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Top contractors – monthly work won,
1-31 March 1999
    Number
of projects		 Total
value (£m)
1 (4) HBG 3 69.64
2 (2) Kier 7 68.22
3 (14) Bowmer & Kirkland 4 63.50
4 (20) Ballast Wiltshier 8 38.59
5 (–) Warings 3 26.98
6 (26) Wates 2 26.00
7 (–) Wilson Bowden Engineering 2 23.10
8 (10) Bovis 3 17.50
9 (11) Mowlem 3 13.70
10 (28) Morgan Sindall 4 13.50
11 (–) William Verry 2 13.50
12 (–) Morrison 3 12.08
13 (–) Henry Boot 2 10.15
14 (8) Willmott Dixon 3 9.60
15 (–) GMI 2 9.23
16 (–) Totty 4 9.00
17 (–) Melville Dundas 2 7.75
18 (12) Birse 3 7.00
19 (–) Lindum 2 5.40
20 (–) Tolent 3 4.34
21 (22) Allen 2 3.80
22 (–) Fearnley 2 3.10
23 (–) Galliford 2 2.85
24 (–) Eric Wright 2 2.52
  Total 73 461.05
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.
Top contractors – yearly work won,
1 April 1998-31 March 1999
    Number
of projects		 Total
value (£m)
1 (1) Laing 43 1 099.88
2 (2) Bovis 53 955.07
3 (3) Sir Robert McAlpine 14 856.29
4 (5) HBG 75 659.19
5 (4) Tarmac 45 630.73
6 (7) Kier 104 450.02
7 (6) Mowlem 81 431.24
8 (9) Ballast Wiltshier 62 355.40
9 (11) GMI 12 330.35
10 (10) Kvaerner UK 14 328.30
11 (12) Wates 52 280.03
12 (13) Costain 20 265.43
13 (8) Amec 29 258.33
14 (14) Mace 7 245.90
15 (15) Morrison 23 226.20
16 (21) Bowmer & Kirkland 39 216.59
17 (17) Willmott Dixon 47 182.18
18 (19) Taylor Woodrow 10 179.67
19 (20) Morgan Sindall 74 173.61
20 (18) Shepherd 23 156.33
21 (16) Balfour Beatty 27 151.48
22 (23) Miller 16 149.15
23 (22) Norwest Holst 27 138.06
24 (24) Jarvis 37 127.23
25 (26) John Sisk 24 120.48
26 (25) Allen 34 98.16
27 (29) Henry Boot 20 97.04
28 (28) Try 21 93.10
29 (–) RG Construction Management 8 90.30
30 (–) Tilbury Douglas 27 86.11
  Total 1 068 9 431.86
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.
Top architects – yearly work,
1 April 1998-31 March 1999
      No of
projects		 Total
value (£m)
1 (1) Lyons Sleeman & Hoare 7 336.95
2 (4) Leslie Jones & Partners 6 275.50
3 (3) Chetwood Associates 35 262.96
4 (8) The Parr Partnership 17 262.35
5 (5) Foster and Partners 5 256.00
6 (6) DEGW 2 235.00
7 (7) HLM Architects (Design) 6 232.79
8 (2) Sheppard Robson 7 207.70
9 (9) Keppie Architects 5 195.20
10 (12) Benoy 8 194.80
11 (10) RHWL Partnership 5 188.43
12 (16) Rolfe Judd 8 184.54
13 (11) GMW Partnership 8 176.42
14 (14) Building Design Partnership 15 157.30
15 (15) George Trew Dunn Partnership 3 143.10
16 (17) Broadway Malyan 19 142.62
17 (18) Fitzroy Robinson 10 137.60
18 (19) Hamilton Associates 16 110.75
19 (–) Fairhurst Design Group 8 105.57
20 (–) Burks Green & Partners 15 104.49
    Total 205 3 910.06
Only companies that have been confirmed as architects are
included, which excludes planners and project managers.
Top clients/promoters – work placed,
1 April 1998 to 31 March 1999
      No of
projects		 Total
value (£m)
1 (1) Ministry of Defence 29 473.75
2 (2) J Sainsbury 37 261.57
3 (4) SmithKline Beecham 4 160.00
4 (5) Home Office 27 140.43
5 (6) Asda 18 122.66
6 (12) Tesco 22 107.31
7 (3) MEPC 8 104.83
8 (8) BP 3 104.40
9 (9) Stakis 4 99.60
10 (11) Marks & Spencer 9 98.62
11 (10) Royal Mail 7 85.82
12 (17) Wilson Bowden Engineering 11 84.38
13 (14) Liberty International Holdings 2 73.81
14 (15) HBG 7 73.70
15 (20) John Lewis Partnership 9 69.25
16 (16) Falkirk District Council 2 68.10
17 (18) British Telecom 16 63.23
18 (19) Scottish Office 2 61.80
19 (–) Prudential Corporation 3 58.86
20 (–) Pillar Properties 3 54.26
    Total 223 2 366.38
Figures in brackets indicate last year’s position.