Figures in brackets indicate last month’s position.
Top contractors
yearly work won, 1 January-31 December 2003
   Number of projectsTotal value(£m)
1(1)Bovis Lend Lease151,117.60
2(3)HBG Construction61629.12
3(5)Laing O’Rourke23585.00
4(4)Kier122532.71
5(2)Sir Robert McAlpine13523.90
6(8)Carillion14483.20
7(6)Balfour Beatty110470.00
8(7)Mowlem60404.10
9(9)Morgan Sindall105395.29
10(10)Bowmer & Kirkland60376.69
11(11)Wates 37343.61
12(12)Miller Group31319.85
13(16)Costain23279.61
14(13)Shepherd Construction26265.40
15(14)Galliford Try34263.52
16(15)Taylor Woodrow24259.07
17(17)Willmott Dixon47243.36
18(18)Interserve23217.50
19(24)Norwest Holst 39217.20
20(20)YJL60212.34
21(22)Amec15210.15
22(19)ISG (Interior/Exterior)27210.11
23(21)ROK49187.69
24(25)Skanska UK10158.45
25(–)MJ Gleeson17137.18
26(27)John Sisk & Son26121.21
27(28)Midas34116.81
28(29)Warings 14110.31
29(26)Kajima 7106.00
30(–)Propencity25101.59
  Total11519,598.55
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.
Figures in brackets indicate last month’s position.
Top architects
1 January-31 December 2003
   Number of projectsTotal value(£m)
1(1)Benoy5687.07
2(3)Building Design Partnership26284.13
3(4)Aedas35229.24
4(5)Foster Holdings6196.30
5(6)Carey Jones Architects10183.22
6(7)EPR Architects3180.60
7(–)Reid Architecture 13175.50
8(14)Nightingale Associates13163.60
9(8)HOK International6155.30
10(2)Allies & Morrison2151.50
11(9)HLM Design8145.00
12(–)Anshen Dyer Associates6142.10
13(17)Boswell Mitchell & Johnston8110.40
14(13)Atherden Fuller Leng 2110.00
15(15)Church Lukas 5107.60
16(10)Feilden Clegg Bradley11105.95
17(16)Rolfe Judd4103.50
18(18)Seymour Harris994.50
19(20)RHWL Partnership587.50
20(19)Aukett683.21
  Total1833,496.22
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 January-31 December 2003
   Number of projectsTotal value(£m)
1(1)Department of Health1711,142.90
2(2)Chelsfield4609.24
3(4)Land Securities20379.00
4(5)Home Office49295.66
5(6)Ministry of Defence47255.06
6(7)City of London Council3191.00
7(8)Asda 17162.23
8(13)Tesco24107.65
9(11)Doncaster MBC2101.00
10(10)J Sainsbury17100.83
11(12)Landmark Development Projects395.50
12(14)ProLogis Developments971.86
13(15)Edinburgh’s Telford College269.00
14(–)Capital & Regional Investments563.60
15(16)Kingfisher658.90
16(17)National Assembly for Wales258.00
17(19)Manchester council455.50
18(18)Marks & Spencer2054.77
19(9)BBC851.00
20(20)Unite650.90
  Total4193,973.59
Figures in brackets indicate last month’s position.
Top quantity surveyors
1 January-31 December 2003
   Number of projectsTotal value(£m)
1(2)Gardiner & Theobald521,483.30
2(1)Davis Langdon & Everest741,375.67
3(3)Gleeds65639.21
4(8)Cyril Sweett 24248.90
5(5)AYH17218.78
6(4)Turner & Townsend30200.29
7(7)Nisbet 18193.90
8(10)Tweeds28185.75
9(9)EC Harris40156.60
10(12)Northcroft22142.62
11(11)Franklin + Andrews16138.43
12(13)Doig & Smith6116.30
13(6)Currie & Brown 33104.00
14(15)KHK593.00
15(17)Robinson Low Francis1788.70
16(16)Bruce Shaw Partnership486.50
17(–)WT Partnership484.00
18(18)Parker & Browne1180.00
19(20)Summers-Inman1169.64
20(19)Rex Proctor & Partners1067.90
  Total4875,773.48
Figures in brackets indicate last month’s position.