Wembley win shoots Australian firm to top of league and puts it in top five for the year to October.
Wembley stadium has propelled Australian contractor Multiplex to the top of the league for last month. The heavily delayed £445m deal to rebuild the home of football meant that Multiplex was £336m ahead of second-placed HBG.

Australian-owned Bovis Lend Lease is in third place and French-owned Vinci in fifth, ensuring that foreign firms are dominant.

Overseas firms are doing well in the yearly table, too, with Sir Robert McAlpine, in first place, the only UK-owned firm in the top five.

US firm HOK maintained its place at the top of the designers’ league, leaving British firms to rule the clients’ table. J Sainsbury was the country’s top client, followed by the Home Office and the Ministry of Defence.

How the tables work

To qualify for the tables, companies must have been identified on two or more projects fitting the criteria below in the past 12 months. Projects must:
  • be of precisely calculated or confirmed value
  • have reached the main contract stage
  • be valued at £1m or more
  • be in the UK
Residential, civil engineering or overseas contracts are excluded. Student accommodation is included.

Postscript

This information is compiled for Building by Emap Glenigan, which analyses an average of 8500 construction projects each week. Any queries should be emailed to James Lattimer, marketing manager, at james.lattimer@glenigan.emap.com. For further details, call Emap Glenigan on 01202-432121.

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