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Top contractors – monthly work won, 1-31 December 1998
  No of Projects Total Value (£m)
1 -3 Tarmac 5 111.2
2 -1 Bovis 3 53.84
3 -23 Willmott Dixon 3 43.32
4 -2 Laing 2 30
5 -11 Ballast Wiltshier 6 25.73
6 (–) Costain Group 4 22.19
7 (–) Norwest Holst 4 21.8
8 (–) Amec 3 20.9
9 -4 HBG Construction 7 19.31
10 -15 Jarvis 3 15.77
11 -16 Bowmer & Kirkland 3 10.11
12 -9 Mowlem 3 8.82
13 (–) Morrison Construct 4 8.5
14 (–) Shepherd Building 2 8
15 (–) Dean & Dyball 3 7.75
16 (–) John Sisk & Son 2 7.3
17 -6 Kier 3 7.05
18 (–) Lovell 2 4.63
19 (–) Styles & Wood 2 4.5
20 -20 DJ Higgins & Sons 2 3.65
  TOTAL 66 434.36
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 January 1998-31 December 1998
    Number of projects  Total value (£m)
1 -1 Laing 51 1 365.27
2 -2 Bovis 72 1 245.72
3 -3 HBG Construction 93 969.41
4 -4 Sir Robert McAlpine & Sons 16 858.29
5 -5 Tarmac 53 672.17
6 -6 Amec 34 493.03
7 -7 Mowlem 77 434.59
8 -8 Kier 102 390.22
9 -9 Kvaerner UK 14 327.5
10 -10 GMI Construction 10 321.12
11 -12 Ballast Wiltshier 56 264.37
12 -13 Balfour Beatty 35 244.57
13 -11 Miller 19 240.85
14 -17 Mace 6 230.9
15 -14 Wates 48 228.49
16 -15 Taylor Woodrow 16 227.22
17 -16 Shepherd Building 36 220.61
18 -18 Morgan Sindall 83 191.34
19 -19 Tilbury Douglas 29 189.27
20 -20 Norwest Holst 33 182.7
21 -22 Willmott Dixon 41 175.57
22 -21 Bowmer & Kirkland 39 154.44
23 -23 Morrison Construct 22 128.78
24 -24 Allen 40 120.88
25 -28 Costain Group 18 110.85
26 (–) John Sisk & Son 24 107.63
27 (–) Jarvis 31 98.86
28 -26 Simons 15 98.85
29 -25 Birse 18 94.65
  TOTAL 1131  10 388.13
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 won, 1 Januaray 1998-31 December 1998
    Number of projects Total value (£m)
1 -1 Lyons Sleeman & Hoare 9 364.34
2 -2 Sheppard Robson 7 301.46
3 -3 HLM Architects (Design) 6 295.39
4 -4 Chetwood Associates 35 280.82
5 -5 Burgess Partnership 5 259.71
6 -6 GMW Partnership 8 221.27
7 -7 The Parr Partnership 17 215.35
8 -8 RHWL Partnership 5 208.51
9 -9 Keppie Architects 5 192.5
10 -10 Leslie Jones & Partners 7 186.3
11 -11 Foster and Partners 8 179.86
12 -17 Broadway Malyan 20 178.2
13 -12 Benoy 7 170.8
14 -13 Sidell Gibson Partnership 7 159.2
15 -14 Building Design Partnership 15 156.36
16 -15 George Trew Dunn Partnership 2 141.3
17 -16 Rolfe Judd 5 128.85
18 -18 Amec 3 115.6
19 -19 Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners 2 113.5
20 (–) Fitzroy Robinson 8 112.1
  TOTAL 181 3 981.41
Only companies that have been confirmed as architects are included, which excludes planners and project managers.
Top clients – yearly spend, 1 January 1998-31 December 1998
    Number of projects Total value (£m)
1 -1 J Sainsbury 38 321.89
2 -2 Ministry of Defence 30 269.09
3 -4 Marks & Spencer 21 183.96
4 -6 Home Office 24 177.82
5 -3 Asda Group 25 164.1
6 -5 SmithKline Beecham 2 152
7 -7 Legal & General Group 4 117.56
8 -11 MEPC Developments 7 105.27
9 -8 BP Oil (UK) 3 104.4
10 -10 Stakis 4 97.7
11 -9 Royal Mail 8 95.82
12 -13 Tesco Stores 25 94.84
13 -14 Land Securities 8 83.55
14 -12 Safeway Food Stores 16 77.34
15 -15 Liberty International Holdings 2 73.08
16 -17 HBG Construction 5 65.35
17 -18 Prudential Corporation 4 60.86
18 -16 Railtrack 19 59.54
19 -19 Taylor Woodrow 8 54.76
20 -20 Berkeley Group 3 54.4
  TOTAL 256 2 413.34
Figures in brackets indicate last year’s position.