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25 top private sector clients by total value of construction work procured in 2003
2003	2002	Company/organisation	Total value of construction work procured 2003 (£000s)	Total value of construction work procured 2002 (£000s)	% change in construction work procured 2002/03	New build 2003	% Repair and Maintenance 2003
1	2	BAA	1,040,000	800,000	30	75	25
2	1	Land Securities Trillium	1,000,000	1,000,000	0	40	60
3	35	Chelsfield*	609,240	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
4	4	National Grid Transco	519,000	524,000	–1	60	40
5	9	Land Securities Development	500,000	240,000	108	75	25
6	=5	Prologis Development	480,000	450,000	7	100	–
7	7	Hammerson UK Properties	430,000	390,000	10	90	10
8	43	Prudential*	401,100	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
9	=5	Marks & Spencer	400,000	450,000	-11	20	80
10	8	John Lewis	350,000	300,000	17	55	45
11	10	Severn Trent Water	310,000	230,000	35	50	50
12	3	Sainsbury’s	300,000	620,000	–52	40	60
13	11	Dwr Cymru – Welsh Water	265,000	200,000	33	55	45
14	21	Capital & Regional	180,000	70,000	157	90	10
15	33	Asda*	168,830	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
16	14	Unite Group	164,000	121,000	36	70	30
17	13	Whitbread	150,000	148,000	1	35	65
18	12	British Telecom	140,000	160,000	–13	10	90
19	16	Somerfield	125,000	114,000	10	10	90
20	23	Boots	120,000	60,000	100	25	75
21	15	Wessex Water	115,000	117,000	–2	80	20
22	24	Peel Holdings	90,000	55,000	64	80	20
23	20	HSBC Bank	85,500	75,000	14	10	90
24	46	Tesco*	83,250	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

25 top public sector clients by total value of construction work procured in 2003
2003	2002	Company/organisation	Total value of construction work procured 2003 (£000s)	Total value of construction work procured 2002 (£000s)	% change in construction work procured 2002/03	New build 2003	% Repair and Maintenance 2003
1	–	Department of Health*	1,000,580	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
2	=7	British Broadcasting Corporation	580,000	75,000	673	60	40
3	1	HM Prison – Property Services Group	365,000	315,000	16	45	55
4	2	Manchester council	250,000	225,000	11	30	70
5	–	Ministry of Defence*	240,760	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
6	3	Gateshead council	201,000	194,000	4	46	54
7	–	City of London council*	191,000	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
8	10	The Home Office	190,000	60,000	217	65	35
9	–	Doncaster MBC*	101,000	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
10	5	London Borough of Camden	96,510	86,660	11	1	99
11	4	Birmingham council	95,000	90,000	6	30	70
=12	=7	Imperial College London	90,000	75,000	20	35	65
=12	6	University of Cambridge	90,000	81,000	11	95	5
14	=7	University of Oxford	80,000	75,000	7	75	25
15	–	Telford College Nursery*	69,000	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
16	–	National Assembly for Wales*	58,000	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
=17	=13	Staffordshire council	52,000	35,000	49	45	55
=17	17	The University of Birmingham	52,000	29,000	79	15	75
19	–	DEFRA*	45,320	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
20	–	Scottish Executive*	45,000	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
=21	11	Edinburgh council	43,000	40,000	8	20	80
=21	–	Glasgow council*	43,000	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
23	=13	Queen Mary University of London	40,000	35,000	14	70	30
24	16	University College London	36,179	33,172	9	64	36
25	–	Northamptonshire council*	36,000	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

