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Top contractors – monthly work won,
1-28 February 1999
    Number of
projects		 Total
value (£m)
1 (–) Bovis 5 119.16
2 (13) Kier 16 90.20
3 (11) Tarmac 3 75.70
4 (5) HBG 12 54.25
5 (–) Wilson Bowden 3 46.28
6 (27) Amec 6 42.00
7 (–) Balfour Beatty 4 32.20
8 (7) Willmott Dixon 5 22.04
9 (6) Laing 4 17.68
10 (–) Norwest Holst 4 13.80
11 (3) Mowlem 6 13.50
12 (–) Birse 4 13.50
13 (–) Pochin 4 12.75
14 (17) Bowmer & Kirkland 4 12.40
15 (30) John Sisk 2 11.40
16 (–) Lilley 2 8.80
17 (–) Jarvis 4 8.13
18 (–) Tilbury Douglas 4 8.00
19 (–) Christiani & Nielsen 2 8.00
20 (10) Ballast Wiltshier 2 7.70
21 (–) Cowlin 3 7.65
22 (24) Allen 3 7.60
23 (8) Kvaerner UK 2 7.30
24 (21) Mansell 3 6.50
25 (–) Holmes Building 2 6.00
26 (4) Wates 3 5.55
27 (–) Durkan 2 5.30
28 (16) Morgan Sindall 2 5.10
29 (–) Llewellyn Group 2 5.00
30 (26) Walter G Birch 2 4.79
  TOTAL 120 678.28 
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 March 1998-28 February 1999
    Number of
projects		 Total
value (£m)
1 (1) John Laing 45 1 115.84
2 (2) Bovis 61 1 110.99
3 (4) Sir Robert McAlpine 15 858.29
4 (5) Tarmac 48 681.67
5 (3) HBG 85 661.98
6 (7) Mowlem 84 458.39
7 (9) Kier 104 407.06
8 (6) Amec 36 391.33
9 (12) Ballast Wiltshier 56 321.97
10 (8) Kvaerner UK 14 321.80
11 (10) GMI 10 321.12
12 (11) Wates 53 268.24
13 (19) Costain 20 265.08
14 (15) Mace 6 230.90
15 (14) Morrison 21 225.92
16 (17) Balfour Beatty 30 224.04
17 (21) Willmott Dixon 50 187.60
18 (18) Shepherd 28 183.31
19 (16) Taylor Woodrow 11 181.52
20 (20) Morgan Sindall 75 171.95
21 (22) Bowmer & Kirkland 41 169.21
22 (23) Norwest Holst 28 157.06
23 (13) Miller 17 147.85
24 (25) Jarvis 37 123.33
25 (24) Allen 40 120.24
26 (27) John Sisk 24 120.19
27 (28) Simons 16 100.95
28 (29) Try 23 97.69
29 (–) Henry Boot 20 94.29
30 (30) Mansell 42 94.24
  TOTAL 1140 9 814.03
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 March 1998-28 February 1999
    Number of
projects		 Total
value (£m)
1 (1) Lyons Sleeman & Hoare 7 338.80
2 (2) Sheppard Robson 9 319.26
3 (3) Chetwood Associates 36 288.52
4 (4) Leslie Jones & Partners 6 275.50
5 (5) Foster and Partners 7 261.36
6 (–) DEGW 3 237.50
7 (7) HLM Architects (Design) 6 233.39
8 (8) Parr Partnership 16 212.35
9 (9) Keppie Architects 6 200.20
10 (10) RHWL 5 188.43
11 (19) GMW 8 176.42
12 (11) Benoy 7 174.80
13 (12) Sidell Gibson 7 152.25
14 (13) Building Design Partnership 18 151.96
15 (15) George Trew Dunn 3 143.10
16 (18) Rolfe Judd 8 138.03
17 (16) Broadway Malyan 20 133.42
18 (17) Fitzroy Robinson 9 122.60
19 (14) Hamilton Associates 17 117.71
20 (20) Amec 3 115.60
  TOTAL 201 3 981.19
Only companies that have been confirmed as architects are included, which excludes planners and project managers.
Top clients/promoters – work placed,
1 March 1998-28 February 1999
    Number of
projects		 Total
value (£m)
1 (2) Ministry of Defence 29 465.89
2 (1) J Sainsbury 42 342.13
3 (3) MEPC 10 175.89
4 (5) SmithKline Beecham 4 160.00
5 (7) Home Office 27 139.42
6 (4) Asda 19 126.60
7 (–) Legal & General 3 106.56
8 (9) BP Oil (UK) 3 104.40
9 (12) Stakis 4 99.60
10 (11) Royal Mail 8 95.82
11 (6) Marks & Spencer 11 90.67
12 (10) Tesco 22 86.57
13 (13) Land Securities 7 78.05
14 (15) Liberty 2 73.81
15 (14) HBG 6 72.60
16 (17) Falkirk District Council 2 68.10
17 (–) Wilson Bowden 10 66.04
18 (–) BT 17 64.73
19 (–) Scottish Office 2 61.80
20 (18) John Lewis Partnership 9 60.45
  TOTAL 237 2 539.13 
Figures in brackets indicate last year’s position.