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Top contractors: monthly work won, 1-30 November 2004
   Number of projectsTotal value(£m)
1(1)Bovis Lend Lease3 140.00
2(6)Bowmer & Kirkland 5 109.50
3(24)ISG Interior Exterior2 71.60
4(11)Shepherd Construction3 70.00
5(–)MJ Gleeson 1 60.00
6(20)Mowlem 8 56.25
7(3)Kier Group 16 51.32
8(–)Costain Group 3 44.38
9(8)Leadbitter Construction4 41.40
10(–)AWG 3 33.50
11(–)Wates Group 4 32.77
12(–)Mace 1 30.40
13(10)Laing O’Rourke2 23.00
14(–)Rydon Group 1 23.00
15(16)John Sisk4 18.78
16(29)Amec 1 18.00
17(–)Marshall Holdings 3 17.90
18(13)Balfour Beatty 6 17.60
19(–)Winvic 1 17.00
20(22)Morgan Sindall 10 16.40
21(–)Montpellier Group 5 16.04
22(12)Willmott Dixon 2 15.37
23(19)Warings Construction Group2 15.10
24(28)Galliford Try 2 13.90
25(–)Gladman Construction2 13.60
26(5)Carillion 2 13.20
27(27)Marcus Worthington 2 13.00
28(15)Miller Group 2 12.50
29(–)Ramparts Interior Contracts1 12.00
30(–)Midas Group4 10.84
  Total105 1028.35
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 contractors: yearly work won, 1 Dec 2003-30 Nov 2004
   Number of projectsTotal value(£m)
1(1)Bovis Lend Lease30 1801.11
2(2)Laing O’Rourke33 1343.00
3(3)Sir Robert McAlpine30 975.40
4(4)Kier Group 172 920.56
5(5)Amec 27 768.95
6(7)Carillion 22 692.45
7(8)Bowmer & Kirkland 80 656.71
8(6)Mowlem 55 542.00
9(9)HBG Construction 38 514.40
10(11)ISG InteriorExterior27 437.85
11(10)Balfour Beatty 80 389.00
12(12)Alfred McAlpine15 336.25
13(17)Shepherd Construction22 300.70
14(16)Willmott Dixon 66 298.23
15(21)MJ Gleeson 29 290.71
16(15)Galliford Try 23 280.33
17(19)Miller Group 21 272.90
18(18)Mace 5 267.00
19(13)Wates Group 38 266.80
20(14)Morgan Sindall 80 264.16
21(22)Norwest Holst Construction 40 225.30
22(20)Interserve 33 219.10
23(23)Costain Group 20 211.04
24(25)Headcrown 10 183.50
25(27)Montpellier Group 44 182.97
26(26)Tolent Construction 23 166.75
27(29)GSE Group7 160.10
28(24)Taylor Woodrow 18 155.20
29(28)Cowlin Construction27 154.00
30(30)Rydon Group 3 146.00
  Total1118 13,422.45
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 2003-30 November 2004
   Number of projectsTotal value (£m)
1(1)Building Design Partnership 33 914.70
2(2)Atkins25 668.21
3(3)Anshen Dyer Architects4 475.00
4(5)Reid Architecture 13 303.92
5(6)HOK International5 287.00
6(7)Burks Green 16 283.30
7(8)Allies and Morrison7 273.80
8(4)Aedas23 244.99
9(9)Grimshaw3 239.60
10(10)Chapman Taylor 6 225.79
11(–)Page and Park Architects4 201.50
12(11)Nightingale Associates10 195.10
13(17)Foster and Partners4 189.10
14(12)DLA Architects11 176.34
15(–)Wilkinson Eyre Architects 4 159.00
16(13)Sheppard Robson12 152.46
17(14)Ian Simpson Architects2 152.00
18(16)Devereux Architects8 151.20
19(18)Benoy 4 140.81
20(15)Aukett 8 136.58
  Total202 5570.39
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 2003-30 November 2004
   Number of projectsTotal value (£m)
1(1)Department of Health192 2546.94
2(2)Ministry of Defence34 1759.00
3(10)English Partnerships8 250.10
4(3)Home Office46 225.47
5(4)Asda Group 16 202.70
6(5)Tesco 32 190.42
7(7)Land Securities Group 14 158.73
8(8)CTP3 152.20
9(6)Wm Morrison Supermarkets 17 149.02
10(–)Liverpool council3 134.50
11(–)Sunderland council7 120.03
12(14)South Bank Centre3 113.00
13(9)ProLogis Developments 5 92.80
14(–)Rolls-Royce 3 93.50
15(13)Devon council6 89.90
16(11)J Sainsbury 12 89.30
17(12)John Lewis Partnership13 84.90
18(15)Darlington council4 81.50
19(16)Leeds council13 74.35
20(–)Landmark Development Projects2 61.20
  Total433 6669.54
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 2003-30 November 2004
   Number of projectsTotal value (£m)
1(1)Davis Langdon 84 1558.41
2(2)Gardiner & Theobald44 1007.20
3(3)Cyril Sweett 29 687.10
4(4)Currie & Brown 35 528.79
5(5)Gleeds55 389.81
6(6)EC Harris53 330.44
7(7)Tweeds Group13 292.65
8(8)Northcroft22 246.73
9(9)AYH 18231.98
10(12)Atkins35230.12
11(10)Turner & Townsend32224.56
12(11)WT Partnership13174.15
13(15)Summers-Inman19169.87
14(13)Rex Proctor & Partners33132.62
15(14)Edmond Shipway & Partners17123.17
16(16)Nisbet 1496.50
17(17)The Capita Group 1692.31
18(18)Goyne Adams878.51
19(19)Clarus Consulting 776.90
20(20)Franklin + Andrews1056.33
  Total5576728.12
Only companies that have been confirmed as architects are included, which excludes planners and project managers.
Figures in brackets indicate last month’s position.