100 top clients by Total value of construction work procured in 2003
2003	2002	Company/organisation	Total value of construction work procured 2003 (£000s)	Total value of construction work procured 2002 (£000s)	% change in construction work procured 2002/03	New build 2003	% Repair and Maintenance 2003
1	2	BAA	1,040,000	800,000	30	75	25
2	–	Department of Health*	1,000,580	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
3	1	Land Securities Trillium	1,000,000	1,000,000	0	40	60
4	–	Chelsfield*	609,240	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
5	=26	British Broadcasting Corporation	580,000	75,000	673	60	40
6	4	National Grid Transco	519,000	524,000	-1	60	40
7	10	Land Securities Development	500,000	240,000	108	75	25
8	=5	Prologis Development	480,000	450,000	7	100	–
9	7	Hammerson UK Properties	430,000	390,000	10	90	10
10	–	Prudential*	401,100	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
11	=5	Marks & Spencer	400,000	450,000	-11	20	80
12	8	HM Prison – Property Services Group	365,000	315,000	16	45	55
13	9	John Lewis	350,000	300,000	17	55	45
14	11	Severn Trent Water	310,000	230,000	35	50	50
15	3	Sainsbury’s	300,000	620,000	-52	40	60
16	13	Dwr Cymru – Welsh Water	265,000	200,000	33	55	45
17	12	Manchester council	250,000	225,000	11	30	70
18	–	Ministry of Defence*	240,760	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
19	14	Gateshead council	201,000	194,000	4	46	54
20	–	City of London council*	191,000	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
21	=32	The Home Office	190,000	60,000	217	65	35
22	30	Capital & Regional	180,000	70,000	157	90	10
23	–	Asda*	168,830	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
24	17	Unite Group	164,000	121,000	36	70	30
25	16	Whitbread	150,000	148,000	1	35	65
26	15	British Telecom	140,000	160,000	-13	10	90
27	19	Somerfield	125,000	114,000	10	10	90
28	=32	Boots	120,000	60,000	100	25	75
29	18	Wessex Water	115,000	117,000	-2	80	20
30	–	Doncaster MBC*	101,000	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31	24	London Borough of Camden	96,510	86,660	11	1	99
32	22	Birmingham council	95,000	90,000	6	30	70
=33	=26	Imperial College London	90,000	75,000	20	35	65
=33	34	Peel Holdings	90,000	55,000	64	80	20
=33	25	University of Cambridge	90,000	81,000	11	95	5
36	=26	HSBC Bank	85,500	75,000	14	10	90
37	–	Tesco*	83,250	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
38	=26	University of Oxford	80,000	75,000	7	75	25
39	–	Telford College Nursery*	69,000	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
40	–	Kingfisher*	60,300	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
41	=45	Barclays Bank	60,000	30,000	100	10	90
42	–	National Assembly for Wales*	58,000	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
43	35	Debenhams	54,000	45,000	20	68	32
=44	=40	Staffordshire County council	52,000	35,000	49	45	55
=44	47	The University of Birmingham	52,000	29,000	79	15	75
=46	=36	Development Securities (Projects)	50,000	40,000	25	100	–
=46	=20	Helical Bar	50,000	100,000	-50	70	30
=46	=20	MEPC	50,000	100,000	-50	90	10
49	–	Morrison*	46,700	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
50	–	DEFRA*	45,320	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
51	–	Scottish Executive*	45,000	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
=52	=36	Edinburgh council	43,000	40,000	8	20	80
=52	–	Glasgow council*	43,000	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
=54	=45	City & Northern	40,000	30,000	33	100	–
=54	=40	Queen Mary University of London	40,000	35,000	14	70	30
=54	39	Rank Group Gaming Division	40,000	36,000	11	80	20
57	–	MacDonald Hotels*	36,800	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
58	44	University College London	36,179	33,172	9	64	36
59	–	Northamptonshire County council*	36,000	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
60	–	University of East Anglia*	35,600	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
61	=40	Kings College London	35,000	35,000	0	33	67
62	–	Bedfordshire County council*	34,500	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
=63	31	Capital Shopping Centres	34,000	65,000	-48	85	15
=63	–	Essex County council*	34,000	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
65	–	Brighton & Hove council*	32,500	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
66	–	Office of the Deputy Prime Minister*	32,250	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
67	–	London Borough of Bexley*	31,500	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
68	52	The University of Leeds	30,000	12,500	140	78	22
69	–	UK Land*	29,600	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
70	–	Leicester council*	28,700	n/a	n/a	73	27
71	–	University of Dundee*	28,600	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
72	–	Frogmore Estates*	28,500	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
73	–	London Borough of Ealing*	26,500	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
74	–	London Borough of Hamlets*	26,200	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
75	=40	Derwent Valley Holdings	26,000	35,000	-26	–	100
76	–	Isle of Man Government*	25,250	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
77	49	Centros Miller	25,000	20,000	25	90	10
=78	–	Imperial War Museum*	24,000	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
=78	48	London Borough of Greenwich	24,000	25,000	-4	–	100
80	–	University of Wolverhampton*	23,000	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
81	–	University of the West of England*	22,000	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
82	–	Countryside Properties*	21,000	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
=83	–	London Metropolitan University*	20,000	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
=83	38	University of Nottingham	20,000	38,000	-47	65	35
=83	51	University of Westminster	20,000	15,000	33	80	20
86	–	Aston University*	19,900	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
87	–	Safeway Stores*	19,710	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
88	–	Rotherham MBC*	18,070	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
89	–	Derbyshire council*	17,626	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
=90	–	Anglia Polytechnic University*	17,000	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
=90	–	University of Plymouth*	17,000	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
92	–	Sheffield Hallam University*	16,700	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
93	–	GUS*	16,610	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
94	–	Capital & Provident Management*	16,500	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
95	–	Summerfield Developments*	15,800	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
96	53	Wrexham council	11,500	10,200	13	25	75
97	23	Castlemore Securities Limited	11,000	88,000	-88	100	–
98	=54	Welsh Development Agency	10,000	6,000	67	100	–
99	=54	London City Airport	9,000	6,000	50	90	10
100	–	Derbyshire County Cricket Club	4,500	n/a	n/a	100	–

