Oxford university was biggest spending client during the month, according to Glenigan data

Clients handed out nearly £3.8bn worth of work in October – a fall of almost £600m from the previous month, according to the latest data from Glenigan.

The figures (see below) reveal that the most work was awarded in the private housing sector, with firms here inking deals worth just over £653m – or around 17% of all work awarded in the month.

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Wates’ £202m deal to build Oxford’s new life and mind building was the highest value deal to be struck in October

Wates’ £202m deal to build Oxford university’s new life and mind building was the highest value deal to be struck in October.

The top client in this sector was The High Street Group which handed North-east contractor Tolent a £120m contract to build its Strawberry Place development in Newcastle, comprising 305 residential units and 12,000sq m of office space. Construction is due to last 20 months and start next June.

The next most prolific sector was education, with clients in this sector awarding firms £577.7m of work.

This was followed by those in the civil infrastructure sector, at £546.7m, and clients working in social housing at £452.2m.

Meanwhile, the data has also revealed that £5.97bn worth of projects were approved in October, down from £9.48bn of projects in September.

The private housing sector was the market with the most approvals, securing permission for 329 schemes worth £1.9bn.

In private housing, Bellway, Barratt and Persimmon secured approval for the most schemes, with each firm given the go-ahead on four projects.

They were followed by Countryside and Wates who got approval to push ahead with three developments. This does not include projects that are being developed as joint ventures.

After private residential, industrial clients achieved the second-highest value of approvals at £825m.

Top spending clients - October 2020

The tables below show contract awards by sector for August put together by Glenigan. They are just a small part of the client information that is accessible through the Building Boardroom Network. 

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Social housing

Ultimate company nameTotal number of projectsTotal value of projects
Cassidy Group 1 £70m
London Borough of Newham 2 £70m
CKC Properties/Curlew Capital/Harper Group/Student Urban Living Bermondsey 1 £60m
Notting Hill Genesis 1 £21.03m
Caerphilly County Borough Council 1 £18.4m

Retail

Ultimate company nameTotal number of projectsTotal value of projects
Lidl UK GMBH 4 £14.9m
Premcor Estates/Wyngrove Ltd 1 £14m
Co-operative Group 15 £9.084m
Asda Group Plc 7 £6.87m
Gaw Capital/Solid Foundation Ltd 1 £6.5m

Private housing

Ultimate Company NameTotal number of projectsTotal value of projects
The High Street Group 1 £120m
Patrazia Immobilien AG/Warwickshire County Cricket Club 1 £85m
Acton Gardens 1 £47.5m
Brentford Football Club/Kew Bridge Gate Developments/Prime Place Developments Limited 1 £36.82m
Be:Here Ealing/Kew Bridge Gate Developments/Lionel Road Development/Prime Place Developments 1 £32.88m

Offices

Ultimate company nameTotal number of projectsTotal value of projects
M & G Real Estates 1 £40m
Broadway Jersey Trustees 1 & Broadway Jersey Trustees 2 as Trust/Valla Ltd 1 £13.3m
City & Provincial Properties 1 £10m
Nord Bristol Joint Venture 1 £10m
Opus Land 1 £9m

Medical & scientific

Ultimate company nameTotal number of projectsTotal value of projects
Department of Health 19 £92.244m
Welsh Assembly Government 2 £88m
University of Salford 1 £13m
University of London 1 £12m
Aberdeen City Council/Department of Health 1 £11m

Industrial

Ultimate company nameTotal number of projectsTotal value of projects
Mountpark Logistics 1 £120m
IDI Gazeley 1 £61.98m
Newcold Advanced Cold Logistics 1 £59.4m
Prowell 1 £40m
Wepa UK 1 £25m

Hotel & leisure

Ultimate company nameTotal number of projectsTotal value of projects
Belfast City Council/Templemore Swim Centre 1 £17m
Town Centre Securities 1 £15m
Nottinghamshire YMCA 1 £12.3m
Alliance Leisure Services/Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council 1 £10.82m
Goldrange Properties/Maybourne Hotels 1 £8.187m

Education

Ultimate company nameTotal number of projectsTotal value of projects
University of Oxford 1 £202m
Manchester Metropolitan University 1 £45m
Leeds City Council 4 £44.407m
Peterborough HE Property Company Ltd 1 £30m
Department for Education/Thurrock Borough Council 1 £25m

Civil (infrastructure)

Ultimate company nameTotal number of projectsTotal value of projects
Suffolk County Council 1 £126.75m
West Midlands Combined Authority 1 £56m
Sheffield City Council 2 £47.4m
Stoke On Trent City Council 1 £43.3m
Network Rail 6 £42.425m

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* private housing awards data refers to external contracts only and does not include frameworks

** projects awarded by a joint venture are listed independently to both single party clients