100 leading clients
Rank 2003	Company/Organisation	Work breakdown (£000s)	% Work breakdown
Top clients in offices
1	Land Securities Trillium	940,000	94
2	Chelsfield*	609,240	100
3	Land Securities Development	475,000	95
4	Prudential*	401,100	100
5	BBC	232,000	40
Industrial
1	Prologis Development	480,000	100
2	Land Securities Trillium	20,000	2
3	Helical Bar	12,500	25
4	City & Northern	12,000	30
5	Land Securities Development	10,000	2
Retail
1	Marks & Spencer	400,000	100
2	John Lewis	350,000	100
3	Sainsbury’s	285,000	95
4	Hammerson UK Properties	258,000	60
5	Asda*	168,830	100
Leisure
1	Whitbread	150,000	100
2	Capital & Regional	54,000	30
3	Rank Group Gaming Division	40,000	100
4	MacDonald Hotels*	36,800	100
5	Imperial War Museum*	24,000	100
Mixed-use
1	BAA	780,000	75
2	Manchester council	55,000	22
3	Sainsbury’s	15,000	5
4	Hammerson UK Properties	12,900	3
5	Land Securities Trillium	10,000	1
Housing
1	Manchester council	95,000	38
2	London Borough of Camden	58,871	61
3	London Borough of Greenwich	22,800	95
4	Countryside Properties*	21,000	100
5	Gateshead council	20,100	10
Health
1	Department of Health*	1,000,580	100
2	Birmingham council	16,150	17
3	Edinburgh council	2,150	5
4	Gateshead council	2,010	1
5	London Borough of Camden	1,930	2
Education
1	University of Cambridge	90,000	100
2	Imperial College London	81,000	90
3	University of Oxford	80,000	100
4	Telford College Nursery*	69,000	100
5	The University of Birmingham	52,000	100
Infrastructure
1	The National Grid Transco	467,100	90
2	Dwr Cymru – Welsh Water	265,000	100
3	BAA	260,000	25
4	Severn Trent Water	155,000	50
5	Manchester council	50,000	20
Law and order
1	HM Prison – Property Services Group	£365,000,000	100
2	The Home Office	£95,000,000	50
3	Gateshead council	£26,130,000	13
4	Manchester council	£2,500,000	1
5	Staffordshire council	£2,080,000	4
Repair and maintenance
1	Land Securities Trillium	600,000	60
2	Marks & Spencer	320,000	80
3	BAA	260,000	25
4	BBC	232,000	40
5	National Grid Transco	207,600	40

Top clients in each region
Rank 2003	Company/Organisation	Work breakdown (£000s)	% Work breakdown
Scotland
1	BBC	116,000	20
2	Land Securities Trillium	60,000	6
3	BAA	52,000	5
4	The National Grid Transco	51,900	10
5	Edinburgh council	43,000	100
Northern Ireland
1	BBC	58,000	10
2	Marks & Spencer	40,000	10
3	Sainsbury’s	30,000	10
4	Land Securities Trillium	10,000	1
5	Boots	6,000	5
Northern England
1	Manchester council	250,000	100
2	Gateshead council	201,000	100
3	Land Securities Trillium	200,000	20
4	National Grid Transco	103,800	20
5	HM Prison – Property Services Group	87,600	24
Midlands
1	Severn Trent Water	310,000	100
2	Land Securities Trillium	200,000	20
3	Prologis Development	110,400	23
4	HM Prison – Property Services Group	109,500	30
5	The National Grid Transco	103,800	20
London (within M25)
1	BAA	832,000	80
2	Land Securities Development	490,000	98
3	Land Securities Trillium	250,000	25
4	Hammerson UK Properties	227,900	53
5	BBC	203,000	35
Southern England
1	John Lewis	245,000	70
2	Land Securities Trillium	200,000	20
3	Marks & Spencer	160,000	40
4	BAA	156,000	15
5	HM Prison – Property Services Group	142,350	39
Wales
1	Dwr Cymru – Welsh Water	259,700	98
2	Land Securities Trillium	80,000	8
3	BBC	58,000	10
4	Capital & Regional	54,000	30
5	National Grid Transco	51,900	10
Uk firms overseas
1	Prologis Development	321,600	67
2	Hammerson UK Properties	77,400	18
3	HSBC Bank	11,970	14
4	Peel Holdings	3,600	4

Top clients by number of projects procured in 2003
2003	Company/organisation	Number of separate projects procured 2003	Number of separate projects procured 2002	Average value of projects procured 2003 (£)	Average value of projects procured 2002 (£)
1	British Telecom	3,000	3,000	46,667	53,333
2	Land Securities Trillium	2,000	2,000	500,000	500,000
3	Barclays Bank	1,750	900	34,286	33,333
4	Dwr Cymru – Welsh Water	1,194	885	221,943	225,989
5	London Borough of Camden	934	719	103,330	120,529
6	Severn Trent Water	800	700	387,500	328,571
7	Boots	750	500	160,000	120,000
8	Whitbread	700	700	214,286	211,429
9	Manchester council	400	390	625,000	576,923
10	Edinburgh council	370	330	116,216	121,212
11	Birmingham council	360	410	263,889	219,512
12	BBC	356	493	1,629,213	152,130
13	Gateshead council	342	329	587,719	589,666
14	The Home Office	270	185	703,704	324,324
15	Somerfield	250	244	500,000	467,213
16	HM Prison – Property Services Group	248	198	1,471,774	1,590,909
17	HSBC Bank	220	226	388,636	331,858
18	Wessex Water	207	358	555,556	326,816
19	Sainsbury’s	180	170	1,666,667	3,647,059
20	Department of Health*	165	n/a	6,064,121	n/a
21	National Grid Transco	145	130	3,579,310	4,030,769
22	Staffordshire council	120	100	433,333	350,000
23	The University of Birmingham	106	86	490,566	337,209
24	BAA	90	90	11,555,556	8,888,889
25	Wrexham council	80	68	143,750	150,000
26	Marks & Spencer	75	100	5,333,333	4,500,000
27	John Lewis	65	50	5,384,615	6,000,000
28	Queen Mary University of London	52	50	769,231	700,000
29	Welsh Development Agency	50	25	200,000	240,000
30	Prologis Development	48	55	10,000,000	8,181,818
31	Ministry of Defence*	45	n/a	5,350,222	n/a
=32	Kings College London	30	30	1,166,667	1,166,667
=32	Rank Group Gaming Division	30	27	1,333,333	1,333,333
=32	University of Oxford	30	25	2,666,667	3,000,000
=32	University of Westminster	30	25	666,667	600,000
36	Tesco*	23	n/a	3,619,565	n/a
=37	Capital & Regional	20	15	9,000,000	4,666,667
=37	Derwent Valley Holdings	20	18	1,300,000	1,944,444
=37	Imperial College London	20	16	4,500,000	4,687,500
=40	Asda*	18	n/a	9,379,444	n/a
=40	Unite Group	18	14	9,111,111	8,642,857
=42	Debenhams	17	16	3,176,471	2,812,500
=42	The University of Leeds	17	19	1,764,706	657,895
44	London Borough of Greenwich	15	15	1,600,000	1,666,667
=45	Hammerson UK Properties	11	13	39,090,909	30,000,000
=45	Rotherham MBC*	11	n/a	1,642,727	n/a
=47	City & Northern	10	8	4,000,000	3,750,000
=47	Helical Bar	10	10	5,000,000	10,000,000
49	Leicester council*	8	n/a	3,587,500	n/a
=50	Kingfisher*	7	n/a	8,614,286	n/a
=50	University College London	7	9	5,168,429	3,685,778
=50	University of Cambridge	7	12	12,857,143	6,750,000
=50	Morrison*	7	n/a	6,671,429	n/a

Top seven most admired public clients
1	BBC
2	Crown Estates
=3	NHS Estates
=3	Ministry of Defence
=3	Manchester council
=3	Imperial College
=3	Highways Agency

Top five most admired private sector clients
1	BAA
2	Land Securities
=3	Barclays Bank
=3	Canary Wharf
=3	McDonald’s Restaurants